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At first glance, Tu B’Shevat, the Rosh Hashanah for fruit trees, [1] seems to be of mere technical significance, the calendar marker for a new cycle of fruit. [2] Surprisingly, though, we treat Tu B’Shevat as a minor holiday on which we skip tachanun [3] and avoid fasting [4]. What are we celebrating on Tu […]
By Eytan Libkind Hearing sirens from my bed in Jerusalem, I felt safe. I knew that the rockets were not going to hit us, so I continued to sleep. After the sirens continued to sound, I finally got up, as I was a madrich and probably had responsibilities, such as roll call. I got dressed […]
The Simchat Torah war is one scene in the biblical story of Jacob’s return from exile and his taking on an Israeli identity.The post Torah’s blueprint for the Simchat Torah
When Sasha Liknaitzky-Drutz and David Drutz of Toronto held their first soup-to-nuts Shabbat on Dec. 22, the guest of honor was 6,000 miles away. Now in their second year of marriage, the couple …
As our poll shows, Israelis intuitively understand that, and a growing number of Diaspora Jews understand that the State of Israel is the only guarantor of Jewish rights around the world.