Sign up now: Get tips on how to help your child succeed Several Singapore schools will switch to a centralised meal service by 2026, impacting long-time canteen ...

SINGAPORE – Over the last 25 years, Madam Amidah Sufaat, 71, has started her day at the crack of dawn, preparing meals for pupils at West View Primary School. “Old students of the school still ...

Unlike the weekday Amidah, which contains nineteen blessings, the Amidah for Shabbat contains only seven. Why seven? The Talmud (Berachot 29a) explains that these seven blessings correspond to the ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -Two Israeli embassy staff members are dead after a Wednesday evening shooting in DC. The AP reported that suspect yelled, “Free, free Palestine,” after he was arrested. Yaron ...

Answer: The Mishna Berura (Orach Chayyim 123 s.k. 2) notes that we read in the Beit Yosef (Rabbi Yosef Caro’s commentary to the Tur) (ad loc.) numerous reasons for taking three steps backward at the ...

There’s a new bad word in town, and guess what? You already know what it is. It’s being thrown around to describe all that is evil and wrong with our world. It’s a word that describes a person as bad ...

I think that Passover in general, and its seventh day in particular, is the perfect time to appreciate “the miracles that are with us daily,” as we say in the Amidah prayer, and proclaim that we do ...

“May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable before You, O Lord - my Rock and my Redeemer.” (Psalms 19:15) We add this verse to the end of the Amidah, the central prayer ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — A rally in support of Israel and for the return of hostages kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7 drew more than 100 people to downtown Saratoga Sunday afternoon. The event, put on by the ...

Praying that an enemy be stopped is not the same as calling for its destruction, writes the the CEO of the Hadar Institute. (JTA) — I often take solace in prayer: It gives me the opportunity to ...