The process of reflection and repentance takes place over a 40-day period that begins about four weeks before Rosh Hashanah, at the start of the month called Elul on the lunar Jewish calendar.
Shuli Har-Melekh was killed nearly 22 years ago, while driving home to Homesh on Rosh Chodesh [the first day of the Hebrew month of] Elul, 5763 [2003]. He set out from his parents home in Kokhav ...
As we anxiously await the implementation of the ceasefire in Gaza, let’s reflect on the current Hebrew month of Tevet: This word is a linguistic treat—it’s the only month that forms a ...
If my math is right, $50 million would buy more than 2,400 condoms for each and every male in Gaza between the ages of 15 and 64. That would allow the use of a condom every day, for almost seven ...
And it comes after months of efforts by President Joe Biden ... There is no greater moral, human, Jewish, or Israeli obligation than to bring our sons and daughters back to us—whether ...
The seventh annual Hebrew Children’s Theater Festival in London will take place later this month, under the theme “Heroism and Heroes.” Organized in collaboration with the World Zionist ...
The Intermountain Jewish News is a weekly independent newspaper founded in 1913, covering the Jewish communities of the Front Range. The IJN is a member of the American Jewish Press Association, ...
Here, we will merely relate a story told about the Chofetz Chaim, which sheds light on the subject.
He was buried in Emek Hefer. Hess, who hails from Switzerland, has always imported St. Bernards, which are born and bred in ...