Jewish Holidays

Learn more about our Jewish Holidays at the links below:

• Purim
  • Purim websites
  • The best hamentaschen recipes!
  • Hamantaschen recipe from Karen Stesis' mother
  • http://www.wzo.org.il/en/resources/view.asp?id=127 An in-depth view of the characters in the Purim story, using some midrash and a little logical deduction.
  • http://www.jajz-ed.org.il/festivls/purim/purim.html Lots of resources and fun for Purim!
  • Celebrating Life: Observing Purim
  • Purim: Acts of Kindness on Purpose
  • Frank Talk About Judaism's Most Famous Beauty Queen
  • Everything Old is Once Again New
• Pesach
  • Selling the Chametz form in Microsoft Word format
  • What to do when Pesach starts on a Saturday night (as it does this year)
  • Wonderful downloadable 155 page Passover Guide and Seder Suppliment with discussion background, songs and much, much more.
  • Specifics on Kitniyot (legumes) on Pesach
  • Rabbinical Assembly Pesach Guide
  • http://www.bus.ualberta.ca/yreshef/pesach/sitemap.html - Each section of this sitempa examines an aspect of Pesah ( and later Lag B'Omer and Shavuot), including activity ideas for teachers.
  • http://www.jajz-ed.org.il/festivls/pesach/index.html#dept - Includes lesson units on Pesach and an interesting simulation game.
  • http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/j-hdaypa.htm - 165 links for Pesah!
• Yom Hazicaron
• Yom HaAtzmaut
• Lag B'Omer
• Shavuot
• Tisha B'Av
• Rosh Hashana
• Yom Kippur
• Sukkot
• Simchat Torah
• Hanukkah
• Tu B'shvat