Question: Can I visit a mourner on Shabbat?
M.V., Pawtucket
Dear P.C.,
Since Jewish law prohibits sitting shiva on Shabbat, it may appear that the mourning family would be violating …
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By Michael D. Smith F.D./R.E., Shalom Memorial Chapel
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1/20/17
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JTA – Michael Chabon and Daniel Gordis were among the winners of the 2016 National Jewish Book Awards.
Gordis’ book “Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn” won the …
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1/20/17
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“Dancing on a Powder Keg: The Intimate Voice of a Young Mother and Author, Her Letters Composed in the Lengthening Shadow of Hitler’s Third Reich; Her Poems from the Theresienstadt …
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HILARY LEVEY FRIEDMAN
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1/20/17
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JTA – As any pro-Israel activist will tell you, innovators from the Jewish state have invented products and technologies you use all the time, from instant-messaging technology to Waze, the …
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BEN SALES
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1/20/17
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Every year, the Internal Revenue Service announces cost-of-living adjustments that affect contribution limits for retirement plans, thresholds for deductions and credits, and standard deduction and …
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BARBARA KENERSON
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1/20/17
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(StatePoint) For many couples, there’s nothing more exciting than creating wedding wish lists. Almost half (45 percent) of U.S. adults who are or ever have been married or engaged have had a …
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1/20/17
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While you’ve been planning place settings, photography, flowers and decorations, have you thought about beaches, vineyard tours and hotel reservations?
“According …
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STEPHANIE ROSS
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1/20/17
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When Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge – perhaps better known as Kate Middleton – got married in 2011, she didn’t choose flowers based on their color, or shape, or pleasing aroma. …
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CYNTHIA BENJAMIN
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1/20/17
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In 1939, my mother, Lulu Abrevaya, a New York City gal, spent the summer in Rhode Island visiting her married cousin Jean Sarenson (nee Benharris) and her husband, John. Within a few days of …
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MAY-RONNY ZEIDMAN
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1/20/17
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As we find ourselves smack dab in the middle of the digital age, more things have crossed into the internet space. For weddings, invitations can only hold so much information and with the rising cost …
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STEPHANIE ROSS
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1/20/17
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