Our holy parshanim (commentators) sweeten our festival month of Tishrei, with many drashot, as to the ‘messages’ to be adduced from there being two parshiot read on Shemini Atzeret: first, the ...

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Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its ...

Tishrei 1, First day of Rosh Hashanah: On Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, which commemorates the creation of mankind and its ability to make moral choices, people are judged as to the events of ...

Dedicated to the memory of my mother Dr Hana Pinner, nee Stern (Hana Malka bat Yehoshua u-Miriam Machlah) z”l, who passed away in her sleep on Motza’ei Shmini Atzeret 5767 (15th October 2006). The ...

Israel’s government cabinet unanimously approved the establishment of an annual day of remembrance to mark the October 7 massacre by some 3,000 Hamas-led terrorists who left at least 1,200 people dead ...