Reflections from Sedona as We Prepare for Pesach OR Oy, Why Did We Have to Wander for Forty Years?

A contemporary rabbinic answer, based on Jewish law, which allows the eating of these "kitniyot."

Make your seder engaging and meaningful this year!

Rabbi Kipnes' 8 Ways to Make Your Family Seder Engaging

Almost everything you wanted to know about Passover: Preparing for Passover, Hunting for Hametz, How to make your Seder meaningful, How to capture the attention of the kids,The Story of Passover in 6 (short) Scenes, For the Adult Seder: Four Ideas from the Rabbi’s Tisch (table)

New and old Passover favorites to sing at your Seder table.

Learn how to make a fun Seder using these new ideas!

Some great suggestions to help you make a special Chanukah celebration for 8 days.

A Happy Chanukah Storytelling List

All the words of the fun Chanukah songs!

The “Miracle of Oil” story is not the whole story of Chanukah...

On this night of Chanukah, we celebrate four “women of light”, who made sure the holy light shined forth. According to legend...

Chanukah, as a Festival of Giving, invites us to share the Light of Torah with others by rededicating ourselves to the Jewish obligation of Tzedakah.

This Chanukah meander through the Pardes of Jewish texts and pick some of the delicious fruits of learning. Explore the depth of our Jewish textual tradition.

Everthing you need to know about this fun game, including History and Origins of the Dreidel

So many of us, while enjoying the color and flavor of Christmas, wonder aloud, “Why is it that Chanukah seems so second-rate next to the grandeur of Christmas? How do we survive the onslaught?” Read on!

Check out the photos of Chanuka Celebrations at Or Ami

The story and history.

This issue of Divray Or Ami is dedicated to all of the events connected with our High Holy Day Services.

Our prayerbooks ask “who shall live and who shall die in the coming year?” Many of us are more concerned with how to make it through this hectic Holy Day season! Where is the payoff for the energy we exert and the exhaustion we endure?

A creative retelling of the Purim story, written as a "rap song"

A family-friendly play about Purim, Queen Esther and Mordechai.

Great Purim resources from adult learning, kids activities and games to Hamantaschen recipes

From blessings, to Shehecheyanu moments, to yahrzeit candles to learning, Thanksgiving can be a time of Jewish spiritual inspiration.

From Traditional Brachot (blessings) to Navajo words to official proclamations.