Tzohar

Knesset repeals 2021 kashrut reform, restores Rabbinate control over certification

Under the law, official kashrut certificates may be issued by the Chief Rabbinate Council, authorized local rabbis, and, within the IDF, the Military Rabbinate.

KASHRUT CERTIFICATION at a Jerusalem eatery – will the rabbinate’s monopoly be broken?
 A WOMAN walks past a Jerusalem eatery with a Tzohar kashrut certificate.

Tzohar asks High Court to reject state's bid to void kashrut license

REPRESENTATIVES OF the Chief Rabbinate of Israel cross Jaffa Street in Jerusalem as they deliver a kosher certificate to a local restaurant.

Tzohar's kashrut license was improperly granted, but Rabbinate must act, state tells High Court

A Tzohar kashrut sticker in a window

High Court sets Tuesday deadline in Tzohar kashrut-license dispute


February 13: No intrigues, please

The Tzohar rabbis have brought much needed status to the rabbinic role.

Letters 370

Rabbi Stav announces candidacy for chief rabbinate

Chairman of national-religious rabbinical association 'Tzohar' will stand as candidate for position of chief rabbi of Israel.

Rabbi David Stav 370

Dozens of bills to be buried before early election

DST extension won't be brought to a vote; bill criminalizing prostitution stays stuck in committees; "Tzohar Bill" unlikely to reach final reading.

Knesset 370

240 ‘accessible’ services to be held on Yom Kippur

Many people don't know of a synagogue where they feel comfortable praying on Yom Kippur, say project organizers.

The Great Synagogue

Metzger blasts Tzohar over advertising campaign

Tzohar chairman defends multi-million-shekel campaign, denies aim was to finance his own candidacy for Ashkenazi chief rabbi.

Rabbi Metzger

Tzohar rabbis to run for chief rabbi positions

National-religious rabbinical association begins process to present candidates to challenge haredi control of Rabbinate.

The national-religious rabbinical association Tzohar 370

Group campaigns against 'anti-Zionist' Rabbinate

Tzohar rabbinical association slams rabbinate for alienating Israeli public in new public relations campaign.

Jerusalem chief rabbinate 311

Will you marry us?

In past years, couples seeking to wed without extensive bureaucracy would fly abroad.

Wedding

Tzohar launches brit milah initiative

National-religious rabbinical group unveils new public initiative to help parents through process of having their sons circumcised.

The national-religious rabbinical association Tzohar 370

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Pour éviter le problème du chantage au get, une association milite pour un contrat prénuptial halachique

Campagne d'information sur le contrat prénuptial