David Lau
Rabbi Yitzhak Halevi Herzog is credited with authoring the prayer for the well-being of the state and for the soldiers of the IDF and the security forces.
Observant Jews pray for rain from the fall until the spring.
Thirty rabbis from countries in the region participated in the ceremony.
Religious brotherhood is a prerequisite for “global international brotherhood,” the grand imam of al-Azhar said at the conference.
‘We will not accept converts under new reform,’ Israel’s Sephardi chief rabbi warns
“We call on the religious services minister to not heed the uninfluential rabbis, to wake up,” says Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef.
“We need to distinguish between citizenship and Judaism,” says Chief Rabbi David Lau, following much public criticism.
In a letter to the prime minister, Rabbi David Lau warns that proposed conversion reforms “will cause a massive rift in the Jewish people” • It’s “painful” that Lau would halt conversions, says Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana.
After seeing the destruction caused by rioting in Lod, mission delegates announced the creation of the Israel Community Fund to support emotional trauma counseling and refurbish Torah institutions.
The ruling touched off a firestorm in the Jewish state with right-wing religious politicians slamming the decision, and secular and left-wing groups praising it.
Israel’s chief rabbi, IDF chief of staff roll up sleeves for COVID-19 jab
Chief Rabbi David Lau, Bnei Brak Mayor Rabbi Avraham Rubinstein and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi get inoculated while urging the public to do so as well.
Tashlich, a Jewish New Year ritual involving the casting off of sins, must not take place near water this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, says Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi David Lau.
