Tag: Rosh Hashanah

2,403 have died from the coronavirus in Ukraine since the start of the pandemic.

The rabbis in the meeting said they understand the situation and will try to convey the president's message to their communities.

In the Sephardic tradition, recital of Selichot in preparation for the High Holidays begins on the second day of the Hebrew month of Elul.

There are countless unintended consequences to the proposed action, not the least of which being that we'd have to celebrate Purim again, seeing as Purim falls on Adar II.

Zot Chanukah is a reference in Torah literature to the eighth day of Chanukah, since on that day the Torah reading includes the verse Zot Chanukat Ha'Mizbe'ach (this is the inauguration of the altar).

As punishment, besides the beatings, he was denied food and water, and as a result "I fainted three times and they took me to a hospital.”

On Sunday, Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit will begin the review marathon of the three cases, to decide how much of the prosecution's recommendations to adopt.

"The man's grandfather saved 26 Jews in the 1929 pogrom in Hebron. Now that he is in danger, we have a historic obligation to help him."

"So shameful! I have no words," Birgitte Lerheim, a professor of theology at the University of Oslo, reported on her Facebook page on Friday.

“Even though Pittsburgh is a very safe community, there's just a lot of heightened concern."

Cardoza-Moore instructed her followers: “Please contact your local Rabbi and let them know that you will be standing outside their synagogue in solidarity."

12-year-old Roi Mori, who has perfect pitch and is diagnosed on the autistic spectrum, played two of his compositions on the piano during the event.

Should Netanyahu not give up on any of his partners in the 55-MK bloc on the right, and Gantz also remains loyal to his own natural partners – their unity government would reach 99 MKs.

Yishai and Malkah team up to sift through Israeli elections - take 2 - and get ready for Rosh Hashanah and the crowning of the King of Kings!

Netanyahu reportedly said voter turnout in Likud strongholds and in the settlements was low, and in a third election voter turnout in those locations would be higher.

The AG's assistant hinted that Bibi's legal team can argue all it wants, these charges will go to indictments.

For the Army this means that long-term decisions will be postponed until at least November, and then we'll have Netanyahu's criminal hearing on the week between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, followed, very likely, by his trials.

A greater than normal amount of stone and plaster particles were removed from between the stones during this inspection.

Puah managed to sneak his shofar into the Temple Mount compound and kept blowing it until he was arrested.

The Trump administration on Monday announced it is closing the PLO office in Washington, DC, cutting off the Palestinian Authority's ability to maintain its diplomatic mission to the US.

The Hebrew numbers of the new year form the word Tish'at – meaning "gallop." Ride with caution…

The two suspects, from the Haredi towns of Beitar Ilit and Beit Shemesh, are owners of the Europnim travel agency, through which they sold the allegedly forged tickets.

“Why is it that in Caesarea, Masada and Beit She’an it’s OK to hold events and here it’s prohibited?"

Israel Police will also send over a special force—as it has done every year—to help the Ukrainian police establish order in Uman during the holiday.

The Western Wall gets a cleaning and checkup, just like going to the dentist.

It appears that in order to revoke an ancient law such as the fast of Tamuz 17, there really has to be a major consensus among all of us that the time of joy and gladness is here again.

The secret appeal was made by Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely (Likud), on behalf of Breslov Hasidism in Israel.

Yom Kippur’s focus on forgiveness highlights humility, fallibility, soul-searching faith, compassion, thoughtfulness, being considerate, accepting responsibility and magnanimity.

Tamar talks about a possible scenario that could be un-coded from the Torah.

O'Brien has one advice regarding peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors: stick to caffeine-free coffee.