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What should have been a weekend of celebration in Israel took a tragic turn on Saturday after the Hamas militant group attacked the southern area of the country on several fronts. Saturday’s attack ...

JEWISH people all over the world are celebrating Shemini Atzeret – a day when prayers are said for the harvest the following year. Shemini Atzeret is the holiday that follows immediately after the ...

Shemini Atzeret marks the last day of the Yom Tov season. While it is quite clear why we celebrate Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot, the reason why we celebrate one last holiday is not quite as ...

Schrödinger’s cat is a thought experiment used in quantum mechanics that — without getting into the hairy details — consists of a cat in a box becoming radioactively poisoned and, upon one opening the ...

JEWISH people all over the world are celebrating Shemini Atzeret – a day when prayers are said for the harvest the following year. But when is this year’s event and what happens during the festival?