How to do Candle Lighting

Baruch ata Adonoy, Elo-heinu melech ha-Olam, asher kidish-anu bi-mitz-vosav vi-ratza vanu, vi-Shabbos kod-sho bi-ahava uv-ratzon hin-chi-lanu, zikaron lima-aseh vi-raishis. Ki hu yom ti-chila li-mikra-ay kodesh, zay-cher li-tzi-as mitz-rayim. Ki vanu vachar-ta vi-osanu kidash-ta mikol ha-amim. Vi-shabbos kod-shicha bi-ahava uv-ratzon hinchal-tanu. Baruch ata Adonoy, mi-kadesh ha-shabbos. (“Amen”) Blessed are You God, King of the Universe, who …

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Jewish Cooking Terms

Halacha literally, the path that one walks. It refers to Jewish Law, the complete body of rules and practices that Jews are bound to follow, including biblical commandments, directives of the Rabbis, and binding customs. Hashgacha  literally, supervision, generally refers to kosher supervision. Hechsher to the certification of a kosher product or ingredient, given by …

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Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon Hebrew: רבי משה בן מיימון

The existence of God God’s unity God’s spirituality and incorporeality God’s eternity God alone should be the object of worship Revelation through God’s prophets The preeminence of Moses among the prophets God’s law given on Mount Sinai The immutability of the Torah as God’s Law God’s foreknowledge of human actions Retribution of evil The coming …

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Basic Judaism

Kosher Meat For meat to be kosher, you must start at the very beginning. You must ensure that only healthy animals are slaughtered for use in kosher foods. These animals must have split hooves and chew their cud. Cattle and sheep are the primary animals used in the koshering process. In the USA, only the …

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Jewish Marriage

Conservative Jews use a traditional ketubah, but have incorporated two changes. Aramaic ketubot are still used, but since Hebrew has been reborn as a living language, an official Hebrew version of the Ketubah is now sometimes used. A second change is that a new paragraph is allowed as an option; this paragraph includes a directive …

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Basic Judaism

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