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A Jewish woman wearing a sheitel with a shpitzel or snood on top of it A shpitzel ( Yiddish : שפּיצל ) is a head covering worn by some married Hasidic women. It is a partial wig that only has hair in the front, the rest typically covered by a small pillbox hat or a headscarf . [ 37 ]
Although Hanukkah is considered a minor Jewish holiday, Its proximity to Christmas gives it weight. The “Festival of Lights” helped link American Jews to their Christian neighbors while still ...
The first night of Hanukkah this year marks exactly two months since Hamas waged a brutal surprise attack on Israel, murdering 1,200 people, raping women and kidnapping 200.
Shellie Branson, left, brought 18-month-old Gigi Green up on stage to see the menorah after it was lit during a Hanukkah celebration at the Trager Family Jewish Community Center on Monday, Dec. 19 ...
Halacha also provided women with some material and emotional protections related to marriage, and divorce that most non-Jewish women did not enjoy during the first millennium of the Common Era. [14] Penal and civil law treated men and women equally. [15] Evidence suggests that, at least among the elite, women were educated in the Bible and in ...
Married observant Jewish women wear a scarf (tichel or mitpahat), snood, hat, beret, or sometimes a wig in order to conform with the requirement of Jewish religious law that married women cover their hair. [30] [31] A Greek Sephardic couple in wedding costume ca. late 19th century. The woman wears a veil in accordance with wedding custom.
Hanukkah celebrates the victory of a small group of Jewish rebels over an enormous Greek army to defend their heritage, and a miraculously long-lasting flame that continues to serve as a symbol of ...
Woman praying at Women of the Wall service wearing a tallit and tefillin. Women of the Wall (Hebrew: נשות הכותל, Neshot HaKotel) is a multi-denominational Jewish feminist [1] organization based in Israel whose goal is to secure the rights of women to pray at the Western Wall, also called the Kotel, in a fashion that includes singing, reading aloud from the Torah and wearing religious ...