Shabbat

Legal brief filed to support case of Ohio Orthodox Jew banned from holding minyan in home

In January 2021, Daniel Grand invited a small group of neighbors to his home for Shabbat prayer services - a minyan, the quorum of ten men that Jewish law requires for communal worship.

A Jewish person holds Tehillim, the book of Psalms, seeking solace in prayer on Memorial Day in Tel Aviv
Supreme Court justices preside over a hearing at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem, December 1, 2025

The real life or death matter: The struggle between religious and civil judiciaries - opinion

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 Breakfast at the Mamilla Hotel in Jerusalem.

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In the Kitchen with Henny: Shabbat in a snap

These recipes come together in minutes, even if you didn’t manage to prep anything in advance. They’re simple, reliable, and delicious every time.

Baked potato wedges.

Planning first Guinness record-breaking Shabbat dinner, and not bitter about being beaten - opinion

But the real difference wasn’t the finances, at least from what I can see from afar. It was in the overarching vibe.

Deborah Danan speaks about the White City Shabbat Guinness Record-breaking dinner before it began in Tel Aviv, June 13, 2014.

Parashat Vayetze: Unlistened truths

We speak the truth because it is the right thing to do, not because we assume it will immediately reshape the world.

LABAN’S SILENCE signaled indifference to the truth.

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Parashat Vayetze: 'Wise people, be careful with your words’

If we were truly aware of the power embedded in our words, in casual conversation, in a sentence spoken in anger or sarcasm, we would be far more cautious.

Close-up of letter cubes spelling "Words Have Power" (illustrative)

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Parashat Chayei Sarah: Politics, power, perils of ambition

Politics, the haftarah reminds us, is not inherently corrupt. It becomes corrupt when it forgets that leadership is service, not self-promotion.

 SCRIBES FINISH writing a Torah scroll.

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The Jewish people need the unifying potential in God’s great gift of Shabbat - opinion

South African Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein's "Shabbat Project" aims to bring together millions of Jews from across the world to embrace the unifying potential embedded in the gift of Shabbat.

LAUNCHED BY South African Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein and now in its twelfth year, the ‘Shabbat Project’ encourages Jews worldwide to experience Shabbat together, states the writer.

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