We have a rabbi available for your questions about the cycle of life and the Jewish calendar cycle.

Tzohar’s success with the Wedding Project has strengthened its position as the leading rabbinical group, in the eyes of the Israeli public. As such, Tzohar has become the general public’s preferred address for questions, requests for counseling, and information regarding everything having to do with the cycle of life and the calendar cycle of the Jewish year.

Each year Tzohar receives thousands of referrals on matters which touch directly on the rabbi’s area of concern. Those who turn to Tzohar are interested in speaking with a rabbi who is accepting of them, and who will stay with them as their life goes on and as they seek the Jewish view of the various life cycle events they encounter, and with the different highlights of the Jewish calendar. Tzohar’s strength is in its nation-wide web of participating rabbis, and in their readiness to be of assistance to anyone who requests it. Tzohar has taken up the challenge laid down by its prominent public status, and its rabbis actively help those who turn to Tzohar for help on a wide variety of matters, from Kiryat Shmonah toEilat.

The Cycle of Life
The Brit Milah (the Briss, or circumcision ceremony) – Tzohar has members who are trained mohels (performers of circumcision) who are prepared to help members of the secular public to ready themselves for the circumcision of their sons, and to do so in an accepting and meaningful way. The mohels who work with Tzohar are certified by the Chief Rabbinate, and maintain high standards of professionalism and hygiene. Tzohar refers those who wish to learn more about the ceremony to rabbis and mohels who have an ongoing connection with the organization.

Redeeming the First-born
Some of Tzohar’s member rabbis are Cohanim, who perform the ceremony of redeeming the first-born son, and do so without pay. This formerly little-known ceremony takes place on the thirtieth day after the child’s birth, and has slowly become a familiar life cycle event in Israel, among a growing number of secular families, as well as religious ones. Tzohar has published written material on the ceremony, and provides the rabbi with information so that he can help the new parents make a ceremony which is meaningful for them.

Bar and Bat Mitzvah
Tzohar’s rabbis all over Israel are available to answer any questions which arise regarding the Bar or Bat Mitzvah ceremony. The rabbis refer the children to instructors, put them in touch with synagogues, and help the families create ceremonies which are meaningful for them. Bar Mitzvah projects of many kinds have been developed all over the country, and Tzohar’s rabbis are in touch with one another, so that they have a broad reservoir of ideas with which to help the parents make the plans most suitable for them and their children.

Mourning
Tzohar has published a pamphlet of guidance which helps the family in mourning to learn the relevant Halacha and various customs, as well as to cope with the bureaucratic tangles which may arise when a loved one has passed away. Tzohar’s rabbis and many other volunteers who work with Tzohar make themselves available to families at this difficult time.

The Jewish Calendar Cycle
The success of the Praying Together project has made Tzohar the preferred address for the secular public on all kinds of matters related to the Jewish calendar. Many people turn to Tzohar’s rabbis for help in making the Jewish calendar meaningful and relevant for them and their families.

Tzohar’s rabbis are active in places all over Israel throughout the year, and invite the general public to celebrate Jewish holidays with them in the synagogue. The blowing of the shofar, lighting the Hanukah candles, reading the Megillah, preparing the Pesach Seder, learning all night on Shavuot, the period of mourning between the 17th of Tammuz and Tisha B’Av and other dates are the focal points for Tzohar’s rabbis to help families, schools, or other institutions to add a meaningful, spiritual dimension to their celebration of the Jewish calendar’s special days.

We are prepared to refer everyone who calls Tzohar to a rabbi or to a community near to his place of residence, so that the caller will receive a warm, open, and welcoming response.

“We have a rabbi available” is not a slogan, but a way of life. Tzohar’s rabbis are truly available to the general public, to answer and to help on any matter related to the cycle of life or to the cycle of the Jewish calendar.