Hiloni

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rdf:langString Hiloni (Hebrew: חִלּוֹנִי), plural hilonim (Hebrew: חִלּוֹנִים; "secular"), is a social category in Israel, designating the least religious segment among the Jewish public. The other three subgroups on the scale of Jewish-Israeli religiosity are the masortim, "traditional"; datiim, "religious"; and haredim, "ultra-religious" ("ultra-Orthodox"). In the 2018 Israel Central Bureau of Statistics' survey, 43.2% of Jews identified as hiloni. Although considered "secular", many of them do practice bris for baby boys; Bar and Bat Mitzvah for adolescent boys and girls (although only boys have an Aliyah la-Torah at a synagogue); an Aliyah la-Torah at a synagogue for men prior to their weddings; celebrating major Israeli and Jewish holidays; and a fewer number of them even keep kosher at various levels. However, it is quite noteworthy to mention the affinity of most secular Jews to rabbis and mohels of Orthodox Judaism (Israel's Rabbanut). The things that do set the most distinction between them and religious Israeli Jews: lack of daily religious-related wardrobe such as yarmulke (except for during major Jewish holidays' evenings at a family home, and while having an Aliyah la-Torah for males at a synagogue prior to a Bar Mitzvah or a wedding); not observing the Shabbat on Saturdays; and not attending synagogue for either Shabbat or Jewish holiday prayers.