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The Torah mandates that one should refrain from performing any manner of melachah (commonly translated as “work”) on Shabbat (Deuteronomy 5:12–15; Exodus 20:8–11). We know, of course, that melachah ...

As opposed to a regular Friday-night Shabbat at Chabad when anywhere from 150-200 students show up, Mega Shabbat is intended to introduce a wider audience to the Jews’ day of rest and to Jewish ...

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The Shabbat which either coincides with or immediately precedes Rosh Chodesh Nisan is Shabbat HaChodesh (Mishnah, Megillah 3:4; Mishneh Torah, Laws of Prayer 13:20; Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 685:1-4 ...

One way that I have defined trauma is the “loss of soul.” By soul, I do not intend a religious sense, for example, “the eternal soul.” I do mean a pure soul, a crystalline essential sense of self.

I’m standing here at the entrance to Kibbutz Be’eri in southern Israel, right on the border with Gaza. A place where so many terrorist atrocities took place on the 7th of October. And from here I’d ...

After a stressful week of cramming for exams and staying up late writing essays, celebrating Shabbat offers students an opportunity to relax and feel welcomed by members of a community. The services ...

A number of ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem City Council members have slammed Mayor Nir Barkat for authorizing a plan to split the city into differing zones of Shabbat enforcement, Army Radio reports. The ...

Pickle martinis, members-only events, Fashion Week mashups — every Friday night is special at these new-school Shabbat dinners. At the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s first pre-New York ...