admin | September 19, 2020
Rosh Hashana, it is written, begins on Friday evening, the first day of the holy month of Tishrei. But at the Brooklyn Heights Synagogue, like many other congregations, preparations for this years High Holy Days services began far earlier, and were vastly different
admin | September 19, 2020
JTA Among the countless traditions upended by the coronavirus pandemic: the annual Rosh Hashanah trek to Brooklyn by the top Satmar rabbi in Kiryas Joel, the upstate New York Orthodox enclave. Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum will remain in Kiryas Joel for Rosh Hashanah because of new cases of COVID-19 in his town, according to an announcement from a local synagogue shared on social media Wednesday.
admin | September 19, 2020
The legislation of Ukraine should be respected by everyone, regardless of citizenship, religion or belonging to a particular cultural trend, said Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba, commenting on the situation with Hasidic pilgrims who are trying to get into the country, despite the closure of borders in connection with the coronavirus pandemic.
admin | September 19, 2020
Photo Credit: Jewish Press One thing I have learned after cataloging hundreds of thousands of books is that not only cant you judge a book by its cover, you often cant judge it by its title page either.
admin | September 19, 2020
This editorial appears in the Tishrei issue of Lubavitch International, to subscribe for the magazine, click here.
admin | September 19, 2020
How can we utter these words? I believe the pandemic of 2020 contributes a unique backdrop as we struggle with this prayer. Fires, floods, famines, AND coronavirus are not acts of God.
admin | September 19, 2020
Rosh Hashanah is Yom Teruah, a day of blowing blasts (Numbers 29:1). Teruah literally means shouting, since the day was probably initially a great popular acclamation of God, enhanced and led by trumpet calls.Why is the shofar blown during the preceding month of Elul?
admin | September 19, 2020
There was a group of Jewish students who were traveling through Malawi in southern Africa. This was back in the 90s so no smartphones, no Google maps, no GPS. Instead, they were relying on a good old-fashioned map
admin | September 19, 2020
Kosher offerings on supermarket shelves in America and Israel might have looked differently this High Holiday season had Rabbi Mendy Chitrik not undertaken a 3000 mile trip around Anatolia, Turkeys Asian portion, this summer.
admin | September 19, 2020
As nearly every aspect of the world around us was changing in this year of global pandemic, Chabad.org/News worked to provide unique perspectives on the unfolding tragedy and unfathomable loss of life, while at the same time reporting on the outpourings of kindness and humanity from every part of the globe. With the Jewish year 5780 coming to a close, here is a look at some of the stories that defined it, as featured on Chabad.org/News
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