יום שני, י״ג אב תשפ״וMonday, July 27, 2026
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Tens of thousands of Jews are expected to participate in various events in honor of Jerusalem Day on Sunday, marking the 51st anniversary of the liberation and unification of the city.
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The signal is given the lambs are slaughtered and the process of preparing them to be roasted whole begins.
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Only about 15-17% of Haredim ages 18-44 celebrate Independence Day in a festive manner.
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This year marks the 70th anniversary of Israel's independence and the 50th anniversary of the Unification of Jerusalem. To celebrate both occasions, a variety of events will take place throughout the city from April 18 to 19, free of charge.
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Some believe that this day is opportune for earning a living and finding a mate.
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The Dawara Project was established in recognition of all the women and men who open their hearts and their homes, to house and to feed.
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Hundreds of guests arrived at the Kumi Uri hill near Yitzhar in Samaria for a festive celebration of the Hilltop Youths.
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While not on the top 10 list of expensive cities on the planet, Tel Aviv remains one of the most expensive cities in the Middle East.
Migdal Ohr distributes tens of thousands of food parcels to needy families.
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The Cairo Genizah International Project of the Haifa, Oxford, Princeton and Pennsylvania universities presents one of the ancient haggadahs discovered so far, opening a window to Medieval Passover customs.
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman authorized IDF Chief Rabbi Eyal Karim to sell all the IDF's Chametz to a non-Jew.
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The sites and the museums included in the project combine contemporary Israeli culture with the history of the people and the land.
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WAFA reports: Hundreds of fanatic Jewish settlers walked around the old town of Hebron, where they are concentrated, banging drums and shouting anti-Palestinian slogans.
Defense Minister Liberman's Purim message to his Chareidi coalition partners.
Is there some way to let all Jews take part in Tu B'Shvat in a real and significant way, as opposed to just not saying "tachanun" in shul?
In addition to planting new trees, it is traditional to eat dried fruits and nuts that symbolise the Holy Land, including figs and dates.
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They are put up in places large and small, in front of iconic buildings and in remote settings.
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A DNA testing done in 2003 and 2004 of several hundred men of this group showed no evidence of Middle Eastern ancestry.
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'The President's Residence is the home of all the citizens of the State of Israel, each of you here are guests and also hosts.'
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The Oz veGaon preserve was established in memory of Gilad Shaer, Eyal Yifrah and Naftali Fraenkel, three Israeli teenagers who were kidnapped on 12 June 12, 2014, outside the Jewish settlement of Alon Shvut in Gush Etzion.
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A Spokesman for the Temple Organization Headquarters said there is no more appropriate time than the jubilee year for the liberation of the Temple Mount to renew the Temple service in its proper place, on the Temple Mount.
This year, volunteers will erect and dismantle some 250 Sukkot around the country.
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If anyone asks, this is why Israel closes off the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian Authority for the duration of Jewish holidays: to commemorate the Park Hotel massacre.
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"In the framework of the rules of the Temple Mount, in accordance with the status quo in the area, ritual activity with overt external features, including the four species, is forbidden."
"We thank God for the ancient faith of the Jewish People and the unbreakable bond between the United States and Israel..."
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It’s an emotionally grinding drill that was all too familiar to Arele and David Weingarten, when their mother, Miriam succumbed to the disease after prolonged cancer treatment.
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This year, instead of seeing your children as a distraction from the path to spiritual preparation for Yom Tov, look to them to guide you towards a year of growth.
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In late August, four coalitions of Jewish clergy issued statements they planned to boycott the president's call, in response to Trump’s weak response to the neo-Nazi and white supremacist riots in Charlottesville, Va.
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You could finish Ma'ariv with the minyan, then even do Kiddush Levanah, if the sky isn't overcast, change into your leather shorts and hit the festival.
By Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar
Threats of Muslim violence threatened to stop the traditional march around the walls of Jerusalem on Tisha B'Av.
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Also on Saturday night, a contingency of 5,000 police and IDF will be manning all the traffic arteries leading to Miron, in perimeter security circuits and at the compound itself.
Families always face the dilemma of planning fun and appropriate activities during intermediate days of Passover.
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As environmental and religious tit for tat go, in February Adalah fiercely condemned Israel's new 'Muezzin Law,' which set out to curb the imposition of Muslim calls to prayer on non-Muslims.
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'The decision regarding eating chametz is personal and there is no place for the legislator to become involved by imposing limits and threatening criminal sanctions.'
A Jewish father teaches his daughter about the Torah commandment to burn all remaining bits of bread, etc. before the start of Passover.
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All-time record high in tourist entries since the beginning of the year. 22% increase in March 2017 over last year.
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'Such events help showcase Israel and Israelis in a positive light.'
Each village priest would recite ancient prayers, such as “Miriam’s Song,” echoing the Biblical account of the Exodus and its aftermath.
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A goat will be slaughtered, skinned and stretched on a spit fire – the Torah commands us not to break any of its parts, a show of our 'holy chutzpa.'
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Have a wonderful, holiday, regardless of whether or not it is plague-infested…
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So, go, download, study the material (as prescribed by halacha, come to think of it) and start the three-week countdown to the seder night … Now!
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'They wanted to kill us,' the children finally roared, after some hesitation.
Israeli schoolchildren, all across the country, will leave their classrooms to plant trees… but this Tu B'Shvat, things will be very different.
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A new path running among two-thousand year old ritual baths that were used by pilgrims visiting the Temple Mount is to be inaugurated at the Ophel site in the Walls Around Jerusalem National Park.
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The women-free show for the Orthodox Jewish audience included clowns, animals, tight-rope dancers, a basketball team on unicycles and acrobats.
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Engravings of a Seven-Branched Menorah and a Cross were Discovered by Hikers in an Ancient Water Cistern in the Judaean lowlands.
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Donald Trump is about to become the very first US president who has halachically Jewish grandchildren (the Clintons' son-in-law is Jewish, too, but that's just not good enough for Jewish law).
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He did not mention that, had the Maccabees redeemed the Holy Temple today, they would surely have been condemned by the UN Security Council, with the US abstaining, because said Holy Temple stood in 'Occupied East Jerusalem.'
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A pro-Trump protester yelled at Sharon Kleinbaum, clergywoman of LGBT Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, 'You would have been on the side of Antiochus rather than Judah the Maccabee.'
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Say what you will, the man has great writers and – crucial – can deliver a line.
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It is impossible to paint lipstick on either of these pigs, but in the competition between Halloween and Christmas over which of the two holidays is more dangerous Halloween wins out, hands down.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
A group of female graphic designers from across Israel have spearheaded a project to commemorate Na’ama Henkin.
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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.
Tzohar 'Praying Together' attendees all receive the same prayer book to make it easier to follow along.
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While the congregation hastily made its way out of the building, Rabbi Liberow and a few of the congregants were able to get the Torah scrolls and prayer books out.
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The guidelines are intended to prevent the spread of disease, as well as minimize animal suffering.
On this Rosh Hashanah, I send warm greetings from Jerusalem to all the Jews around the world...
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"Israeli tourists by now have figured that every place is dangerous, which is why economic considerations overcome security concerns."
The high holidays sometimes get us a little (or a lot) nervous and it’s easy to forget that it’s just as important for kids to be involved.
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Zamiri and his sons have invented the Wine pomegranate which is seedless, fire-engine red and sweet beyond belief.
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Hundreds of letters are mailed to Israel annually addressed to "God," "Jesus," "Our Dear Father in Heaven" and "the Western Wall."
A Jewish woman and child were attacked by an Arab male in Jerusalem on Shavuot.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
“We are extraordinarily pleased with this generous donation of dairy in honor of Shavuot," said Shai Davaroff, vice president of logistics at Leket Israel.
Impress those around your Shavuos table with your knowledge of which wine to serve with which cheese.
"According to the written sources, biblical and post-biblical, there was intense debate as to when Shavuot is celebrated and why."
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The cake can be prepared parve, but the cream cheese filling is what makes it unique.
The mysterious customs and origins of this mystical holiday.
By Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman
There is hardly a family in Israel who does not know someone or is not related to someone who is being mourned on this somber and mournful Memorial Day.
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"It is a national flyover, paid for by all of our taxes, and, more important, bears a national meaning for all of us."
By Tzvi Fishman
A Holocaust can transpire by mass murder or mass assimilation. Regardless, to save the Jewish People, it is time for our exiles to come home.
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The chain offers its year-round condiments, declaring that they are not kosher for Passover, and letting the customer decide whether or not to use them.
Rabbi Dr. Elad Dukov of Haifa's Technion Institute of Technology was arrested Monday at the Temple Mount.
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The family’s attorney is E. Randol Schoenberg, who helped Maria Altmann successfully recover Gustav Klimt's "Woman in Gold," from the Belvedere Museum in Vienna.
Police found hundreds of Trump Vodka bottles with forged Passover-friendly stickers on them.
The Hagada includes many traditional Passover songs in Ladino, and follows the tradition of the Portuguese Amsterdam Hagadot, and was edited and produced by members of the Recife Sephardic Association.
Israel's President and Ministers took part in tree planting and new fruit tasting today, on the eve of Tu B'Shvat, the new year for the trees.
Ezra was a young American Yeshiva student tragically murdered last November.
Fruit flavors as described in wine actually only refer to the scents that are identified as we smell the wine...
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The Knesset was founded on Tu Bishvat, 5709, February 14, 1949.
The Connecticut/Westchester branch of Friends of the IDF arranged for a Hanukkah party for Givati soldiers.
The menorah that today sits on the windowsill of the home of the family of Rabbi Dr. Akiva Posner, had once faced Nazi headquarters in Kiel, Germany in 1931.
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Hundreds of the Bnei Menashe community from across northeastern India gathered Sunday in the town of Churachandpur in the Indian state of Manipur to light the first Hanukkah candle.
Vandals tried to destroy Chanukiyah in NYC's Carl Schurz Park, but it is repaired and ready for lighting tonight.
Obama's Chief of Staff twisted Hanukkah into a holiday that is supposed to remind Jews of Muslim refugees, some of whom are proven terrorists.
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Research showed that the soldiers prefer jam-filled doughnuts over other fillings so this year 80% of the purchase is for jelly doughnuts and 20% chocolate.
New immigrants, including small children and a 90-year-old Holocaust survivor, went through the ordeal of tasting Jews' favorite unhealthy snack.
President Rivlin says in a video message: "It is no coincidence that the symbol of…Israel is the Menorah, the symbol of Jewish independence, which lights our path."
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The World’s Largest Chanukah Menorah will be proudly standing at New York’s most fashionable plaza, Fifth Avenue and 59th Street, by Central Park.
Observant Jews cringe every year that Chanukah and Christmas overlap, leading to sacrilegious combinations of customs, but the kosher industry is losing out when the two holidays are totally separate, such as this year Chanukah beings next Sunday night, December 6, and ends eight days later, almost two weeks before the Christians holiday. Industry experts […]
The CEO of Ora's Amazing Herbal found that starting a campaign to help victims of terror was as satisfying as starting her own business.
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The Hanukkah commandment is to light the candles at the front door, or in a window overlooking the street, so they may be seen by passersby, as an announcement of the miracle.
Police have arrested another 13 Arabs Muslims in a massive effort to allow Jews to pray at the Kotel and visit the Temple Mount.
Weather forecasters are promising partly cloudy to sunny skies through the weekend and at least until the beginning of the Sukkot holiday, which begins at sundown Sunday night. Temperatures in Israel will drop again Friday, especially along the coast, and daytime highs will be around the upper 20s Celsius, or in the 80s Fahrenheit. It […]
Give the video a moment to load: WATCH: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new year's greetings for Rosh Hashanah. Shana Tova! https://t.co/vlJzMwNRry — PM of Israel (@IsraeliPM) September 13, 2015
The continuity of alarming current events this past year are just what the doctor ordered for the Days of Repentance.
The dust is settling, but the mercury is not.
Israel will do its "utmost so that Jews will be able to go everywhere safely, especially to the Tomb of the Patriarchs," Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the Cabinet Sunday. Tens of thousands of Jews visit the site, known, in Hebrew as Ma'arat HaMachpelah, for Slichot prayers between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. It is […]
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
(JERUSALEM) - Beekeepers from across Israel delivered their honey products to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin this week in light of a festive event held at the President's Residence in Jerusalem for the upcoming Jewish New Year. A delegation of the Israeli Honey Council, which also included a three-generation family of children, parents, and grandparents in […]
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Israeli four species farmers facing sizable downturn in Shmita year.
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A nuclear attack, baseless hatred between population groups, and corruption among decision-makers would be the main contributing factors to the next catastrophic destruction...
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