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יום הכיפורים בתל אביב
When is Yom Kippur 2025? A guide to the laws and customs of the solemn fast day
When does the fast begin and end? According to Jewish law, which takes precedence - fasting or synagogue prayer? Who is permitted to eat and drink according to halacha? And how should someone who feels unwell and stays home pray? Your full guide to Yom Kippur. 
Rabbi Yehuda Brandes | 08.29.25
ישראל איזגווי
Court reveals identity of British-Israeli who sought rabbinical ruling to kill attorney general
Israel Azgaway, a 36-year-old British yeshiva student, is remanded after threatening Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, sending a letter to former chief rabbi Yitzhak Yosef requesting a ruling to justify her killing
Gilad Cohen | 08.24.25
גלי בהרב מיארה
Jerusalem man arrested after seeking rabbinical ruling to kill attorney general
Police arrest 36-year-old Jerusalem man over letter threatening AG Gali Baharav-Miara, in which he sought rabbinical approval under Jewish ‘pursuer’s law’ to take her life; here's what that ruling means
Shilo Freid | 08.21.25
Can snoring end a marriage? Rabbinical court says yes
Judges rule that a husband’s untreated snoring constitutes grounds for divorce and financial liability, ordering him to pay estranged wife $35,000 in compensation
Shilo Freid | 08.19.25
הפגישה בין הרב יונתן מרקוביץ' לרב הצבאי הראשי, תא"ל הרב אייל קרים
Race against time to prevent bodies of Jewish soldiers in Ukraine from being cremated
Kyiv’s Chief Rabbi collaborates with IDF’s chief military rabbi to address halachic challenges in Ukraine’s military, including cremation prohibitions and Shabbat-compliant body recovery
Shilo Freid, Edward Doks | 05.07.25
פעילות צה"ל ברצועת עזה
Rabbinical panel to address agunot cases amid war
Chief Rabbi David Lau instructs rabbinical courts to refer such cases to special committee, addressing the concerns of women who wish to remarry but whose husbands' status remains uncertain
Ynet | 12.25.23
אריה זלמנוביץ', מיה גורן, רונן אנגל, אליהו צ'רצ'יל מרגלית, גיא אילוז, עופרה קידר
This is how rabbis determined the death of 6 hostages without seeing their bodies
The announcement that six of the hostages were murdered was made at a meeting in the office of Israel's Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, with the participation of Rabbi Yaakov Roja, an expert in identifying victims; Representatives of the security system and the Health Ministry presented information that proves the hostages are dead – This is how the dramatic decision was made
Itamar Eichner | 12.03.23
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