One of my favorite High Holidays prayers is the U-v’khein, several paragraphs added to the Amidah, especially for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. The Amidah, said while standing (Amidah means standing ...

For many Jews, the Days of Awe are the one time of year to experience prayer services. An essential part of those services is the weekday Amidah, a prayer said standing, punctuated by silence and ...

After Robert Luck was named to the Florida Supreme Court on Monday, he closed his speech, in which he posited he was the first Jewish member in 20 years, with a blessing from the Amidah, a prayer ...

(JTA) — I often take solace in prayer: It gives me the opportunity to express my deepest longings to God, even if immediate results are never the goal. As the Israel-Hamas war has worn on, I have ...

"In actuality, Rosh Hashanah is not a Jewish holiday at all," said Professor of Classical Rabbinic Literature Reuven Kimelman. By that, he means that other days of Jewish observance commemorate a ...

Answer: The Mechaber, in his discussion regarding Mevarech HaShanim, the ninth blessing of the Amidah, states as follows (Orach Chayim 117): “The recitation of Birkat HaShanim in the rainy season must ...

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