Tag: shabbat

The Ministry of Religious Services will pay the municipal taxes, carrying charges and electricity of religious families who clock 15 weekly hours hosting secular guests and teaching Jewish family values.

We have no idea how one can maintain the two warring notions of 'Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans' and 'avoiding immodesty' in the same sentence

Having concluded phase one of their attack, presenting IDF soldiers as war criminals to an eager world, BtS now zeroes in on the men and women who put their lives on the line every day to settle the entire Biblical Land of Israel.

So we searched the text of this socially conscious, alternative prayer, and discovered it has no mention of three words: "Jews," "Jewish," and "Israel."

Jewish Guests need a place to go to, this weekend in Washington.

The final get-together, on January 3, will be hosted by Tammy Attias. It will be open to the congregation’s women of all ages.

The Rabbi said, if in Beit Meir, Carmiel, or Haifa they had shot the arsonists we would have been spared this catastrophe.

The connection between the Torah portion and Hebron has made this holy city a prime destination this Shabbat, with an estimated 20 thousand guests expected to stay in Hebron and Kiryat Arba.

Using the great, eye opening Pew study of 2013, Cohen points out that the signs of Jewish life in intermarried Jewish families are fast diminishing.

Question: I notice that in some synagogues I visit on Shabbat, some people do not fold their tallitot but rather leave them in their place unfolded. Others do fold them. I asked one person why he doesn’t fold his tallit, and he responded that doing so is not permitted. Is that true? I. Hager Brooklyn, NY

The vast majority of respondents said staying closed or open on Shabbat should be left to them to decide, while 19% preferred that the decision be enforced by the authorities.

The new group encourages its constituencies "to pursue guidance from its own rabbinic authorities and to continue the spirit of mutual respect and dignity that Jewish practice demands and engenders."

Transport Ministry officials threatened that "if it turns out Gafni is operating out of political considerations we will view it seriously and act accordingly."

On this week's show: Kings, Prophets, Priests, and Necromancers all compete for power - but who is top dog?? And is there a separation of Shul and State? Rabbi Yishai is joined by Rabbi Mike Feuer to discuss the Torah's system of Israeli governance and how to balance Biblical politics with the commandment to walk simply with God. Plus, how to keep the fruit trees from being harmed in a time of war. Prepare for Shabbat with Spiritual Cafe!

We think we have the power to make choices and to effect change in this world – that we are in control of our own destiny.

The debate will be held in the presence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a.k.a. "the person at the helm."

Deri's staff has also been instructed to craft an atomic solution, to be used only if the coalition is certain to collapse.

Amsalem suggested that the clash over the railroad works over the past two Shabbat days was mostly about politics.

The Holy Day vs. the Tel Aviv Railway Construction - Can both sides win, or must both sides lose?

Israeli courts maintain skeletal Shabbat and Holiday shifts to respond to the most urgent needs, like police requests for injunctions to prevent the smuggling of children.

As soon as they became public, those railroad projects turned into a ticking bomb.

It beats Disney any day of the week.

Interior Minister Aryeh Deri (Shas), Health Minister Yakov Litzman and MK Moshe Gafni (both from UTJ) sent Netanyahu an urgent letter Thursday night, demanding a halt to the works on Shabbat, warning of a possible coalition collapse.

What are the main changes when Tisha B'Av falls on Shabbat or Sunday?

When the fast is postponed to Sunday or when Tisha B’Av occurs on Sunday, the final meal eaten before the beginning of the fast is the seudah shelishit, the third meal of Shabbat.

Mugaga Treva, 4, is the son of Nantabo Esther, a member of Namanyonyi Synagogue, one of the Abayudaya Synagogues in Uganda.

The ER doctor’s parting words: “If you have any symptoms, no matter when, please come right back to the ER.” And I did-on Shabbat!

Rabbi Brovender explains the 17th of Tammuz. While this video is from 2008, we'll be fasting on Sunday for the 17th of Tammuz just like...

This will be Azaria's first Shabbat off the base in 10 weeks.

A kindergarten building in Sderot is badly damaged in a Gaza rocket attack on the Sabbath.