The Mourner's Kaddish
The mourner's prayer, in Aramaic, said with a minyan. It magnifies God rather than death.
Today
Full calendar →13 Av 5786
Monday, 27 July 2026
On the Horizon
- 46Rosh Hashanahראש השנה
- 55Yom Kippurיום כיפור
- 60Sukkotסוכות
The Siddur Reader
Open the prayerbook, page by page.
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Koren Shalem Siddur
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Sacred Time
Your First Holiday Cycle
The Jewish year has a clear shape. Knowing the shape makes every individual holiday more meaningful.
Do not try to learn all the holidays at once. Take them as they come. The Holidays chapter of this guide gives a full treatment of each; here is the shape of the year for orientation:
These are the shalosh regalim, the three pilgrimage festivals commanded in the Torah (Devarim 16). They mark, respectively, the Exodus from Egypt (Pesach, spring), the giving of the Torah at Sinai (Shavuot, early summer), and the wandering in the wilderness (Sukkot, fall).
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Learn letters, vowels, and words, first by demonstration, then with interactive flashcards.
THE DAILY
One Candle Is Enough
- 01Light a candle Friday before sundown — one is enough.
- 02Read one chapter of Torah, any chapter, in a translation you like.
- 03Find one Jewish person whose practice you can ask about, over coffee.
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Why Did God Create the World?
Three classical answers — the rationalist, the kabbalist, and the Hasidic — and why each is illuminating.
What Is Mussar?
The Jewish discipline of character refinement — old as the Talmud, formalized in the 19th century by Rabbi Yisrael Salanter.
Hasidism vs. Mitnagdism
The great 18th-century split that still shapes the contemporary Orthodox world.
Start HereThe first five stops on a guided reading path.
Follow the Path →The Sections
Ten ways into a practice.
These ten sections have been designed first as a structured guide for learning, and second as an almanac for free exploration.