The first Passover is an event that occurred about 3,500 years ago. It marks the beginning of the Jewish people as a free people. The first commandment given to the Jewish people was to construct ...

How many days of Hanukkah are there? Hanukkah is observed for eight days and nights. When is the first night of Hanukkah 2025 ...

Bertel is a Linux user who likes budget smartphones more than flagships, uses a custom ROM, and gets his apps from F-Droid. When he isn't writing short stories for Android Police, you might find him ...

Google announced today that it’s added a Hebrew calendar to Google Calendar that will allow users to display Hebrew calendar dates and holidays next to Gregorian dates: If you use the Gregorian ...

This article is part of a lohud series on Orthodox Jewish women in Rockland County. The purpose of this series is to build understanding between the Jewish community and their non-Jewish neighbors.

In the secular calendar, a new month begins in the middle of the moon’s cycle. In the Jewish calendar, a new month begins with the new moon. The Hebrew word for month is chodesh which also means ...

Following the addition of the Persian calendar early this year, Google Calendar today gained support for the Hebrew calendar. As a result, you can now display Hebrew dates alongside Gregorian ones: To ...

Elul: It’s the month that quietly ushers in one of the most spiritually significant seasons on the Jewish calendar, even though many Jews might not be familiar with it. It is the final month on the ...

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Last year Hanukkah started on December 24—so if its start on Tuesday evening has snuck up on you, you're not alone. The holiday is actually perfectly predictable, but only if you're familiar with ...

Humanity is currently engaged in a massive, civilization-sized project to digitize all knowledge. You may have heard about this. The project is huge, but it’s not unified; contained within it are ...