Holidays
"The Sabbath and holidays are the primary reason for Jewish endurance and glory." ~~ Judah Halevi
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Add a Comment"If a man says: I will sin and the Day of Atonement will atone for me, then that Day will not atone for him." ~~ Yoma 8:9
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Add a Comment"Abhor not an Egyptian, for you were a stranger in his land! [Passover/Pesach] " ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 23:8
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Add a Comment"The river of life...flows from birth toward death. Day follows day with wearisome monotony. Only the holidays twine themselves together to form the circle of the year. Only through the holidays does life experience the eternity of the river that returns to its source. Then life becomes eternal." ~~ Franz Rosenzweig
Filed under: Death, Franz Rosenzweig, Holidays, Life
Add a Comment"For on this day atonement shall be made for you to cleanse you from all your sins; you shall be clean before the Lord. [Day of Atonement/Yom Kippur] " ~~ Leviticus (Vayikra) 16:30
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Add a Comment"Who lodges a scholar in his home is as one offering first-fruits [Shavuot] in the Temple. " ~~ Leviticus (Vayikra) R.
Filed under: Education, Holidays, Home and Family, Hospitality, Leviticus
Add a Comment"To eat and drink on a festival in the company of your family without providing for the poor and distressed, is not "the joy of the commandment" but the joy of your stomach. It is a disgrace." ~~ Maimonides
Filed under: Food and Drink, Holidays, Home and Family, Maimonides, Shabbat, Sin and Repentance, Tzedakah/Charity
Add a Comment"The Sabbaths are for rest and the festivals for joy, not for fasting and weeping and crying." ~~ Maimonides
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Add a Comment"Moses ordained that Jews be addressed each holiday on the subject of that holiday, and he said to Israel: if you do this, it will be as if you established God's sovereignty." ~~ Midrash Abkir, Yalkut Shimoni #408
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Add a Comment"The Holy One will turn the Ninth of Ab into joy...and will Himself build Jerusalem and gather therein the exiles of Israel." ~~ Midrash Zuta, Eika
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