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A Shalom Zachar (also: Sholom Zochor, Shulem Zucher, Hebrew: שלום זכר; trans. Welcoming the male; lit. Peace be upon the male), is a gathering which takes place in Ashkenazi Jewish circles on the first Friday night after a baby boy is born. Although intended to "console" the newborn, the get-together is treated as a happy occasion.
In the years 2011–2013, Hebrew "Mishpacha" released a Free newspaper which was distributed in the middle of the week, but its publication was halted due to pressure from religious leader Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, who protested against what he felt were distortions of Torah. [6] In 2014, Mishpacha launched an online edition. [2]
It is also called black sabbath due to Isaiah's prophecy of rebuke predicting the destruction of the first temple in the siege of Jerusalem and its status as the saddest shabbat of the year (as opposed to the white sabbath, Shabbat Shuvah, immediately preceding Yom Kippur). [4]
After the success of the shoes, Abloh and Nike decided to end the collaboration in December 2018. [18] The shoes were reviewed by many, and were claimed to be the "Collaboration of the decade". [4] The shoes have been resold for higher amounts than the original prices, with the Air Jordan 1 being sold for more than ten times the original price.
In Judaism, a person who is shomer Shabbat or shomer Shabbos (plural shomré Shabbat or shomrei Shabbos; Hebrew: שומר שבת, "Sabbath observer", sometimes more specifically, "Saturday Sabbath observer") is a person who observes the mitzvot (commandments) associated with Judaism's Shabbat, or Sabbath, which begins at dusk on Friday and ends after sunset on Saturday.
The rabbinic prohibitions fall into several categories: activities not in the spirit of Shabbat; activities which closely resemble a forbidden activity; activities which could lead one to perform a prohibited activity; or activities whose biblical permissibility is debated, so avoiding the activity allows one to keep Shabbat according to all ...
In 2013 he sang for both adults and youth at the annual Kinus HaShluchim Conference in New York City. [31] In December 2013 he sang the national anthem of the US at the first Jewish Heritage Night at a Brooklyn Nets game. [32] In 2014 he performed at a Chasdei Soul II Soul concert to benefit special-needs students in Crown Heights. [33]
The variety of stories were deeply-moving and added extra depth to the documentary by sharing the perspectives of both young and old Black men." [3] In 2020, Black Boys received the Public's Choice Award for best Feature Length Documentary at the Montreal International Black Film Festival [6] as well as the Best Documentary Award at the Twin ...