Jewish Holidays
The Seven Commandment Pages
Winter
- Two Lights – an essay for Hanukkah
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- What the Hanukkah Flames Tell Us
- One Story Among Many
- A Short History of Hanukkah
- Celebrating Hanukkah – the Military Victory?
- work in progress. (My answer is, "Not quite.")
- President Bush Participates in a Menorah Lighting Ceremony – 5764
- December 22, 2003
- 'January' – the name comes from Janus, one of Noah's names
- work in progress
- People Are Trees – an essay for the New Year for Trees
- Tu B'Shvat – the Fifteenth of Shvat
Was Shabbat, February 11, 2017
- Tu B'Shvat
- Did You Know?
Spring
- Purim and Prophecy
- work in progress
Purim is was on Saturday night (after Shabbat) March 11, 2017, through Sunday, March 12, 2017.
- Recognizing a Wise Person
- A Passover Lesson
Passover is from Friday evening, March 30, 2018, through Saturday evening, April 7, 2018.
The Passover Seders are on the first Friday and Saturday nights.
Summer
- Shavuot - Feast of Weeks
- For 5776 – was on Sunday & Monday, June 12-13, 2016
- The Ancient Holiday of 25 Sivan
- It's Never Dark Anymore
- Thoughts about Tisha B'Av after an Electric Power Failure
Fall
- The New Year – Rosh HaShanah
- For 5777 – from the evening of Sunday, October 2, 2016 through Tuesday, October 4, 2016
- The Day of Atonement – Yom Kippur
- For 5777 – from the evening of Tuesday, October 11, 2016 through Wednesday, October 12, 2016
The Seven Commandment Pages / edited by Nathaniel Segal
First published August '97