Purim is a festive holiday, also without a work restriction, near the end of winter. It commemorates the narrow Jewish escape ...

The Jewish case against the projected reform of the calendar by the insertion of “blank days” which would make the Sabbath a movable day in relation to the week, was explained to-day to the ...

In other words, the fact that the day after Jesus’ execution was a “great Sabbath” shows that Jesus died on a Friday. This allows us to narrow down when these events occurred. Recall that Jesus must ...

Jerusalem Post Judaism Jewish Holidays Shabbat Hagadol: Receiving the great Sabbath This year, as Passover begins at the close of Shabbat, the lights of Shabbat and Passover flow into each other ...

The Skverer beit din, writing in both Hebrew and Yiddish, was probably the first significant Jewish court to address artificial intelligence. But since it did so as part of its existing ban on using ...

Hanukkah usually starts in December but can be as early as late November. Shifts in the Hebrew calendar to ensure major holidays avoid the Sabbath cause Hanukkah to never fall on Nov 27. By the ...

Considered the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur is the culmination of a 10-day period of repentance and reflection, which began last week with the start of Rosh Hashanah.

Yom Kippur is the most important day of the year for the Jewish faith and ends the 10-day period of repentance and reflection known as the “High Holidays,” which began with Rosh Hashanah.