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The Short Answer: Birkat Hachamah is a special prayer recited once every twenty-eight years. The Talmud1 explains that at these times...
I was in my car last December listening to the radio. Being late December and all, most of the non-Jews who usually occupy the airwaves were off shopping...
Question: I've read and heard a lot about this analogy that in the month of Elul the "King is in the field." Everyone seems quite...
In Halachah, time is based on Sha'ot Zmaniyot, “proportional hours” that depend on the season. Halachic hours are not necessarily sixty...
And on your day of gladness, and on your festivals, and on your new moons...."1 Rosh Chodesh, the first day of the lunar month, is called literally...
When the archenemy of the Jews, Haman, was drawing lots for an opportune time to wage his personal war against the Jews, he was delighted that the date of...
On the secular Gregorian calendar, every four years an extra day is added to the month of February, since the solar revolution takes nearly 365 plus...
Jews are anything but straightforward. We celebrate the New Year in the 7th calendar month! Actually, Rosh Hashanah recalls when the world was created. In...
When the New Year comes, some celebrate in an uproarious fashion: some just change the calendar. What about American Jews? They do just what the others...
Before beginning the Musaf prayer on Shabbat Mevarchim,1 the incoming new month is "blessed." This short prayer is called "Birkat...
