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Shabbat: A gift I have an exquisite gift in My treasurehouse; it is called Shabbat, and I wish to bestow it upon the Jewish people, Gd toldMoses. Indeed, Shabbat is a gift; a uniquely holy and special day. Ourobservance of Shabbat testifies to Gds creation of the universe and Hisabsolute sovereignty over it
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By Rabbi Avi Shafran Among the most disturbing spectacles over the months since the coronavirus was unleashed on the world have been the attacks on haredi Jews in both Israel and the United States.
admin | May 8, 2020
RAANANA, Israel (JTA) Like all other mass gatherings now, Israels Karmiel choreographed dance festival, one of the largest of its kind in the world, was postponed. The annual fest, which takes place at the end of June, draws thousands who take part in one of the countrys oldest passions: Israeli folk dance
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Brandeis will award honorary degrees to Ruth Calderon, Alan Hassenfeld, Marta Kauffman '78 and Howardena Pindell Clockwise, from left: Jewish cultural scholar Ruth Calderon, television producer Marta Kauffman '78, artist Howardena Pindell, philanthropist Alan Hassenfeld May 7, 2020 Brandeis will award honorary degrees to Ruth Calderon, a scholar of Jewish religious texts and a former member of the Israeli Knesset; philanthropist Alan Hassenfeld, retired CEO of Hasbro and co-chair of the Brandeis International Business School board of advisors; television producer Marta Kauffman 78, creator of the iconic series Friends and more recently Grace and Frankie; and Howardena Pindell, American painter and mixed-media artist whose body of work since the 1960s confronts racism and other forms of inequality.
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This letter was originally sent to members of Young Israel of Woodmere on May 7. It has been reprinted here with permission. WOODMERE, N.Y
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Photo Credit: Jewish Press The Torah states that any kohen or animal with a mum (blemish) becomes unfit for ritual sacrifice. Rabbi Sholomo Pappenheim (1740-1814) writes that mum and meumah derive from the two-letter root mem-mem, which denotes the smallest amount.
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iStock The conversation returned to the image of the ner tamid, a continuous flame that required meticulous care to ensure its everlasting presence.
admin | May 8, 2020
(May 8, 2020 / JNS) The holiday of Lag BOmer is one of the most boisterous events in Israel, in particular the bonfires in Meron at the tomb of one of the greatest Jewish sages, Rabbi Simeon bar Yochai. The second-century sage is considered by many the author of the Zohar, one of the most important works of Kabbalah, the mystical teaching of Judaism.
admin | May 8, 2020
On Friday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York City Health + Hospitals, the citys public hospital system, will be leading the citys new contact tracing program, with some assistance from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. De Blasios decision not to have the health department oversee this initiative, however, has struck some as odd and indicative of the mayors contentious relationship with the department
admin | May 8, 2020
This past Purim, in late March, a delegation of kabbalists and rabbis from Jerusalem flew over Israel in a helicopter, praying and blowing shofars and horns. Their aim was to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Israel.
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