by holidayconnections · Published 08/15/2023 · Last modified 11/05/2023
For Jewish people the celebration of the “New Year” is an opportunity to ask forgiveness for any transgressions committed in the past and start the new year as a better person. It also starts the...
by holidayconnections · Published 04/29/2023 · Last modified 11/05/2023
According to Baruch StermanJudy Taubes Sterman, for ancient Israelites, tekhelet was God’s chosen color. It was the color of the sumptuous drapes adorning Solomon’s Temple (2 Chronicles 3:14) as well as the robes worn by...
by holidayconnections · Published 03/27/2023 · Last modified 11/05/2023
Abraham was born in thecity of Ur, of the Chaldees, Ur was a major Sumerian city-state located in Mesopotamia, marked today by Tell el-Muqayyar in southern Iraq Abraham[a] is the Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic...
by holidayconnections · Published 03/20/2023 · Last modified 11/05/2023
“Easter Sunday” is the most important day in the Christian calendar. It celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus three days after his crucifixion, and six days after Jesus’ celebrated the Jewish Passover with his twelve disciples....