A suspect has been arrested over vandalism at a synagogue in the central town of Kadima earlier this month, police say. A ...

Pirkei Avot 5:1: By ten divine utterances [ma'amarot] was the world created. The expression "utterances/ma'amarot" implies that Hashem made His voice heard. How does ...

Parshat Shemini: Leviticus 9:1-11:47; II Samuel 6:1-7:17. Parshat Shemini, the Torah portion following Passover, marks a pivotal moment: Moses and Aaron offer the first communal sacrifice on behalf of ...

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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 ...

This week’s Sedra, Pekudei, completes the story of the Mishkan (Tabernacle) and concludes the second Book of the Torah. A great deal of Scripture has dealt with virtually every detail pertinent to the ...

Every man whose heart uplifted him came, and everyone whose spirit inspired him to generosity brought the offering of the Lord for the work of the Tent of Meeting, for all its service, and for the ...

Parshat Terumah: Exodus 25:1-27:19; Numbers 28:9-15; Exodus 30:11-16; II King 12: 1-17. Exactly as I show you … so shall you make it.” Found at the beginning of this week’s parshah, this verse sends ...

The meaning of the stained-glass windows in Har Zion Temple’s Dogole Chapel is obscure. To begin deciphering them, I asked several Har Zion staff members what the abstract images in the windows depict ...

HAMDEN >> Looking at the building on Ridge Road, you would never know it’s one of the oldest synagogues in the country. But Congregation Mishkan Israel is celebrating its 175th anniversary this year, ...

“You can look at anyone and say: You are a part of me I don’t yet know. From there, we begin to transform the world around us, and inside us.” – Valerie Kaur, lawyer, filmmaker, and civil rights ...