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To read David Suissa’s column on The Happy Minyan, click here. In his book “Tzava’at Harivash,” Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidic Judaism, writes: “Serve God with reverence and with ...

The Makor Care & Services Network and Congregation Rinat Yisrael held the third annual inclusive Chanukah minyan for people with specialized needs and their families and friends on December 10 at the ...

The halacha discussed in this column can place a number of people in an awkward situation. Nonetheless, it is an area of halacha that cannot be ignored. But first, a brief introduction: There was once ...

JTA — I live in one of the most concentrated Jewish communities in the United States, the Upper West Side of Manhattan, and I no longer have a daily morning minyan to attend in person. It seems that ...

Today marks the 80th yahrzeit of HaGaon Rav Shlomo Heiman zt”l, and to mark it, a group is organizing a special minyan at his kever at the Mt. Judah Cemetery in Ridgewood, Queens. The minyan is set to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Titled after a tenet in Judaism that demands the presence of at least 10 males for public prayer and other religious practices, ...

A new smartphone app aims to make corralling a minyan easier by alerting fellow Jews nearby looking to pray. The free application, called Minyan Now and available on both iPhone and Android, is a ...