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The high challah days

Tips for Rosh Hashanah By Tina Wasserman By now you have started to make a list of menu items for your Rosh Hashanah dinner, or you are perusing recipes to

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A Southern classic for alucky New Year

Chef Judi Leib shares her love of cooking through recipes on her Whisk in the Southern website. Here she adapts a Southern favorite for the secular New Year with kosher-friendly

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Dallas Jewish Homeschoolers build ties

By Deb Silverthorn Community is everything. For the families creating the Dallas Jewish Homeschoolers (DJH) group, that means playtime at the park, holiday programming and an exchange among the parents

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Understanding Rosh Hashanah

By Rabbi Dan Lewin Before entering a special and sacred day in the Jewish calendar, it’s crucial to understand its essential ideas and what we aim to derive from it.

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10 questions to ask yourself

By Laura Seymour Dear Families, We have just a short time until the holiday of Rosh Hashanah begins, which means lots of preparations — what to wear, what to make

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Rosh Hashanah shofar thoughts

By Rabbi Yerachmiel D. Fried Dear Rabbi Fried, What should I be thinking about when I hear the shofar on Rosh Hashanah? It seems like there should be more focus

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Passover Recipes

Passover guidelines for the novice

By Tina Wasserman Looking over all of my Passover articles, I realized that so many of the recipes were included for the experienced Seder organizer (namely Bubbie or Mom) and

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Passover Recipes

Wisdom from the Passover kitchen

Getting the kids involved By Naomi Ross (JNS) Folding chairs lined the hallway wall like dutiful soldiers in expectation of arriving guests. Unfamiliar, dusty boxes of pots and china were

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