A group of Askonim and Shluchim led by director Rabbi Gedalya Shemtov are leading the annual fundraiser for the Shluchim ...

On the second day of Shavuos, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica Shliach Berel Dubinsky glanced at an old Torah in his Shul's Aron ...

Yom tov may also be used, meaning "good day" or "festival day," or "May you be inscribed in the Book of Life." However, it is not common to wish someone a "Happy Yom Kippur" as the day is one of ...

Hebrew greetings include "shana tova" (good year), "tizku leshanim rabot" (may you merit many pleasant and good years), "yom tov" (good day), and tzom kal (easy fast).

The first two days of Sukkot are known as yom tov, during which work is prohibited. In the evening during yom kov, celebrants light candles and enjoy honey-dipped challah bread. The next five days ...

"Gut yontiff" (pronounced goot YUHN-tiff) which is a yiddishized version of the Hebrew phrase yom tov, literally meaning “good day” and referring to any major Jewish holiday on which work is ...

A rundown on the Sukkot's history and meaning, differing customs, and rules and times for when Yom Tov begins and ends. The holiday of Sukkot is upon us, when Jews around the world will take part ...

One figure in particular stands out: a French rabbi and noted scholar, Yom Tov (or Yom Tob) who moved to York from Joigny in France in the early 1180s, and whose writings are still widely used today.