- WelcomeWelcome to the Cape Town Chabad website We hope you find what you are looking for, and come back often! Don't hesitate to contact us should you have any questions! Read More
- Rosh HashanahRosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. It is the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, and a day of judgment and coronation of G‑d as king.
- KosherWhat is kosher? How to keep kosher? What does it mean? All that and more, including stories, essays, videos and classes.
- Camp Gun IzzyPlan for these summer holidays now!
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Who was Elazar (Eleazar) the High Priest?His father was Aaron (the first High Priest) and his son was
Pinchas (who had a Parshah... Read More - Shushan PurimWhy Jerusalem celebrates a day later Read More
- Divine MadnessThere is a certain madness to this idea of talking to G‑d, of saying “You” to the Ground of... Read More
- The Silly Bird and the Wily Fox: Two Purim ParablesThe Midrash gives a parable for the story of Haman’s plot against the Jews... Read More
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The Origins of the Gragger: Why We Boo HamanRabbi David Abudraham (14th century, Spain) writes that there had been an
earlier custom for... Read More
Festival and Holidays
Explanations, observances, study, guide and multimedia to all major and minor Jewish holidays and fast days.
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