Shabbat

Judaism's day of rest

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2025
Eve of Passover on Shabbat
Eve of Passover occurred on Shabbat in the Jewish year 5785.
2021
Eve of Passover on Shabbat
Eve of Passover occurred on Shabbat in the Jewish year 5781.
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.
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.
2014
Shabbos App
Jewish Business News ranked the Shabbos App as #2 in their 'Top 20 Tech Stories of 2014 With Jews in Them'.
November 16 2014
Shabbos App
Developers announced they were running behind schedule for the Shabbos App release.
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.
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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