Jewish Telegraphic Agency2y
The ancient Jewish practice of hakhel, an every-7-years gathering, gets a 21st-century revival
(JTA) — Every seven years, in ancient times, Jewish men, women ... a hakhel event planned for outside of Chabad’s headquarters in Crown Heights on Thursday is expected to crowd the streets ...
The New York Times17d
Archaeologists Unearth Oldest Jewish Ritual Bath Found in Europe
Instead, the archaeologists — budding and not — last summer uncovered what may be the oldest existing example in the ancient Roman world of a mikvah, a Jewish ritual bath. They have ...