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The One Day We Don't Wear Gold
On Yom Kippur there is a custom not to wear gold, because gold built the calf. But one opinion exempts women — and the reason why is the best thing I know about jewellery.
Am Yisrael Chai
Menachem Av: The Month That Turns Mourning Into Comfort
Rosh Chodesh Av opens the most solemn stretch of the Jewish year — yet its very name, Menachem Av, means ‘the comforter.’ A reflection on mourning, endurance, and the turn from grief to comfort.
Days of Awe
Shabbat Shuvah: A Pause Between Beginnings and Renewal
Between the joy of Rosh Hashana and the solemnity of Yom Kippur, the Jewish calendar offers us a unique moment: Shabbat Shuvah – the Shabbat of Return.
It is a time suspended between celebrati...