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Jeff Lewis, 71, had about 100 boxes of books with him when he moved to the Valley from California more than a decade ago.
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Wearing the hostage pin
At 600 days, a cloud weighs on my bright yellow symbol of the souls who must come home. There seems to be no end to this war ...
A newly engaged Jew and gentile plan to introduce their parents. But first: There’s a crisis involving a body, a ticking ...
Bedikat Chametz (Checking for Chametz) and Its Disposal The usual time for checking for chametz is the night of the 14th of Nisan, but when the 14th of Nisan falls on Shabbat, the check is done on ...
“On a very spiritual level, there seems to be so much darkness in the world, and Shabbat dinners bring a moment of light, which I think we all need at this time,” Karimzadeh said. “And if we ...
They concocted all kinds of news stories for the front page, and since New Year’s will fall on Friday that year, the editors added the time for Shabbat candle-lighting. At that time, the NY ...
The mindblowing secret of shabbat is this: Time dilates on shabbat! Time dilation is a recognized scientific fact. Einstein postulated that for one moving at the speed of light, time progresses ...
Avi Steinberg, a writer, faculty member and graduate of Orthodox yeshivas who spoke at the event, described Shabbat as a time of reflection. “People sit with their thoughts and their emotions ...
The Talmud (Shabbat 23b) records a conversation between fifth-century scholar Rav Yosef and his wife regarding the proper time to light. When Rav Yosef saw his wife lighting just moments before ...
In 2022, Google brought back the Shabbat times to the one box or answer boxes in search. Recently, in the past month or so, Google also enabled Google Assistant to tell you when Shabbat starts and ...
Friday is the time for Shabbat, the Jewish Sabbath, for which Israeli families gather as if it were a major holiday. (Shabbat, like all Jewish holidays, begins at sundown the previous day.) ...
Tel AvivLight Candles at: 5:57 p.m. Shabbat Ends: 6:55 p.m. HaifaLight Candles at: 5:48 p.m. Shabbat Ends: 6:55 p.m. Beersheba Light Candles at: 6:00 p.m. Shabbat ...