When Life Deals Etrogs
The etrog is a citrus fruit, similar to a lemon, used as one of four species during the Festival of Sukkot.
They're expensive!
Atone
Yom Kippur is the Jewish festival of the Day of Atonement, perhaps the most important holiday of the Jewish year.
Fast easy!
Rosh
Happy new year!
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year.
The shofar is a ram's horn, blown during the Rosh Hashanah services.
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Tzedakah
In Judaism, helping the poor and needy is as much an obligation as any of the more familiar ritual observances. It is referred to as tzedakah (righteousness).
Anonymous donation is one of the highest levels of tzedakah, second only to enabling a recipient to become self-reliant.
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