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While Shabbat 35b refers to medium-sized stars, the Shulchan Aruch rules that since we are unsure what stars are medium or big, we must be stringent to wait for the appearance of small stars. [10] Since this time is not clearly defined, most communities (at least for the end of the Sabbath) wait until around 8.5° of solar depression.
The new building, the largest new synagogue in New York City in fifty years, [9] is five stories tall and comprises 52,000 square feet (4,800 m 2), [5] [10] including a sanctuary able to hold 429 people. [11] The horseshoe shape of the seating in the sanctuary of the old building was kept, but with changes that help to focus one's attention on ...
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) described the brownstone exterior in 1966 as "the finest extant example of the Moorish Revival style in New York City". [2] [5] When the synagogue partially burned down in 1998, UAHC president Alexander M. Schindler said the building had been "a place that made the spirit soar". [13]
Temple Israel of the City of New York is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 112 East 75th Street, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States. The congregation was incorporated by German Jews in 1873.
An empty Shabbat table was set up in New York City's Times Square on Friday, 27 October, to call for the release of more than 200 Israeli hostages held by Hamas following the militant group's ...
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In New Zealand and Japan, the local Saturday is Shabbat according to the majority opinion (sections 2 and 3 above), and it should therefore be fully observed as Shabbat. However, since according to the minority opinion (section 1 above), Shabbat is on the local Sunday, one should not perform any Torah-level Shabbat prohibitions on Sunday.
The City University of New York, which includes Baruch College and 24 other institutions, said it was investigating the incident and was working toward improving its efforts to combat antisemitism ...