admin | September 28, 2021
The holiday of Shemini Atzeres suffers from an identity crisis. On the one hand, its very name the Eighth Day of Assembly leads to the impression that it is the closing day of Sukkot, the holiday that immediately precedes it. At the same time, the Talmud clearly understands it to be a separate holiday, with significant features that distinguish it from Sukkot.
admin | September 28, 2021
As we speak, Jews across the world are preparing to celebrate Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah. Shemini Atzeret, or the 8th Day of Assembly, is the closing festival after the 7 days of Sukkot mentioned in Leviticus 23
admin | September 28, 2021
According to the text of Vayikra 23:43, the commandment to dwell in sukkot (booths/shelters) is observed: In order that future generations will know that I made the children of Israel live in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. In the Exodus narrative itself, these booths are not mentioned. This gave rise to a Talmudic dispute in which R.
admin | September 28, 2021
Chemi Peres, Chairman of the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation, addressed a rally of 300 Sunni community leaders and activists in Erbil, in Iraqs Kurdistan, calling for normalization with Israel.
admin | September 28, 2021
I have learned over the years that my High Holy Days experience was different from many Jews Id later meet.
admin | September 28, 2021
A conspiracy theorist has been found guilty of stirring up racial hatred through a campaign of antisemitic graffiti, thanks in part to Jewish News. Nicholas Lalchan, 49, used a black marker pen to deface 17 bus stops and the window of an accountancy firm in north-west London between February and July 2019.
admin | September 22, 2021
The architecture of our lives begins with a basic anatomy lesson, which features the intersection of the evanescent and the eternal. Our corporal body is a complex environment, magnificently designed to be multi-functional and time limited. Our spiritual body is always present, but invisible, light-infused, designed to navigate timelessness.
admin | September 22, 2021
Dr. David Luchins, a professor at Philadelphias Touro College and frequent lecturer at Aish HaTorah, recalled the following story
admin | September 22, 2021
It has been a year and a half of discontent. A friend of mine who is a doctor told me that her hospital recently held a seminar on how to deal with patients who are angry and disorderly. And it is not only this hospital
admin | September 10, 2021
September 9, 2021 marks the Jewish fast day known as the Fast of Gedaliah (Tzom Gedaliah in Hebrew).
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