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Holocaust Remembrance Day – Yom Hashoah

2 Comments 27 January 2011

Something a bit different for mwah.ie but I couldn’t let today pass without mentioning it. In most of Europe, 27th January is Holocaust Remembrance Day. In Israel it falls on 27th Nisan which falls in April / May. Judiasim is a huge part of my life and I am so very proud to be Jewish. [...]

Judaism, Personal

Chanukah

No Comments 30 November 2010

With Christmas around the corner (can you believe it’s the 1st of December tomorrow!?) I was glad I looked up when Chanukah starts last week. Just enough time to get some candles in SuperValue Churchtown for our new Chanukiah / Menorah I got in Israel in January with my Mum. For those of you who [...]

Judaism

Happy Jewish New Year 5771- Rosh Hashanah – ראש השנה‎

2 Comments 08 September 2010

L’Shana Tova שנה טובה (Hebrew for a Good and Sweet Year) to all my Jewish readers. I am looking forward to my family’s feast tonight. To explain the traditions and what it’s all about please see last year’s Rosh Hashanah’s post. Happy 5771! Mwah

Judaism

You say Pesach (פֶּסַח), I say Passover

4 Comments 25 March 2010

Pesach / Passover is one of the major festivals in the Jewish calendar. So what’s it all about? Pesach is the festival that remembers the Jewish people’s escape from slavery in Egypt. Moses tried to talk some sense into Mr. Pharaoh but he was having none of it… G-d then unleashed a series of plagues [...]

Family, Judaism, Travel

Eilat, Israel

2 Comments 01 February 2010

Last June, Mum won complimentary flights to Tel Aviv with BMI through a Jewish Woman’s Week Lunch. Daddy K wasn’t interested in a visit to the Holy Land so never one to turn down a free holiday, I jumped on the bandwagon! We decided a week of sunshine in January in Eilat couldn’t hurt. Mum [...]

Family, Judaism, Personal

Chrismukkah

3 Comments 13 December 2009

As the holiday season is well upon us, I’ve been reminiscing on Chanukah’s & Christmas’s past. Growing up as a Jewish girl in Ireland my family have always celebrated both Chanukah and Christmas which is commonly referred to as Chrismukkah. Chanukah is the “Festival of Lights”; it starts on the 25th day of the Hebrew [...]

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Yom Kippur – יום כיפור- Day of Atonement

3 Comments 24 September 2009

Yom Kippur is the High Holy Day. It occurs on every year on 10th of Tishri, which this year corresponds to Sunday 27th and Monday 28th September. Yom Kippur is tough work; you are required to fast for 25 hours which includes not even water passing your lips. In fact you are not meant to [...]

Family, Judaism, Personal

Happy New Year – Rosh Hasanah – שָׁנָה טוֹבָה

6 Comments 18 September 2009

Happy New Year!!!! Ok so I haven’t completely lost the plot or skipped over a few months and Christmas. Tonight is the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah written in Hebrew as ראש השנה literally translates as Head of the Year. I am not the most religious person by any means however I do celebrate the [...]