Altoona artist Joe Servello has illustrated a Biblical/Hebraic Calendar and Journal for the Hebrew year 5777, which began in September and ends in August. The calendar was designed by Vinnie Grace ...

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The first Passover is an event that occurred about 3,500 years ago. It marks the beginning of the Jewish people as a free people. The first commandment given to the Jewish people was to construct ...

An inscription dating from the 10th century BCE (the period of King David's reign) has been deciphered, showing that it is a Hebrew inscription. The discovery makes this the earliest known Hebrew ...

Last year Hanukkah started on December 24—so if its start on Tuesday evening has snuck up on you, you're not alone. The holiday is actually perfectly predictable, but only if you're familiar with ...