הרב קוקצילום: אוסף התצלומים של צדוק בסן. The celebrated first Chief Rabbi of pre-state Israel, Rav Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook (1865-1935) is recognized as being among the most important Jewish ...

Let’s delve deeper into the questions and explanations surrounding Moses’ absence in the Haggadah, the interruption during the Sages’ discussion, and the themes of hope, renewal, and redemption in ...

Survivor of Hamas captivity Eli Sharabi, who was released earlier after over a year and four months in Hamas captivity, was interviewed by Ilana Dayan on the program "Uvda" and revealed shocking ...

Everyone knows Ulla’s statement (infra. 14b) “that he who recites shema without wearing tefillin is as though he bears false testimony.” This only pertains to the morning shema as we do not put on ...

(JTA) Tens of thousands of Jews around the world joined in a collective recitation of the Shema prayer on Thursday, March 21 that was broadcast from Jerusalem’s Western Wall to support the more than ...

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I grew up praying to a god in a language I did not understand. In particular, as an observant Conservative Jewish American (that is, “Conservative Jewish, not “conservative, Jewish”), I grew up ...

As we emerge from Tisha b’Av and our annual three-week period of mourning the destruction and loss of our Holy Temples in Jerusalem, we are invigorated and inspired every year by Parashat Vaetchanan.

Shema Yisrael, or the Shema, is the central affirmation of Judaism. The prayer expresses belief in the singularity of God, that is, in God's oneness and incomparability. Though this opening verse is ...

Shema brings to mind the quintessential statement of Jewish faith which has echoed through the generations, morning and evening, during times of peace and persecution. But where is the deep faith ...