High Holy day Site Debuts!

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>"Lubavitch News Service" <LNS

 

>World's Premiere High Holiday Site Debuts!

>Tue, 19 Sep 2000 15:40:05 -0400

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>B"H

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>LUBAVITCH NEWS SERVICE

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>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

>September 19, 2000

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>CONTACT: Rabbi Zalman Shmotkin

>ZS

>(718) 774-4000 x 212

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>WORLD'S PREMIERE HIGH HOLIDAY WEBSITE DEBUTS

>Hundreds of Thousands Expected At The Largest Ever High Holiday

>Classroom

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>NEW YORK - Chabad-Lubavitch's latest website is attracting visitors at

>breakneck speed.

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>JewishNewYear.com, launched only 30 hours ago, has logged more than

>32,000 visitors while revealing mysteries, teaching the Law, quizzing,

>replying and spreading a pocketful of traditional miracles in six

>languages.

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>JewishNewYear.com (http://www.JewishNewYear.com) includes hundreds of

>web pages chock full of everything from practical how-to guides, to

>deep mystical and Talmudic insights, to interactive games and a

>worldwide searchable database of High Holiday services.

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>Utilizing a variety of advanced web technologies and an elegant

>design, "JewishNewYear.com" provides a treasure trove of information

>for this jam-packed SEASON of the Jewish year.

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>EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW

>The content of JewishNewYear.com is culled from more than 720 sources,

>both ancient and contemporary, and features prayer excerpts, Bible

>readings, stories for children, and a thorough and exciting look at

>the layers upon layers of meaning associated with the holidays.

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>In addition, the site spans the entire history of the Jewish People,

>citing sources and practices ranging from the biblical Patriarch

>Abraham to ancient Rome to Turkish Izmir in 1729 to 1890s' Dagestan to

>1950's' Iraq to 1990's' Jerusalem.

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>A lengthy analysis of one of the Rosh Hashana readings yields the

>prayer rituals that were first introduced by a Jewish woman. Medieval

>philosopher Maimonides is given much play as he explains how one can

>make amends for past iniquities.

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>An introspective piece allows each visitor to "test your nature" and

>see how it can be changed for the New Year, and an "Ask the Rabbi"

>button allows people to get answers to all holiday questions.

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>But perhaps the most important feature of all is the "Find-A-Service"

>area. With more than 2,000 entries, Jews worldwide can search an

>online database for a comfortable, welcoming service they may attend

>in their area.

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>The Jewish month of Tishrei, beginning with Rosh Hashanah on the eve

>of September 29, includes both solemn and joyous holidays, and is

>considered to be the "head" of the New Year, from which spiritual

>energy is derived for all the months that follow. Perhaps most famous

>are Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, but the month also includes Sukkot

>(festival of the booths), Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah. (For more

>information please check out the site!)

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>JewishNewYear.com is a joint project of the Chabad-Lubavitch World

>Headquarters and more than 2,600 Chabad-Lubavitch institutions around

>the globe.

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