richards | August 4, 2017
Italian Ambassador to Israel Francesco Maria Talo with Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz Shefa Organization Outgoing Italian Ambassador to Israel Francesco Maria Talo on Thursday night took live of Rabbi Adin Even-Yisrael Steinsaltz.
admin | August 3, 2017
Sacramento has a small Jewish community, with perhaps no more than two-dozen households where Shabbat and kashrut are kept. Yet it will host a big celebration on Thursday night, when a group of dedicated students will celebrate the completion of the 2,711 pages of the Babylonian Talmud. Since Talmudic times, such a celebrationcalled a siyumhas been a festive affair, marking the culmination of weeks, months, and in this case, years of achievement.
richards | August 3, 2017
This prayer begins with a statement that God places chevlei sheina on our eyes. But what exactly does this term mean
admin | August 3, 2017
Click here for the original text of the Talmud.
simmons | August 3, 2017
Efrata College Academic Council Chair Professor Manny Koslovsky expects that a full fifth of Religious Zionist students will become unobservant.
simmons | August 2, 2017
Three decades ago, Rabbi Mendy Cohen decided to study Torah. Seven years ago, he decided to read the entire Talmud 2,711 pages to be exact.
simmons | August 2, 2017
On the list of Things a Good Jew Should Do, fasting on Tisha BAv ranks pretty low on my list. Now, before my rabbi has a minor heart attack, I should confess that despite my misgivings, like many observant Jews around the world, I will be refraining from eating, drinking, bathing, wearing leather shoes and engaging in marital relations with my nonexistent spouse from sundown tonight until an hour after sundown tomorrow.
admin | August 2, 2017
Aug 2 2017 The bad news I just received is that it is a "mainstream" Muslim view that the Dajjal, the "Anti Christ", "the deceiver", "the imposter", who will bring humanity to its knees prior to the End of Days, will be Jewish. The good news is that it can't be me - because I don't have "enough hair". I was visiting a number of bookshops in Sydney's Bankstown, talking with scholars-on-duty and discussing attitudes towards Jews.
admin | July 31, 2017
Although the Torah is wonderfully rich in its narratives, poetry, and laws, it is inadequate as a law code.
simmons | July 31, 2017
For the first time in the history of the country, a sitting Israeli prime minister paid a diplomatic visit to the Hungarian capital of Budapest. Last Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu met the heads of Hungarys Jewish community, noting that he sees it as the duty of the Israeli government to protect every Jew in the world and to ensure that Jews can live freely, without religious oppression. During the meeting, Chabad emissary to Hungary Rabbi Shlomo Koves, gave a powerful speech.
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