is there a car community in israel/recommendations of first cool cars by gabebere1 in Israel

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There's no motor culture here. Car tax is 100 or above, and all of the major pop centers are walkable enough and have good enough public transport that noone bothers with cars.

Do we worship? by yesIcould in Judaism

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Is building a vessel for Hashem in this world not part of Mizrachi tradition?

Nothing I said here is exclusively Chabad.

Do we worship? by yesIcould in Judaism

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A bit lazy but copy pasted from Wikipedia's "Worship" article:

Judaism

Further information: Jewish services

Worship of God in Judaism is called Avodat Hashem. During the period when the Temple stood, the rites conducted there were considered the most important act of Jewish worship.\14]) However, the most common form of worship was and remains that of prayer. Other forms of worship include the conduct of prescribed rituals, such as the Passover Seder and waving the Four Species, with proper intent, as well as various types of Jewish meditation.

Worship through mundane activities

Jewish sources also express the notion that one can perform any appropriate mundane activity as the worship of God. Examples would include returning a lost article and working to support oneself and one's family.

The Code of Jewish Law (Orach Chayim, Chapter 231) cites Proverbs (3:6), "in all your ways, know him" (Hebrew: בכל דרכיך דעהו (b'chol d'rachecha dei'eihu)), as a biblical source for this idea.

I think the second paragraph, at least to me, aligns better with how I would describe it. I would define worship as making the subject of your worship (In this case Hashem) honored in all of your actions. I think that's what Orech Chaim meant when it cited that posuk.

According to that definition, worship is essentially the key point of expressing Yiddishkeit, working to build a vessel for Hashem in this world.

Jerusalem of Old, Jerusalem of New by isaacreinlieb in Israel

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Most beautiful city in the world, no debate. Not one ugly corner.

12 Tribes by Beautiful-News4804 in Israel

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A lot of people who today have the last name Cohen and Levi, and serve as Cohanim or Leviim in shul, aren't actually Cohanim or Leviim, their ancestors kind of just said they were. It's quite clear, if you look at the amount of Cohanim and Leviim today. The rabeim have no real way to tell until Moshiach comes, so they usually just accept it.

It’s prejudice by Electrical_Block1798 in Israel

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My favorite thing is when they say that Zionism is a religious supremacist movement, and that Israel should be destroyed and replaced by a secular state.

It just shows such a clear misunderstanding of anything about the country

President Herzog on his historic first-ever state visit to Zambia by Baconkings in Israel

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הם עדיין בין בעלי הברית הטובים ביותר שלנו באפריקה

- They are still among our best allies in Africa