Judaism provides for several rites of passage in the life of an average Jew. Several rites are associated with the birth of a child, ranging

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What is Rosh HaShanah and when do we celebrate it? Looking for a page written for children? Please see our page Rosh HaShanah Explained for

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On Yom Kippur, we enter the synagogue in awe and trembling because the books of the living and the dead are open before God. Included