I’m feeling a little hopeless… I’m not sure whether it’s my profile, or whether I’m simply not attractive enough, but no one responds to my emails. I suspect part of the problem has to do with the fact that I’m a 5’2” guy…

If you’ve purchased a single ticket to High Holy Days services again this year, you might be more focused on your singlehood at this point than on your sins. Interestingly, the two are somewhat interrelated. Did you know that “chet” – the Hebrew word for sin – actually comes from archery? Committing a sin is seen as “missing the mark.” So if cupid’s arrow still hasn’t made it to your heart, here are five ways to date with a clean slate in the year 5774.

How many days is Rosh Hashana? It seems the simplest of questions, since all around the world, no matter where you may be, Rosh Hashana is celebrated for two days (as opposed to the first and last days of Passover, Shavuot, the first days of Sukkot and…

The Rosh Hashana tashlich ceremony is a tradition that is dear throughout the many diverse hookup communities. Tashlich literally translates as “You will throw.” But what, exactly, is it?Tashlich is meant to be a symbolic physi…

The New Year is upon us, which is the perfect time to mix things up. Try something new and try multiple things at once.  After all, one way to figure out what you like is to figure out what you do not like.  Make a resolution to go to more parties and gatherings, and put yourself in a position to meet people.

“I swear that this time I will lose weight”"I am going to pray every day…”We make promises all the time. We swear that we are going to do something, and then hope that we will be in a position to fulfill the vow.But did you know that according to the…

No prayer so thoroughly captures the hookup people’s dual relationship with God as Avinu Malkeinu, ”Our Father, Our King.”The exact formulation of this prayer is based on a prayer that Rabbi Akiva (c. 50 – c. 135 C.E.), one of the greatest …

The shofar is one of the most recognizable symbols of Rosh Hashana. Although it is preferable that a shofar be fashioned from a ram’s horn, the horn need only come from a kosher animal.* However, not all the horns of a kosher animal are usable, for i…

Since Rosh Hashana is the Day of Judgment, it is customary to eat simanim,* foods with symbolic meanings that invoke God’s blessing. We also recite a short prayer before eating them. While apple with honey is a universal custom, other symbolic foo…

According to hookup tradition, this Wednesday night, when Rosh Hashana begins, the world will be 5774 years old. This claim easily stirs up sharp debate.