Why did a housewife call the rabbi five minutes before the holiday started? What concerned the 13-year-old preparing for his first proper seder? And how do you answer someone who asks dozens of questions in two hours? We heard from leading rabbis about the most frequent questions during the days leading up to Passover, and of course, the answers.
What led Leah Yusupovitch to spend last year's lockdown with all her children and grandchildren? How does this relate to her return to faith and her childhood in a kibbutz?
Meet the Steinberg family from Carmiel, who bring together a unique community of baalei teshuva and run a distinctive synagogue—inside their home. What does their Seder night look like?
After 40 years of painting, artist Yoel Turgeman is launching a massive exhibition featuring 613 paintings on famous bridges worldwide. 'I aspire to build bridges among humanity and connect everyone.'
Growing up between Ramat Gan and Bnei Brak, the great confusion when her mother became religious, and keeping Shabbat at all costs. Playback actress Sagit Ben David in an emotional conversation.
Awareness of psychological treatments, the high cost of a good psychologist, quackery in the field, and the lack of oversight on treatments. Professionals social worker Nati Becker and Michael Nechtiler talk about it all.
Yochai and Neta Brantz waited nearly 13 years for children. They underwent a journey of treatments and faced many disappointments and difficult news. Now, embracing their own baby, they aim to inspire others, and have a message for those surrounding them.
Few know, but behind the senior scientist who has signed international research projects lies a failing child who barely passed his matriculation exams. Dr. Johann Elbaz shares his personal story, his spiritual journey in recent years, and his significant concerns for the future: "COVID-19 could produce variants, we have not finished the story yet."
Hodaya Assoulin, an epidemiologist at the Ministry of Health, shares insights into the challenges of contact tracing, including patients hesitant to quarantine friends, a groom who contracted COVID-19 on his wedding eve, and other compelling stories.
What motivated Mor Karolfeld to involve the residents of Modiin in sending Purim gift baskets to sanitation workers? How many baskets have been collected so far, and which families have joined this heartwarming initiative?
Asher Gabay defies the odds by volunteering with United Hatzalah and ZAKA, encountering tragic cases, and then shortly afterwards, playing at weddings. How does he balance it all, and what's happening now during the COVID-19 pandemic?
The unique hamentaschen, Purim money given to children, the burning of Hitler's picture next to Haman's effigy, and sweet cakes sold in the Mellah. Asher Knafo, a prominent researcher of Moroccan Jewry, reminisces about Purim in Mogador and is certain: 'The agreement with Morocco will allow us to discover more findings.'
Yosef Kornfeld, the rabbi who survived the attack at Gush Junction, emotionally recounts his experience during the assault. "It took time to realize it was an attack; there were truly great miracles."
Yossi Bilitzer, who specializes in Torah counseling, is seeing up close how much teenagers need help. 'They can mostly catch up after COVID-19, but some situations have caused irreparable damage,' he warns.
Riki Lewit, who does not consider herself religious, brought a truck filled with agricultural goods to Bnei Brak, gathered from kibbutzim across the country. "I felt for the residents and wanted to show them that we care," she explains.
A groundbreaking discovery of dozens of pairs of tefillin in a bunker led the Shem Olam Institute to investigate the owners. Rabbi Avraham Krieger shares the story, believing it to be one of the most emotional findings.
After Bar Sahar discovered South Koreans' interest in learning the Talmud, she launched a website to facilitate this. 'My aim is for even secular people to connect with this learning through the site,' she shared.
Shirley Lupo, Maayan Sabag, and Hila Baruch are women who claim to have experienced clinical death and a glimpse of the afterlife. In an interview with 'Channel 13 News,' they recount their experiences and how these have changed their lives.
Inbar Tabib sang on stages for years and performed at numerous events. Just before producing an international album, she learned that her future husband intended to study in a yeshiva, which changed everything. 'I fulfilled my dream, but in a completely unexpected way,' she says.
R' Levi and Nechami Levitin are Chabad emissaries in Dubai. They have been there barely two months but have already experienced significant challenges, touching events, and been asked questions unique to Emirati residents.
