As we are approaching Rosh Hashanah at the end of September, I began to think about the new decade. During the past ten years (5770-5779  in the Hebrew calendar), the…

As summer winds down and the autumn of the year approaches, we enter into an extremely important period in the Jewish calendar known as the Fall Feasts. In fact, three…

Every year Jewish people do the strangest thing. We celebrate a new year in the middle of the year. It is called Rosh HaShanah, and it is not in the…

Rosh Hashanah, or “Head of the Year” is considered the Jewish New Year and runs in conjunction with the biblical feast of Yom Teruah, or the “Feast of Trumpets.” It begins…

This delicious dessert can be made for Rosh HaShana (Jewish New Year) since honey is a traditional food eaten during the fall High Holiday season. It can also be the…

Apples and honey are eaten during Rosh HaShanah to symbolize the sweetness of a new year. Here’s a wonderful original recipe and accompanying video tutorial by Mary Jo Pierce, Pastor of Prayer and Intercession at Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas. Mary Jo is an expert bread maker, and you will love this special sweet offering for a High Holy Day dessert, Apple Swirl Bread with Orange Glaze.