Yiddishliteratureculminated in the period from 1864 to 1939, inspired by modernization and then severely diminished by theHolocaust. It arose in Europe out of a tradition that gaveprecedenceto Hebrew prayers, commentaries, andscripture. As thevernacularexpression of Ashkenazic Jews, Yiddish literature wa...
It is in English and depending on your desires also includes prayers and poetry in Hebrew and Hawaiian and other languages and traditions when requested. A traditional Jewish wedding takes place under thechuppah(the marriage canopy), the vows are in Hebrew, and theSheva Brachot(Seven Blessings) ...
It is in English and depending on your desires also includes prayers and poetry in Hebrew and Hawaiian and other languages and traditions when requested. A traditional Jewish wedding takes place under thechuppah(the marriage canopy), the vows are in Hebrew, and theSheva Brachot(Seven Blessings) ...
Find out about shiurim, events, parties, talks, workshops, flatshare, properties for sale, saying prayers for people (tehillim), spirituality and meditations.There is no charge to join Jewpro. Although we are not affiliated to any particular religious organisation or charity we aim to make sure...
Find out about shiurim, events, parties, talks, workshops, flatshare, properties for sale, saying prayers for people (tehillim), spirituality and meditations.There is no charge to join Jewpro. Although we are not affiliated to any particular religious organisation or charity we aim to make sure...
A baraita (Ber. 6a) puts it plainly: "Whence do we know that the Holy and Blessed One is found at the synagogue; or that when ten men say prayers together the Presence dwells among them?" It answers each of these questions with the verse of the psalm quoted above; it being ...
How can prayers for peace be answered, While the battle rages on? No more, no more nightmares, No more, no more bomb scares, For the sake of the ones we love, Shalom, Shalom, Arab leaders why can’t you see, What your rhetoric has done? Now your children turn to violence, As the...
slide changed and the new header read “Leah Horowitz,” which is the name of my great-grandmother, for whom I was named. This Leah Horowitz, though, had lived in eighteenth-century Poland and written one of the most important and learnedtekhines(womens’ supplicatory prayers) of the time...
These prayersshould be omitted when there is present in the synagogue a bridegroom or the father of a child that is to be circumcised on that day, or when the day of the approaching new moon is proclaimed, or on any other joyous occasion (Oraḥ Ḥayyim, 284, 7, Isserles' gloss)...
As a child, Passover was of particular significance. It’s where Zoe and her brother recited prayers out loud—a custom as the youngest cousins in the family. While Zoe now lives in the heart of New York City, she often takes the 45-minute train ride home to Long Island where her par...