Though we are once again sovereign in our ancestral homeland for the first time since the days of Queen Shlom-Zion, the ...

On Lag B’Omer, Har Meron is transformed into a massive sea of visitors from throughout the world. A sight of unimaginable magnitude. In fact, the tremendous volume of visitors who visit the gravesite ...

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The Unity Project at the Western Wall combined a Kohanim's blessing and a special prayer dedicated to the hostages and peace ...

Rabbi Zivotofsky is a distinguished scholar and educator whose work bridges neuroscience, Jewish law, and cultural ...

Rabbi Yosei ben Zimra (Arakhin 15b) connects lashon hara to tzara’at, a spiritual affliction sometimes mistranslated as ...

Halabi wrote. Defense Minister Israel Katz will also not attend a cemetery ceremony this year, due to a Jewish custom barring descendants of priestly Kohanim from being in the presence of the dead.

As the Patriarch of the Kohanim, this verse is the origin of the Priestly Blessing, the words of which are found in Numbers 6:22-27. We all know that God is doing the blessing, and Aaron and his ...

In this week’s parsha we read about the kosher and non-kosher animals. Everyone knows which animals are permissible to offer as sacrifices in the Beit HaMikdash – cattle, sheep, goats ...

However, in a war which is necessary for self-defense – which are all the wars that Israel has fought – halakha permits Kohanim to continue blessing Am Israel. This was also true during the ...

Shapiro told reporters that the Priestly Blessing, known in Hebrew as Birkat Kohanim, was one of many prayers his family received, but this one brought special comfort. The passage is part of the ...