Residents of the 210-unit Gurwin Jewish-Fay J. Lindner Residences in Commack offer life advice to the next generation.

The date fluctuates with the Gregorian calendar, which uses a solar dating system. The date is always the same on the Hebrew or Jewish calendar because it is timed with the moon. Judas Maccabeus ...

Hanukkah's start date on the Gregorian calendar varies year by year because the Jewish calendar is based on luni-solar calendar cycles. According to Chabad, months under the Hebrew calendar follow ...

One of the highlights of the Jewish calendar is the Passover Seder where we gather with family and friends and retell our ...

It comes from reaching out." Why is Hanukkah so late this year? The simple answer is that the Jewish calendar is based on lunar cycles, and is not in sync with the Gregorian calendar which sets ...

It is not a major religious holiday in the Jewish calendar. The Books of the Maccabees are not included in the Jewish biblical canon, and the Babylonian Talmud only briefly explains the holiday's ...

Meyerbeer's vast fortune and the great success of his operas, as well as his observance of the laws of the Jewish religion, ...

Why is Hanukkah so late this year? Hanukkah always begins on the 25th of the month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar. This date is different each year in the Gregorian calendar, which is widely ...