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When does Shabbat end? This astrophysicist thinks we’ve been getting it wrong

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 All credit goes to  Hannah Feuer  and http://forward.com/ Three stars in the night sky mark the Sabbath’s end. Now, one astronomer is calculating exactly when those stars appear. Copy to clipboard Share on Facebook Share on X Share on Bluesky Share on Reddit Share on Email Print Article Republish Article Aster Taylor has a scientific approach to calculating Shabbat’s end. Graphic by Aliza Gans / Photo by Mitch Hrdlicka via Getty Images By Hannah Feuer August 21, 2026 Aster Taylor observes Shabbat on their own time — literally. For the past year, Taylor, a Ph.D. candidate in astrophysics at the University of Michigan, has been keeping Shabbat according to a schedule they devised using astronomical data. So this Saturday, when Chabad of Ann Arbor says Shabbat will end at 9:09 p.m., Taylor will observe for nearly 11 more minutes. Where does Taylor, 25, get the chutzpah to challenge longstanding Jewish tradition? “We live in the modern world. We have computers, we have...
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הגאון ר' שניאור קוטלר השני מסר את שיעורו הראשון

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  All credit goes to bhol.co.il and Moshe Veissberg Continuing the dynasty The Prince of the Lakewood House: The Gaon Rabbi Shneur Kotler II gave his first lesson Great excitement at the 'Beit Midrash Gavaho' yeshiva in Lakewood, New Jersey, and in the Torah world | The only son of the Rosh Yeshiva, the Gra'am Kotler, the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Chaim Shneur Kotler, delivered his first shiur in the old Beit Midrash | The exciting closing of the circle in the continuation of the dynasty of leaders of the largest yeshiva in the world | All the details and documentation from the shiur Moshe Weisberg 10th of Elul 5775     23.08.26     20:29 00:00 02:50 Listen to the article           colbass.com Rabbi Shneur Kotler in his lesson Photo: Courtesy of the photographer Peak excitement today (Sunday) at the Lakewood High Yeshiva Beit Midrash in New Jersey and in the Torah world: The only son of the head of the yeshiva, Rabbi Aryeh Malkiel Kotler, Rabbi Y...
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THE FAITHFUL TRANSMISSION OF THE TORAH SHEBE’AL PEH AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH RAV HERSHEL SCHACHTER SHLITA ABOUT THE 3 NEW SEFORIM, HIS MINHAGIM, & FUN QUESTIONS

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  Posted at 15:34h in by vueseditor   Rabbi Hershel Schachter shlita, 82, a noted rosh yeshiva and posek, has had a distinguished career with the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) for over 50 years. Rav Schachter became an assistant to the Rav, Rabbi Joseph Ber Soloveitchik zt”l, at the age of 22 and joined the faculty in 1967 at the age of 26, the youngest Rosh Yeshiva at RIETS. Since 1971, Rav Schachter has also been Rosh Kollel in RIETS’ Marcos and Adina Katz Kollel (Institute for Advanced Research in Rabbinics). Rav Schachter is also the Senior Halachic Consultant & Posek for OU Kashruth. This past month, there were 3 new seforim in English with Rav Schachter’s Torah: 1- Divrei Soferim: The Transmission of Torah Shebe’al Peh which is part of the RIETS Hashkafah Series with Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman as the Series Editor and Rabbi Isaac Rice as the Co-Editor, 2- Rav Schachter On Orach Chaim Volume I – Insights and Commentary Based on the Shiurim of ...
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