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The hidden Jewish law woven into your clothes
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In Short: Four men pleaded guilty to destroying four Jewish community ambulances in north London, an attack linked to tensions with Iran.
Four men pleaded guilty to destroying four Jewish community ambulances in north London earlier this year, an attack that many said was a direct result of the start of the Iran war, according to reports from Religionnews and Tmz.
The ambulances, owned by Hatzola, a Jewish volunteer-led charity operating in the Golders Green area, were torched in the early hours of March 23.
Counterterrorism police had investigated the possible involvement of Iranian proxies in the attacks, as well as other assaults on Jewish sites in London.
The High Holiday period, especially Rosh Hashanah, which begins at sundown on September 26, is particularly busy for observant Jews, who traditionally purchase new clothes to usher in the Jewish New Year.
The prohibition against wearing shatnez, one of the Torah’s 613 commandments, is not widely known outside Orthodox Jewish circles, with Maimonides, the renowned scholar of Jewish law, believing it refers to practices forbidden to Jews by idolatrous priests.
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- The High Holiday period “is especially hectic,” Goldberg said, because observant Jews traditionally purchase new clothes to usher in the Jewish New Year.
- (RNS) — In the weeks leading up to Rosh Hashanah, the two-day Jewish New Year’s holiday that begins at sundown on Sept.
- The prohibition against wearing shatnez is one of the Torah’s 613 commandments, along with observing the Sabbath, honoring one’s parents and worshipping one God, but it is not widely known outside Orthodox Jewish circles.
- Meanwhile, Maimonides, the renowned scholar of Jewish law, believed the prohibition refers to idolatrous priests, whose practices are forbidden to Jews.
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