When the reader reaches the final verse containing the words זֵכֶר עֲמָלֵק (“the memory of Amalek”) they repeat the word זֵכֶר with two different vowel sounds: once with a tzere — “zay-kher” — and ...

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In a joint statement, the parties Shas, United Torah Judaism and Otzma Yehudit announce that they will vote in favor of Noam ...

A series of events in College Station, Texas, marked the miraculous recovery and homecoming of Leibel Lazaroff, 20, who was ...

The pioneering online synagogue Sim Shalom dedicated to inclusive, musical, and progressive Jewish worship offers ...

GENESIS: Acts of Service: From Avraham down to Yosef, the Holy Blessed One has been with our ancestors day and night, through ...

By seating the elders at the front of the synagogue, the entire congregation bestows honor upon the Torah and its Sages.

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The Prohibition Against Participating in a Non-Halakhic “Wedding" Similar to the question discussed in the previous column regarding participation in an “intermarriage," I will present another ...

'On that day, a great shofar shall be sounded, and those lost in the land of Assyria and those who were cast off in the land of Egypt shall come, and they shall bow to the Lord in Jerusalem.' The ...

CJT Oil Company in Midland is turning tragedy into a positive by creating the Barrels for Blessings campaign. The company, whose initials stand for Christ Jesus Torah, will host a vigil at about 10:30 ...

The Torah contains an amalgamation of precepts that are both admirable and troublesome. Curses are plentiful in this week’s parsha, for such offenses as insulting your mother and father, accepting ...