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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 partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Photo Courtesy Sharona Halickman As we commemorate the Fast of the Tenth of Tevet, we must step back and reflect on how we can rebuild Jerusalem. What happened on the Tenth of Tevet? We read in ...

The Hall of Remembrance in the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem (archive). The tenth of the month of Tevet, which this year falls on Friday, Dec. 25 (irony of ironies?) is the general Kaddish day in memory of the dead and murdered whose day of death is unknown, including Holocaust victims. On this day, the relatives of the deceased light candles and say Kaddish and prayers to lift the souls of the deceased. This 1949 decision of the Chief Rabbinate was a response the firm opposition o...

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 partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, I glanced at the clock on the wall and breathed a sigh of relief. The work week at my Jewish holiday PR company was coming to a close. Chanukah had been over for exactly a week and no new cleint...

The Bible mentions only three locations purchased with money. The field of Machpelah in Hebron bought by Abraham, the field near Shechem purchased by Jacob and where Joseph was later buried, and Mount Moriah, atop which was the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, which David obtained and designated the future location of the Temple. The First Temple, built by David’s son Solomon, stood for almost four centuries before being destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC. Though little is known abo...

The 5 Towns Jewish Times December 20, 2020 Bnei Menash from northern India make aliyah, December 15, 2020 (photo credit: ELIONORA SHILUV / ALIYAH AND ABSORPTION MINISTRY) Immigrants from the Jewish “lost tribe” of Bnei Menashe landed at Ben-Gurion International Airport this week to build a new life in Israel. Hailing from northeast India, the Bnei Menashe community is said to be descended from the Lost Tribes of Israel — specifically the tribe of Menashe — that s...

Where is the Ark of the Covenant Today? Does anyone know where the Ark of the Covenant is today? Was it taken by the Romans when the Temple was destroyed? The Aish Rabbi Replies: Thank you for raising the interesting topic. The Talmud (Yoma 52b, 53b-54a) explains that the Ark was actually removed from the Temple quite early, at the end of the First Temple era – and the Second Temple never had one. According to one opinion it was taken to Babylonia at the time Nebuchadnezzar conquered Jerusale...

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 partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Last Friday was the first day of Hanukkah, this Friday is the last, and next Friday is… complicated. It’s the last Friday of 2020. It’s Erev Shabbat, as every Friday is. But it’s also Ch...

Davidic Line Today I’m wondering what happened to the House of David. After the end of the Kingdom of Judah was there any memory what happened to King David’s descendants? Is there any family today which can trace its lineage to David – and whom the Messiah might descend from? The Aish Rabbi Replies: Thank you for your good question. There is no question that King David’s descendants are alive today. God promised David through Nathan the Prophet that the monarchy would never depart from...

Despite a collapsing Lebanese economy and considerable political turmoil, Hezbollah continues to threaten Israel. These threats must be taken seriously,... In 1963, the restrictions took a turn for the worse, as Jews were banned from buying new properties and were forced to carry yellow identity cards wherever they went. The Jews also faced public hangings during that same decade. In 1967, after the Six-Day War, the well-being of the Jewish people in Iraq swiftly deteriorated: Jewish bank accou...

AbleStock/Jupiterimages In the early years of the Israelite kingdom, the Ark of the Covenant was periodically moved about among several sanctuaries, especially those of Shechem and Shiloh. After King David’s capture of Jerusalem, however, the Ark was moved to that city. This action joined Israel’s major religious object with the monarchy and the city itself into a central symbol of union of the Israelite tribes. As the site for a future temple, David chose Mount Moriah, or the Temple Mount,...