Shabbat
Judaism's day of rest
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Eve of Passover on Shabbat
Eve of Passover occurred on Shabbat in the Jewish year 5785.
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| 2021 |
Eve of Passover on Shabbat
Eve of Passover occurred on Shabbat in the Jewish year 5781.
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| 2019 |
Torah reading
The number of Torah Tapes produced reached millions, including public lectures by Avigdor Miller, with Torah Tape libraries expanding beyond the NY/Tri-state area.
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| 2018 |
Eruv
The Bergen County municipalities settled with the eruv association, allowing eruv borders to remain, reimbursing legal fees, and agreeing to work on route details.
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| 2018 |
Prayer for the Welfare of the State of Israel
Scholar Yoel Rappel's findings, corroborated by the National Library of Israel, confirmed Rabbi Herzog as the definitive author of the prayer.
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| January 2018 |
Eruv
A judge urged the Bergen County municipalities to settle the eruv dispute, suggesting they did not have a strong legal case.
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| 2017 |
Eruv
Municipalities of Mahwah, Upper Saddle River, and Montvale took action to dismantle eruv lechi markings in Bergen County, New Jersey.
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| 2015 |
Eruv
Eruv markings began to be extended on utility poles in a section of Bergen County, New Jersey, leading to subsequent legal controversies.
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| 2014 |
Shabbos App
Jewish Business News ranked the Shabbos App as #2 in their 'Top 20 Tech Stories of 2014 With Jews in Them'.
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| November 16 2014 |
Shabbos App
Developers announced they were running behind schedule for the Shabbos App release.
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| October 22 2014 |
Shabbos App
Developers at YidTec, Inc. announced plans to release the Shabbos App with full functionality on December 1, 2014, on Google Play, asserting the app's legitimacy.
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| September 2014 |
Shabbos App
App developers claimed several unnamed Orthodox rabbis were supportive of the Shabbos App project, though they declined to identify specific supporters.
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