Moadim L’simcha! Happy Holidays! I hope your holidays are replete with meaningful prayer, lovely sukkot and luscious festive meals with family and friends. Psalm 113 begins the festival Hallel cycle, ...

The rabbi of Kiryat Arba and a leading religious Zionist rabbi, Rabbi Dov Lior, ruled to say the Hallel prayer with a blessing on the night of Israeli Independence Day. Rabbi Lior explained that "in ...

It has become a modern tradition twice a year for the Chief Rabbi of Tzfat, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu to lead special musical Hallel prayers on Passover and Sukkot at the Tomb of the Patriarchs and ...

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Jewish a cappella group mix tradition with modern twist on Hallel prayer The video beautifully weaves together the essence of Hanukkah - a festival of light and hope - with a musical tapestry that ...

US losing faith in Israeli gov't's conduct on Gaza deal ...

In times of peril, writes a Jewish studies scholar, Jews must learn to hope in a minor key. This story was originally published on My Jewish Learning. (JTA) — On Saturday morning, most of the ...

When Westchester Reform Temple’s Adult Choir performs “The Hallel Psalms” by the late Bonia Shur at a concert on Sunday, Oct. 30 as part of an all-Shur program, it will represent more than another ...