Standard Jewish prayers for the government, writes a scholar of Judaism and technology, omit the essential players in any democracy: the people. This Shabbat, like every Shabbat, synagogues around ...

As has been noted elsewhere, Shlomo Tal originally sought to produce Rinat Yisrael based on nusach Sfard so as to unite people who had different traditions, but he found himself ultimately also produc ...

And when the prayer is ended, then disperse in the land ... how they did break the Sabbath, how their big fish came unto them visibly upon their sabbath day and on a day when they did not keep ...

Our aspiration for a return to God’s, and humanity’s, Edenic state is, then, no passive prayer. Shabbat’s unplugging is, rather, an opportunity to recharge. It presents us with the tiniest ...

During weekly Shabbat services at my synagogue, we recite a prayer for the well-being of the United States and for the leaders who exercise “just and rightful authority.” (There’s been some ...

According to the booklet, one "mark of the beast" is not observing the Sabbath on Saturday. It is alleged that in the fourth century the Church and Emperor Constantine replaced the Sabbath with ...

At checkpoints? No, welcome to Shabbat services. Israeli parents fear sending their kids to War, Today, Jewish parents fear sending their kids to college!

In Orthodox synagogues, these prayers happen at sunset, whereas in Reform synagogues they happen at a set time. Shabbat is welcomed with hymns, prayers and psalms called Kabbalat Shabbat.