Jewish Religion and Thought
“Fasting during operational activity is prohibited; it is a life-threatening matter,” says the Israeli Military Rabbinate.
United Torah Judaism said it would call for an urgent discussion in the Cabinet and the Knesset on the issue.
Rabbi Levi Slonim of the Rohr Chabad Center for Jewish Life at Binghamton University spoke one day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, aiming to show “the importance of unity.”
“The decision of the municipality to ban Yom Kippur prayers in public spaces is puzzling, divisive and must be reversed,” said Energy Minister Eli Cohen.
They underscore the enduring importance of maintaining traditions.
Some young men were deterred from reporting for duty by a violent protest outside the induction base.
The quarry, unearthed in the city’s present-day Har Hotzvim industrial park, is one of the largest ever found in Jerusalem, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority.
“To see so many individuals wearing kippot, in the room that serves as the crown jewel of our democracy, will stay with me forever,” Rabbi Steven Abraham tells JNS.
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.
The plan is to call up another 2,000 ultra-Orthodox men soon.
The color “scarlet worm” is mentioned 25 times in the Bible.
Up until the age of 22, yeshiva students must commit to studying full time and are legally barred from taking employment.
