Some religious groups believe the ashes of the cows can be used to build a third Jewish temple in Jerusalem Religious Israeli settlers practise the red heifer ritual with a cutout cow in front of ...

This week’s Torah portion begins with, and is named after, the key word chukat. Chukat means “the law of” and specifically refers to the ritual law of the red heifer. What distinguishes a chok from ...

American Airlines flight 146 touched down at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport on time, arriving from New York’s JFK airport as one of the dozens of flights that arrive in Israel from the US daily. While a ...

Byron Stinson has always been a man of strong faith. And recently that faith came into play for a mission. Jewish faith leaders he knew needed a red heifer to replicate a ceremony depicted in the ...

The Academy for Temple Knowledge held a conference this week titled "The Red Heifer- Halacha, Research, and Thought," during which a special tour was held for 100 participants at the farm Red Heifer ...

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I recently returned from a cruise to Cuba, where I had the pleasure of officiating at a Shabbat service and visiting a small Orthodox synagogue in Havana. The visit took place on the week that we read ...

It is excruciating to reconcile the tragic fate of the Bibas mother and her children with the justice of a righteous God. Yet perhaps their horrific death can be seen as having heavenly significance - ...

A group of religious Israelis have been pictured practising the ritual of the red heifer, which is meant to herald the building of a new Jewish temple on the site of Al-Aqsa Mosque. According to ...