1) The exclusive blue thread in thetallith(prayer shawl) traditionally identified the Jewish man as king in his own home (Israelcraft). However, because the source of the blue dye (chilazon[snail]) is not identifiable, today's prayer shawls may be colored blue, but do not contain this ...
prayer again after theKiddush and before drinking. Find the full text of the Rosh Hashanah Kiddush (with Shehechiyanu) on Sefaria. Hamotzi Before partaking of the meal, one recitesHamotzi, the blessing over bread. This is also a feature of Friday night Shabbat meals, in which this blessi...
As soon as he opened his eyes, with the light of which the whole house was illumined, he stood upright between the midwife's hands and addressed a prayer to God. His father, Lamech, frightened at this sight, went to consult Methuselah, telling him that his grandchild resembled an angel ...
Prayer-houses were changed into drinking-saloons; all mourning was turned into joy. The warning written by Jacob Sasportas, who had been rabbi in Sale for some time, against the Messianic pretensions of Shabbethai Ẓebi was intercepted by Ibn Saadon, a zealous adherent of Shabbethai in ...
“carries no prayer rug; he fails to salute Mecca when he prays … eats pigs and drinks wine,” in the words of one newspaper report, and his apparently poor knowledge of Islam. But if not praying, drinking, and poor knowledge of Islam disqualify people from being Muslim, then millions ...
before this time if necessary. Prayer Page # Eruv Tavshilin 654 Maariv, Shacharit, and Mincha Amidah for festivals 660 Leining 966 onwards Musaf for festivals 674 Akdamus 714 Many have the custom to stay up all night learning Torah on Shavuos night in ...
A student asked his Rabbi, "What do you do before praying?" The Rabbi replied, "I pray that I will pray with all my heart." The Prayer Negotiation One Yom Kippur, an eccentric Rabbi asked an illiterate man, "Since you can't read the prayers, tell me what you said to God," ...
Ancient people had to wait many months before they find out if the new babies were male or female, in a little similar process of waiting for the results of expensive lotteries. The male birth means a luck, while the female birth means loss and critical bad luck. This kind of economical...
ESTHER’S PRAYER Words and Music by Robbie Solomon ©1980 Pray for her She’s lost in a foreign place Knowing her life’s at stake Show her the way Raise your voice for her You who have known her so well Don’t spare your blessings now Show her the way Esther, my Queen, all tha...
The previous siddur of the Reform Synagogues of Great Britain offered six themed shabbat morning services, each with slightly different additions to the basic order of prayer, which was the same in each. Service number six was on the theme of ‘The Family of Israel’. The recommended psalm ...