Embrace the Power! Selected Customs for your Jewish Birthday

Here are some special customs you can do on your Jewish birthday:

• Have a Farbrengen party!

  • Eat a new fruit to say the special shehechiyanu blessing.

• Meditate on the past year and how this year will be better.

• Commit to a new mitzvah.

• Give extra charity.

• Say the Psalm corresponding to your age +1.

• Spend extra time in prayer.

  • For men, get an aliyah the Shabbat before your birthday.

• Study Torah.

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Did you know that the Jewish calendar runs on a unique lunar system that’s thousands of years old, and predates the Gregorian calendar that western society uses?

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