Tzohar’s website – As a result of Tzohar’s success in making contact with the secular community, it has become the preferred address for that community in regard to a large number of issues. The innovation here is not the referrals on matters of Judaism and Halachah, but questions on matters of couple relations, the education of children, parenting, and others. Tzohar’s office receives about four thousand referrals from non-religious people each year (more than 300 per month).

As a result, a website was established on the Internet aimed to appeal to the general public. The site invites people to get in touch, to ask for advice, and to join in building a Jewish community with shared content in the framework of the website. The website includes clear, easily accessible Jewish information and a forum for public discussion in which both secular and rabbinical figures express their opinions on couple relations, parenting, the education of children, and other matters.

A rabbi at your service - One of the new items on the website is a network of rabbis who are located all over the State of Israel, and who are available to people who live in their area. The website allows the visitor to see a photo of the rabbi, with some biographical information about him, and invites direct referrals to him. We believe that this internet service can bring about direct contact between members of the general public and rabbis who live nearby. Direct contact can lead to an ongoing relationship between the rabbi and his neighbors, and could even lead to the establishment of new communities around the figure of the rabbi.

It should be noted that thousands of referrals to the Tzohar website are recorded each month. We are currently working to raise the funds which will enable us to broaden the website’s exposure and visibility through advertising.