By Shimon Sherman, JNS At the conclusion of Friday night prayers, a Palestinian terrorist opened fire on a crowd in Jerusalem’s Neve Yaakov neighborhood, killing seven and wounding three. The terrorist was pursued by Israeli police and killed after a short exchange of fire. The victims include...
"For the life of me, I'm not going to cry," the cantor said before Friday evening services in the stained-glass-filled Temple Beth Sholom. "I need to be strong, so that other people can cry." Tears did flow as Porat and the rabbis led the 300 congregants in praying for peace, fo...
Every Friday night, Jewish households prepare to celebrate the Sabbath. The ritual is marked at the beginning by the lighting of two candles by the woman of the house and special prayers at the synagogue. The evening and following day are marked by feasts and prayers as well as a day of ...
It’s Friday. The day for cleaning the house and cooking not only tonight’s festive Shabbat meal, but food that will take us into tomorrow (I do no food prep on Saturday) and have lots of leftovers for the week. As usual, jets are strafing the sky overhead and we’ve been told b...
Shabbat services at Beth Sholom Synagogue this weekend will beled for the first time by the... D Waters 被引量: 0发表: 0年 FourthandLong:Presenting(andResenting)theSabbath In lieu of an , here is a brief excerpt of the content: Harvey Cox. Common Prayers: Faith, Family, and a Christi...
Now that the Sabbath has ended, this allows us to do some basic things that are forbidden on the Sabbath, like light the candle for Havdalah. When you pray the nighttime prayers, there is a special prayer called “Attah chonantanu,” which accomplishes the same thing. So you need say th...
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his concern for humankind, and his readiness to forgive those who repent. On the first day of Rosh Hashana (except when it falls on the Sabbath) it is customary for Jews to recite penitential prayers at a river, symbolically casting their sins into it; this ceremony is calledtashlikh(“th...