Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, z"l, said, "On Rosh Hashanah, we learn how to hear. On Chanukah, we learn how to see."
May the light of Chanukah shine on you.
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May the light of Chanukah shine on you.
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December 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, z"l, said, "On Rosh Hashanah, we learn how to hear. On Chanukah, we learn how to see."
May the light of Chanukah shine on you.
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May the light of Chanukah shine on you.
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Sometimes I cheer myself up by looking at Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah on my calendar. I have a feeling it'll be extra special this year!
December 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Sometimes I cheer myself up by looking at Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah on my calendar. I have a feeling it'll be extra special this year!
December 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Hannukah has nothing to do with the winter solstice. For really major Jewish religious holidays (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Passover), (at least religious) Jews don’t work. Hannukah isn’t a take off from work holiday.
December 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Hannukah has nothing to do with the winter solstice. For really major Jewish religious holidays (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Passover), (at least religious) Jews don’t work. Hannukah isn’t a take off from work holiday.
For gentiles who aren't aware of the nuances here: Synagogues typically have free and open services for most of the year but for the High Holy Days (Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur) when demand is highest they require tickets, which you can get for free as a member but have to pay for otherwise.
December 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
For gentiles who aren't aware of the nuances here: Synagogues typically have free and open services for most of the year but for the High Holy Days (Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur) when demand is highest they require tickets, which you can get for free as a member but have to pay for otherwise.
In Israel Rosh Hashanah is obviously a bigger deal than what's roughly called "the Civil New Year," but the world still mostly operates by this calendar independent of any specific cultural or religious attachments and I think that's the best we're gonna get
December 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
In Israel Rosh Hashanah is obviously a bigger deal than what's roughly called "the Civil New Year," but the world still mostly operates by this calendar independent of any specific cultural or religious attachments and I think that's the best we're gonna get
This ain′t Rosh Hashanah
This ain't Passover
It′s Hanukkah, baby
Now move that ass over
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This ain't Passover
It′s Hanukkah, baby
Now move that ass over
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Too $hort - ' Hanukkah (Favorite Time Of The Year) ' (Official Music)
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December 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This ain′t Rosh Hashanah
This ain't Passover
It′s Hanukkah, baby
Now move that ass over
youtu.be/-AV0Nio5lDk?...
This ain't Passover
It′s Hanukkah, baby
Now move that ass over
youtu.be/-AV0Nio5lDk?...
Eric Adams should donate this jacket to me as a personal apology for his tenure as mayor.
December 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Eric Adams should donate this jacket to me as a personal apology for his tenure as mayor.
"New York suspends alternate side parking for Rosh Hashanah, Oct 1-2. Drive cautiously and avoid parking close to streets. " #RoshHashanahNYC https://fefd.link/PLJms
December 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
"New York suspends alternate side parking for Rosh Hashanah, Oct 1-2. Drive cautiously and avoid parking close to streets. " #RoshHashanahNYC https://fefd.link/PLJms
I remember "Rock n Roll Rosh Hashanah" confusing people when it was added to the series. People didn't know it referred to 80s Rock n Roll Wrestling.
December 15, 2025 at 6:05 AM
I remember "Rock n Roll Rosh Hashanah" confusing people when it was added to the series. People didn't know it referred to 80s Rock n Roll Wrestling.
Fact: Jánuca no es nuestra principal celebración. Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Passover y Shavuot están por arriba
A pesar de ello, Chanukah es uno de los rituales más observados quizá por la proximidad del resto de las fiestas 😆
(Y actualmente hay una seria división en su significado)
A pesar de ello, Chanukah es uno de los rituales más observados quizá por la proximidad del resto de las fiestas 😆
(Y actualmente hay una seria división en su significado)
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Fact: Jánuca no es nuestra principal celebración. Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Passover y Shavuot están por arriba
A pesar de ello, Chanukah es uno de los rituales más observados quizá por la proximidad del resto de las fiestas 😆
(Y actualmente hay una seria división en su significado)
A pesar de ello, Chanukah es uno de los rituales más observados quizá por la proximidad del resto de las fiestas 😆
(Y actualmente hay una seria división en su significado)
Rabbi Eli Schlanger, murdered in the attack in Australia, had been learning with a man in prison for several months. Last week he was released, & R' Schlanger wrote this beautiful post celebrating it, including how it coincided w/ Yud-Tes Kislev (the release of the Alter Rebbe from prison)
![The day the Alter Rebbe left prison…
is the day he did too.
For the past several months, I’ve been learning weekly with a Jewish man in prison. Week by week, through Torah, tefillah, and simply showing up for him, I watched his spirit slowly rebuild itself. Before Rosh Hashanah, we learned together about the power of prayer, and I encouraged him to speak to G-d from the depths of his situation and to envision the sound of the shofar whenever he prayed.
A few weeks later, he came to our video session holding a small Chabad siddur he had “miraculously” found. After being unexpectedly moved to a different area of the prison, he went to straighten a messy bookshelf and the very last book on that shelf was an English Chabad siddur. Torn first page, no explanation, no way to know how it got there. He told me, with tears in his eyes, “Rabbi, this was G-d telling me He’s here with me even in a place like this.”
And then came yesterday, which was the 18th of Kislev the very day, historically, when the Alter Rebbe’s (the first Chabad Rebbe) release from prison was decided.
Yesterday morning I went to court wearing my chaplaincy badge to support him.
Through a series of unbelievable turns, the judge granted his release, with one of the conditions being ongoing study and spiritual guidance. Every detail felt orchestrated.
I jumped into the car and traveled to Nowra Correctional Centre waiting to greet him as he walks out. He lay tefillin outside the prison walls, we sang the song Tzeitchem L’ shalom (as we would do whilst he was inside, over zoom on Friday afternoons) and we danced to the words Thank you Hashem! We farbrenged the whole way home and by the time he arrived home it was already after dark, he stepped into freedom on Yud-Tes Kislev, the day we celebrate the day of liberation of the first leader of the Chabad movement.
This is not coincidence. This is open, revealed Divine Providence.
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And it’s exactly the kind of impact that becomes possible when we follow the guidance of the Alter Rebbe and the Chabad Rabbeim, invest in people at their lowest moments and give them a path back to dignity, hope, and Judaism.
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December 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Rabbi Eli Schlanger, murdered in the attack in Australia, had been learning with a man in prison for several months. Last week he was released, & R' Schlanger wrote this beautiful post celebrating it, including how it coincided w/ Yud-Tes Kislev (the release of the Alter Rebbe from prison)
Seems like a good time to mention that clubs/companies should not be posting about Hannukah if you didn’t post for Passover/Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur. We’re not interested in your pandering, especially today
December 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Seems like a good time to mention that clubs/companies should not be posting about Hannukah if you didn’t post for Passover/Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur. We’re not interested in your pandering, especially today
I mix up my rising and my moon (one is Libra and one is Scorpio, but I don’t know which is which) but it’s very easy to remember that I was born on the Fast of Gedaliah (even tho my mom continues to insist, despite ample evidence to the contrary, that it was still the second day of Rosh Hashanah).
December 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I mix up my rising and my moon (one is Libra and one is Scorpio, but I don’t know which is which) but it’s very easy to remember that I was born on the Fast of Gedaliah (even tho my mom continues to insist, despite ample evidence to the contrary, that it was still the second day of Rosh Hashanah).
Did I mention that the last time we saw MJF was the second day of Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of the Ten Days of Repentance, culminating in Yom Kippur, the day of atonement?
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December 14, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Did I mention that the last time we saw MJF was the second day of Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of the Ten Days of Repentance, culminating in Yom Kippur, the day of atonement?
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Either my children are watching the Rosh Hashanah episode of Spidey or I'm hallucinating that such a thing exists.
December 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Either my children are watching the Rosh Hashanah episode of Spidey or I'm hallucinating that such a thing exists.
My local grocery store always has the "Jewish food" out for Chanukah.
As well as for rosh hashanah & yom kippur.
Especially matzo.
Lots & lots of matzo.
🤦
As well as for rosh hashanah & yom kippur.
Especially matzo.
Lots & lots of matzo.
🤦
December 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
My local grocery store always has the "Jewish food" out for Chanukah.
As well as for rosh hashanah & yom kippur.
Especially matzo.
Lots & lots of matzo.
🤦
As well as for rosh hashanah & yom kippur.
Especially matzo.
Lots & lots of matzo.
🤦
I am not Jewish, but I’ve heard that Hanukkah is only a bigger deal b/c of its proximity and similarity to Christmas.
Bigger holidays (like Passover, Rosh Hashanah, and Yom Kippur) are much more ancient, going back to the earliest stages of Judaism
Bigger holidays (like Passover, Rosh Hashanah, and Yom Kippur) are much more ancient, going back to the earliest stages of Judaism
December 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I am not Jewish, but I’ve heard that Hanukkah is only a bigger deal b/c of its proximity and similarity to Christmas.
Bigger holidays (like Passover, Rosh Hashanah, and Yom Kippur) are much more ancient, going back to the earliest stages of Judaism
Bigger holidays (like Passover, Rosh Hashanah, and Yom Kippur) are much more ancient, going back to the earliest stages of Judaism
If this year's Rosh Hashanah posts were any indication, yes
December 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
If this year's Rosh Hashanah posts were any indication, yes
OK, so my strongly held assumption that “the rosh hashanah of chasidus” is like a world tour that really just tours europe is still valid
December 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
OK, so my strongly held assumption that “the rosh hashanah of chasidus” is like a world tour that really just tours europe is still valid
A generation later, it goes up a notch:
"(8th day of) Hanukkah is bigger than the high holidays."
- 19th century Rebbe Yisroel of Ruzhin
Yup, before Chanukah was ever commercialized, some rabbis were already claiming it is the most important Jewish holiday 🤷♀️
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"(8th day of) Hanukkah is bigger than the high holidays."
- 19th century Rebbe Yisroel of Ruzhin
Yup, before Chanukah was ever commercialized, some rabbis were already claiming it is the most important Jewish holiday 🤷♀️
2/4
December 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
A generation later, it goes up a notch:
"(8th day of) Hanukkah is bigger than the high holidays."
- 19th century Rebbe Yisroel of Ruzhin
Yup, before Chanukah was ever commercialized, some rabbis were already claiming it is the most important Jewish holiday 🤷♀️
2/4
"(8th day of) Hanukkah is bigger than the high holidays."
- 19th century Rebbe Yisroel of Ruzhin
Yup, before Chanukah was ever commercialized, some rabbis were already claiming it is the most important Jewish holiday 🤷♀️
2/4
Rosh Hashanah grrr phone
December 9, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Rosh Hashanah grrr phone
I don't know, what's good about seeing a jew celebrating Rosh Hashanah?
December 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I don't know, what's good about seeing a jew celebrating Rosh Hashanah?
Dec. 19 is the fifth night of Hanukkah. Will pair well with the Rosh Hashanah loss to Vandy last year in my memory of the DeBoer era.
December 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Dec. 19 is the fifth night of Hanukkah. Will pair well with the Rosh Hashanah loss to Vandy last year in my memory of the DeBoer era.
What does everyone here like about Rosh Hashanah? It's my new favorite, and I'm curious how others feel about it so I can appreciate it even more.
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
What does everyone here like about Rosh Hashanah? It's my new favorite, and I'm curious how others feel about it so I can appreciate it even more.