Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 5:54 p.m. Torah: Genesis 1:1-6:7 Haftarah: Isaiah 42:5-43:10 Havdalah: 6:53 p.m. On Rosh HaShanah we began counting the 5,775th year since the creation ...

Literal belief in the seven days of creation is not included in Maimonides’s Thirteen Principles of Jewish faith or even in Rabbi Yosef Albo’s three principles (Sefer Ha’ikarim).

Each year, 163 days after Passover, the Jewish community celebrates Rosh Hashanah, which marks the beginning of the High Holy Days leading up to Yom Kippur. The two-day celebration began this year ...

But fifteen years earlier, on September 7 ... day of judgment for all nations.” Jewish tradition marks Rosh Hashanah as Yom Ha-Din – Judgment Day – when – on the anniversary of the creatio ...

Each year, 163 days after Passover ... In other words, the Jewish holiday celebrates the creation of humanity. September 2017: What is Yom Kippur? How do Jews observe it?

Art What do Jewish, Christian and Muslim artists talk about when they talk about ‘Genesis’? A groundbreaking exhibit tells the story of creation through multiple perspectives, with eye-opening ...

Genesis 1:24-2:3. Last week, we left off with Days 6 and 7 of creation.Those two days are unique from the rest of the creative events cataloged in Genesis 1 and so deserve special consideration.

Each year, 163 days after Passover, the Jewish community celebrates Rosh Hashana, which marks the beginning of the High Holy Days leading up to Yom Kippur. The two-day celebration of Rosh Hashana ...