Jewish and Israeli Holidays
It was found in a manuscript written just after the Expulsion, which was likely used by Catalonian exiles living in Provence.
Some 170,000 babies were born over the past year, while around 44,000 people died. Another 25,000 immigrated to the country.
Joint statement by the Prime Minister’s Office, Health Ministry and Finance Ministry regarding the regulations for the coronavirus lockdown.
Despite his achievements—and the mention of his Jewish son-in-law, daughter and grandchildren—the U.S. president expressed astonishment that the Jewish vote “seems to be almost automatically a Democratic vote.”
While travel is off the table for now, Middle Eastern ingredients can substitute the feeling of being with community abroad.
Up to 20 can pray in outdoor quorums • Cantors, others assigned to blow shofar granted exemptions to apply for travel permits.
COVID-19 isn’t stopping the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles from blasting the shofar for the entire city to hear.
Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, synagogues nationwide have drastically adjusted their holiday programming to minimize congregant interactions and time spent in one area. Still, the point, say rabbis, is to celebrate the arrival of the New Year, in whatever form that looks like.
Funds will go towards food and clothing for 33,000 families, the elderly, schoolchildren and lone soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces.
Israelis will be restricted to within 1,600 feet of their homes and all schools, malls and hotels will be closed until at least Oct. 11.
The government is set to fast-track a vote on a shutdown to start on the eve of Rosh Hashanah.
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.
