Jewish Telegraphic Agency6 年
Bloody prayer shawl from Yom Kippur pogrom found in former Lodz ghetto
(JTA) — Part of a blood-stained prayer shawl from a 1940 Yom Kippur pogrom ... floor of a structure that used to be part of the Jewish ghetto of the central Polish city, Israel’s Channel ...
BBC7 年
Wearing the kippah and tallith
The tallith, also known as the prayer shawl, is a shawl worn traditionally by Jewish men. It is worn: at morning prayer services at festivals on the Sabbath The reason for wearing the tallith is ...
The Times of Israel on MSN5 天
In Jerusalem, hostages’ families urge public to fast for 500 minutes to mark 500 days of ...
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency2 个月
On a roots journey from NYC to Poland, I packed my great-grandfather’s tallis
We had never traveled together, but we were inspired by a powerful idea: bringing back to Poland a beautiful family heirloom — a Jewish prayer shawl, or tallis, that one of our ancestors brought ...
Post and Courier7 年
Feminist Jewish activist Lesley Sachs on the rights of women to worship at Jerusalem's ...
Four times for wearing a prayer shawl at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, one of the holiest places in the Jewish faith, and once for smuggling a Torah scroll into the sacred site.