Yankel opened his front door and found his neighbor Berel waiting for him. “Yes, Berel, what can I do for you?” asked Yankel respectfully. “Reb Yankel, I am so sorry to bother you, but, you know, I ...

One way is to realize that tefillah is a glorious opportunity to come close to Hashem. The following is an excerpt from a beautiful letter that Rav Shimshon Pincus zt”l wrote to a young man who was ...

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Recently, I had a conversation about women’s tefillah groups, during which I stated that I had been involved with several of them in different capacities over the past few years. The person I was ...

Just hours after the siren of Yom HaZikaron pierced the heart of the nation, more than 2,000 people gathered Tuesday night at ...

Rosh Hashanah is Yom Harat Olam, the birthday of the world. Not just of the Jewish people, but of all humanity. On this day, Am Yisrael gathers in every corner of the earth to declare a vision that is ...

After 50 years leading various congregations in prayer as a Hazzan, an ordained Cantor, I am at a crossroads. Does God hear my prayers? Must I recite every prayer line-by-line, even though, admittedly ...

One Shabbat in 1997, Beth Smith was sitting in Congregation Beth Shalom, a large Conservative shul in this midwestern city, when she was suddenly struck by how bored she was. A firebrand of a woman in ...

Several years ago, Rabbi Lance Sussman, spiritual leader of the Reform synagogue Keneseth Israel, in Elkins Park, Pa., received the grim news that he was going blind. After surgery, eye patches and ...

On the first day of Rosh Hashanah, we read for the Haftarah the story of Hannah: Hannah’s husband, Elkana, had two wives—she, and Penina. Penina had a number of children. But Hannah was not able to ...

This Shabbat, our 3 newest Graduates of Liberal Judaism's Baalei Tefillah (lay readers) programme, Lily Aarons, Stephen Herman and Leo Hodes led our Civic Service at Northwood and Pinner Liberal ...