Jewish Holidays

The Bible and Mesopotamia Mythology

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...

Easter Week from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday 2024.

“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....

Hava Nagila – (“Let us rejoice”)

Hava Nagila (Hebrew: הבה נגילה‎, Havah Nagilah, “Let us rejoice”) is a Jewish folk song traditionally sung at Jewish celebrations . The melody is based on a Hassidic Nigun.[1] It was composed in 1918, to...