Jewish Telegraphic Agency1y
In Orthodox communities where women don’t read Torah, Purim offers a rare opportunity
women have been reading Megillah for decades. Founding Rabbi Avi Weiss wrote a Jewish legal analysis explaining why women are permitted to read the scroll in 1998. “I personally am someone who ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency10mon
How Jews are addressing the megillah’s bloodiest chapter during wartime this Purim
“We can uproot the notion that Chapter 9 of the Scroll of Esther ... an egalitarian Jewish educational institution, is offering an online class ahead of Purim on reading the megillah after ...
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It’s a mitzvah: LA fires activate Jewish law of saving Torah scrolls from calamity
The ritualized, singsong reading from Torah scrolls called ... We’re all a letter in the scroll that represents all of the Jewish people, all of our missions. It’s not a simple thing ...
Arutz Sheva16d
We can change the world - together
Last week, synagogues worldwide finished reading Genesis ... Jacob got the blessing and became the next leader of the nascent Jewish nation. Esau seethed and threatened to kill his brother.
The Forward24d
What a remarkable Torah rescued from Iran — then LA’s fire — can teach about community amid devastation
On Tuesday, the Eaton Fire swept through Altadena and parts of Pasadena, destroying the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center. The congregation’s four buildings, a center of Jewish community life ...