An Oorah Holiday Guide The three weeks that begin on Shiva Asar B’Tammuz (17th of Tammuz) and end on Tisha B’Av (the 9th of Av) are a period of mourning […]
Shabbat and Holidays
Understand the meaning and history behind Jewish fast days, including Tisha B’Av and the 17th of Tammuz.
Why is it that many Orthodox Jews do not honorYom HaShoah? Don’t they care about the six million? Rabbi Chaim Mintz responds: Of course we mourn the six million. However, […]
One Moment: A Comment on Eternal Time Zones Poem by Bracha Goetz One moment it is Shabbos. You won’t pick up a nickel. Then when Shabbos ends – you will, […]
Coming on the heels of the Three Weeks and Nine Days of mourning, culminating in Tisha B’Av, Shabbos Nachamu brings the Jewish nation a measure of comfort from all the […]
Oorah’s founder, Rabbi Chaim Mintz delivers a short (3 minute) message for Oorah’s families regarding the holiday of Tu B’av. You can watch Rabbi Mintz’s weekly class given each Tuesday […]
This recipe, perfect for the Nine Days before Tisha B’Av when we don’t eat meat, comes from Oorah’s talented creative marketer, Mrs. Barker. Ingredients: 5 large Spanish onions, halved and […]
Learn about what we’re truly missing with the loss of the Holy Temple. Be inspired by Rabbi Refael Fried of Oorah’s Kiruv department and Rabbi Avi Schnall. Special message at […]
Why do we cry for something that happened nearly 2,000 years ago? And what can each one of us do about it? View non-Youtube version here
A concept that we as Jews are well acquainted with and a word we hear often is golus (or galut, depending on where you’re from), exile. Particularly at this time […]
