Lag BaOmer: The Hillula of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai — What to Do and Say
Lag BaOmer, the thirty-third day of the Omer count, is celebrated as the hillula — the joyous yahrzeit — of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai (Rashbi), the great Talmudic…
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Communal Prayer in Judaism: Why We Pray Together
Drawing on a verse from Exodus and the Nishmat Kol Chai prayer, the Chatam Sofer (1826) explains why communal prayer achieves what no individual can accomplish alone. The…
ReadParashat HaMan: The Weekly Passage for Livelihood and Its Power
Reciting the biblical passage describing the manna — known in Hebrew as Parashat HaMan — has long been considered a segulah (auspicious spiritual practice) for securing one's livelihood.…
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"For My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples."
Isaiah 56:7