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Day Before Rosh Hashanah
Annulment of vows, mikvah, Psalms, and no shofar. These are some of the day-before-Rosh Hashanah observances.
Jewish Holidays » High Holidays » Rosh Hashanah » Guide » Guide » Day Before Rosh Hashanah
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"Just One Blast!"
By Hirshel Tzig
"Today is the day before Rosh Hashanah," his Zeide explained. "Today we do not blow Shofar. Tomorrow morning, we will blow the shofar in shul." The child did not comprehend the reasons. He kicked and screamed, telling his Zeide, "One more blast! One more ...
Jewish Holidays » High Holidays » Month of Elul » Stories » "Just One Blast!"
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At the Ohel
The Rebbe visits resting place of his predecessor, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn
The Rebbe » Audio & Video » High Holidays with the Rebbe » At the Ohel
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No Shofar Today
The Shofar is not sounded on the day before Rosh Hashanah, to separate between the shofar soundings of the month of Elul (which are a minhag, or "custom") and the Rosh Hashanah soundings, which are a biblically ordained mitzvah, divine commandment).
Jewish Calendar » Elul » Elul - 29 » Laws & Customs » No Shofar Today
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Erev Rosh Hashanah
Jewish Calendar » Elul » Elul - 29 » Erev Rosh Hashanah
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Eruv Tavshilin
When Shabbat occurs immediately following a festival -- as it does this year -- an "eruv tavshilin" (i.e., food for at least one "meal" that is set aside in advance for Shabbat) must be prepared prior to the festival, so that it should be permitted to ...
Jewish Calendar » Elul » Elul - 29 » Laws & Customs » Eruv Tavshilin
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Selichot
Today is the last day of the Jewish year, and a day of preparation for Rosh Hashanah ("Head of the Year") which commences this evening. A more lengthy version of the Selichot ("supplication") prayers are recited in the early morning hours, before the ...
Jewish Calendar » Elul » Elul - 29 » Laws & Customs » Selichot
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Tzemach Tzeddek Born
1789
The third Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn of Lubavitch (1789-1866), was born on the 29th of Elul. Orphaned from his mother at age 3, he was raised by his maternal grandfather, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi. Rabbi Menachem Mendel assumed ...
Jewish Calendar » Elul » Elul - 29 » Jewish History » Tzemach Tzeddek Born
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Laws & Customs
Jewish Calendar » Elul » Elul - 29 » Laws & Customs
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Jewish History
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