The Judaica Square Journal

How to Set the Rosh Hashanah Table: Honey Dishes, Simanim & Centerpieces

How to set a useful and beautiful Rosh Hashanah table with honey dishes, simanim cards, trays, challah pieces, and serving accents.

Children’s Books for Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur: A Parent’s Guide

Compare real Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur children’s books for guessing, shared stories and conversation. Match the format to the child’s reading stage.

Yom Kippur Essentials: A Complete Checklist

A practical Yom Kippur checklist covering machzorim, kittels, Selichos, Tehillim, candles, children’s books, and family preparation.

Selichos & Elul: Preparing for the Yamim Noraim

Choose Selichos by exact minhag, language and contents. Check first-night booklets against complete editions and prepare the right machzorim separately.

How to Choose a Yarmulke: Size, Fit, Material & Style

A practical guide to choosing a yarmulke or kippah by size, shape, material, fit, and occasion.

How to Buy Tzitzis: Cotton vs. Wool, Sizing, Styles & Minhag

A practical shopping guide to choosing tzitzis by wearer, material, size, neck style, strings, and minhag.

How to Choose a Shofar: Ram's Horn vs. Yemenite, Sizes & Kashrus

Choose a shofar for the person who will blow it, with the horn type and kashrus established before its appearance. A dramatic curve or large size is not enough to tell you whether a particular shof...

Which Machzor Should You Buy? A Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur Nusach Guide

How to choose the right machzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, by nusach (Ashkenaz, Sefard, or Sephardic/Edot HaMizrach), translation style, and size, with picks from Judaica Square's full machz...

Starting Daf Yomi? The Complete Guide to Choosing Your Gemara

Choose a Gemara for Daf Yomi by language, layout, dimensions and daf range. Check single volumes against complete tractates and plan the next book.

Hebrew Gemara Editions Compared: Oz Vehadar vs. Vilna vs. Mesoras HaShas

Oz Vehadar vs. Vilna vs. Mesoras HaShas: the leading Hebrew Gemara editions compared on clarity, meforshim and value.

ArtScroll Schottenstein Talmud Sizes Explained: Full-Size vs. Daf Yomi vs. Travel

Full-size vs. Daf Yomi vs. Travel Schottenstein Gemara: the differences, who each is for, and how to choose.

Schottenstein vs. Koren Talmud: Which Gemara Should You Buy?

ArtScroll Schottenstein vs. Koren Steinsaltz: translation style, page, sizes and price compared, so you choose the right English Gemara.