Sarah is the name that was given to the wife of Abraham, after he chose her as the mother of all the Jewish people. She

School Term Dates As BJE teaches in NSW government schools, the term dates given below are for government schools. If you are looking for the

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

  A Gift from God What would you do if you were given the gift of being able to do nothing? Where would you be

Shabbat is the most important day of the week for Jews, because it is a day on which we remember that God created the world

In order to grasp the concept of Shabbat it is vital to understand the significance of the other six days of the week. On the

Shabbat is the period from twilight on Friday to nightfall on Saturday evening. It is the most precious time of the whole week in the

Shabbat begins as night falls on Friday and ends after nightfall on Saturday. It is a very precious time of the week: a time where

The second of the three Pilgrim Festivals, Shavuot, is celebrated for 2 days outside Israel (and in Israel for 1 day). The name ‘Shavuot’ means ‘weeks’

WHAT IS SHAVUOT AND WHEN DO WE CELEBRATE IT? Shavuot is the second of the three Pilgrim Festivals. It is celebrated for 2 days outside Israel

This Jewish prayer, like many others, is known by its opening words, ‘Shema Yisrael’ or, more simply, as the ‘Shema’. The prayer in fact consists

What is Shemini Atzeret and When Do We Celebrate It? Shemini Atzeret means ‘eighth [day of] assembly’ and occurs on the 22nd day of Tishrei,