On Shemini Atzeret, the eighth day of Sukkot, Jews read tefillat geshem, an ancient Hebrew prayer for rain, during synagogue services. The prayer beseeches God to bring the Land of Israel enough rain ...

The Rothschild Vienna Mahzor, a Jewish prayer book that has survived through centuries, will be offered by Sotheby’s in 2026.

The illuminated manuscript, confiscated from the Rothschild banking dynasty during the Holocaust, is expected to draw at ...

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The Montefiore Mainz Mahzor is a rare 14th-century Hebrew festival prayer book that was used during the Jewish High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts, ...

Almost immediately after the horrific Hamas attack of Oct. 7, 2023, most Orthodox Jewish congregations began the practice of saying additional Tehillim (Psalms), usually chapters 121 and 130, after ...

The Talmud expounds that the greatest gift that human beings have vis à vis their relationship with G-d – yet which is disrespected – is prayer. Davening, or prayer, is an essential aspect of Jewish ...

Of the things Marilyn Monroe is best known for, being Jewish is not on the list. But the impending sale of Monroe’s personal prayer book — or siddur, as it is called in Hebrew — has piqued interest in ...

Standard Jewish prayers for the government, writes a scholar of Judaism and technology, omit the essential players in any democracy: the people. This Shabbat, like every Shabbat, synagogues around the ...

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is a time meant for celebration and self-reflection. The holiday, which begins this year at sundown on Friday and ends at nightfall on Sunday, is a joyous occasion ...