A year ago Simchat Torah became a day of mourning. This year, everyone is struggling with how to rationalize celebrating a ...

Hundreds of people gathered at the site of the Supernova music festival massacre for prayers, on the occasion of Hoshana ...

Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef on Monday morning echoed the words of a leading Lithuanian-haredi rabbi, instructing that yeshiva students avoid any non-Torah learning activity, due to ...

How are we supposed to celebrate Simchat Torah this year with a full heart? The very name of this holiday - "the joy of the ...

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As circumstances suggest, a priest or deacon may use the following short blessing formulary: God has brought gladness and light to the world | through the Virgin Mary's delivery of her child.

For many young Jewish girls, the bat mitzvah is a significant milestone, marking a transition from childhood to the ...

Within a few months, he was married! He’s back this year to buy it again because he’s holding onto those blessings for himself and his family. Rabbi Lew of Chabad Peachtree, Georgia, shared that after ...

V. Bless us, O Lord, and these your gifts, which we are about to receive from your bounty, through Christ our Lord.

So how might we give expression to these complicated emotions this Simchat Torah? One of the leading Jewish scholars of the 20th century, Avraham Yaari, wrote a book-length study of Simchat Torah ...