In 2017, shortly after a mass shooting occurred in Las Vegas, plans for an open-air Shabbat dinner on Pico Boulevard (as part of the global unity program, Shabbat Project) were cancelled. Similarly, ...

Shabbat candles are lit to bring in the Shabbat on Friday night. At least two candles are lit, although many people light more, with two candles representing the two versions of the commandment to ...

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It is customary in most Jewish communities to light Sabbath candles 18 minutes before sundown. The Talmud (Shabbat 23b) records a conversation between fifth-century scholar Rav Yosef and his wife ...

Friday, January 3, 2020 6 Tevet, 5780 New York Light Candles at: 7:41 p.m. Shabbat Ends at: 8:30 p.m. Los Angeles Light Candles at: 7:26 p.m. Shabbat Ends at: 8:16 p.m. Telephone: *2421 * Extension 4 ...

What could Shabbat candles and Jewish eternity possibly have to do with The New York Times – a “newspaper” not particularly renowned for its Jewish sympathies or for its support of the Jewish state?

McKenzi Norris lights a Shabbat candle in honor of Samantha Josephson, whom police say was murdered last week after getting in a car she thought was her Uber. Lucas Daprile Columbia, S.C. The Jewish ...

Hasidim looking to vacation on the Welsh seaside are scrambling to find alternate arrangements after Aberystwyth University banned the use of candles in its residences. Hundreds of Orthodox Jews have ...

Light Candles at: 6:29 p.m. Shabbat Ends at: 7:28 p.m. Los Angeles Light Candles at: 6:26 p.m. Shabbat Ends at: 7:25 p.m. Jerusalem Light Candles at: 5:55 p.m. Shabbat Ends at: 7:06 p.m. Tel Aviv ...