Hakhel: Jews, assemble! The once every seven years ceremony – opinion
October 21, 2022 Hakhel: Jews, assemble! The once every seven years ceremony – opinion By Barbara Sofer In modern Israel, the ancient Hakhel ceremony is reenacted in Jerusalem every seven years on the second intermediate day of the Sukkot holiday. I wanted to go. I consider myself a youthful septuagenarian but can’t count on being […]
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