Hoshanah Rabbah, the seventh day of Sukkot is a semi-holiday in its own right. Still counted among the days of Hol Hamoed (intermediate days of the festival), this day’s name means “the great hoshanah ...

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One of the culinary traditions for Sukkot, particularly the last days of the week-long holiday, is to eat stuffed cabbage, known in Yiddish by many names, including holishkes, holiptses, prakes and ...

A common thread extends through the Sukkot, Hoshanah Rabbah, Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah festivals – a thread that binds our people. It intersects with Parashat V’zot Haberachah, read on ...

The Zohar writes that the judgement is sealed on Hoshana Rabbah – Join the tefillah on Hoshana Rabbah for a Piska Tovah -for free see website for details by CLICKING HERE May the merit of this great ...

Today is Hoshanah Rabbah, the day, which according to Jewish tradition, marks the end of the judgment period of the High Holidays. In marking the day’s solemnity, some have a custom of staying awake ...

Hoshana Rabbah is the seventh and last day of Sukkot, which is the day before Shmini Atzeres. Named for the fact that more hoshanot are said on this day than all the previous days of the festival. On ...