Tzohar

Tzohar returns to High Court, seeks order compelling Rabbinate to license it as kosher certifier

The new petition argues that, even after a ruling in November ordering the Rabbinate to decide whether Tzohar qualifies and, if so, to issue a license, the state still has not acted. 

A Tzohar kashrut sticker in a window
People attend a Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the New Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City, on December 14, 2025.

One in four Israeli Jews celebrate or consider celebrating Christmas - poll

KASHRUT CERTIFICATION at a Jerusalem eatery – will the rabbinate’s monopoly be broken?

High Court orders Chief Rabbinate to decide on Tzohar’s kashrut license after year-long delay

 Shas spiritual leader and former Sephardic chief rabbi, Yitzhak Yosef, seen during a weekly lecture at the Yazdim synagogue in Jerusalem, June 07, 2025; illustrative.

Ex-Sephardi chief rabbi slams Tel Aviv rabbi as 'heretic' after he calls for haredi IDF enlistment


Tzohar rabbis to run for chief rabbi positions

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

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Group campaigns against 'anti-Zionist' Rabbinate

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

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Will you marry us?

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

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Tzohar launches brit milah initiative

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

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Signez, mariez-vous et soyez heureux

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

Campagne d'information sur le contrat prénuptial

Tzohar and Rabbinate in historic agreement

National-religious Tzohar rabbis say they have agreement with rabbinate to end restrictions on its rabbis conducting weddings.

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MKs, rabbis to discuss conversion difficulties

In Tzohar Shavuot program, politicians and rabbis will discuss difficulties Ruth would face today in conversion.

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Breakthrough seen likely in Tzohar-Rabbinate impasse

Tzohar has protested restrictions Religious Services Ministry, Chief Rabbinate imposed on its rabbis performing weddings.

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Tzohar, Zaka unite for Purim coexistence project

One of the obligations of the day is to send small packages of food to friends, neighbors, work colleagues.

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Rabbis invoke decapitated calf commandment

Modernized version of one of the more obscure ceremonies of the Torah conducted by Tzohar rabbis to protest hit-and-run death.

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