JEWISH JOKES FOR SHAVUOS The holiday of Shavuos celebrates the fact that the Jewish people received the Torah from Hashem. At the foot of Mount Sinai, the Jewish people received […]
Shabbat and Holidays
Inspiration, information, tutorials, recipes, and more on Shabbat and the Jewish holidays celebrated throughout the year.
A boy walks down the street, hands in his pockets. He’s confused. I mean, of course he doesn’t show that to anybody. He’s ‘mad cool.’ He’s Jewish. He knows that. […]
On Purim, our Sages instituted that the megillah, the Book of Esther, be read twice, both on Purim night and day. This is so we can glean from the megillah […]
A few years ago, the Maccabeats took the music world by storm with their viral Chanukah hit, Candlelight. Watch the students of Oorah’s Little Star Preschool in Staten Island perform […]
There’s no food that says Chanukah like potato latkes fried in lots and lots of oil. But come on, who can eat potato latkes for eight days straight? Change it […]
Exuberant dancing, enlightening words from Rabbi Chaim Mintz and a joyful atmosphere made the Oorah Simchas Bais Hashoeva in Brooklyn on Monday night of Chol Hamoed Sukkos a huge success!
It was after Rosh Hashana and a friend of mine from Oorah asked me, “So any suggestions? Regarding teshuvah, I mean.” Let’s talk about teshuvah (repentance, lit. return) and what […]
