Posts Tagged: jewish prayer
Rabbi Avi Weiss’s ‘Guide to Jewish Spirituality’ Speaks to the Power of Prayer (REVIEW)
Rabbi Avi Weiss' latest book, "Holistic Prayer: A Guide To Jewish Spirituality" offers a unique and special vantage point into Judaism. This thoughtful, understandable classic offers insight into...
Israeli Minister Recites Exceptional Kaddish at Auschwitz (VIDEO)
Before Israeli Knesset Member Uri Ariel, Minister of Construction and Housing, embarked on his recent trip to Poland together with some 60 other MKs, he...
What is and Isn’t Wrong With Prayer
The way most of us pray today is very different to the way it was originally intended. What goes on in most Jewish "houses of...
Jewish Meditation: The Daily Practice of Giving Thanks
In my youth the Beatles, notably George Harrison, introduced us to Transcendental Meditation and a variety of other Eastern religious practices. Yoga had been popular...
Women of the Wall Don’t Want to Compromise
JNS.org - Women of the Wall faced a tough choice this Rosh Chodesh. Though I don't agree with their goals, they could have finally been...
Daven (PHOTO BLOG)
Inspired by saying the prayers and reading from the Torah.... "The common term used for prayer for those with a Yiddish background is to 'daven' (pronounced...
Competition in the Name of Excellence is Divine
"May the One who causes His Name to dwell in this house cause love and brotherhood, peace and camaraderie to dwell among you." — BT Brakhot 12a...
Sixteenth Century Women’s Ladino Siddur Republished In Israel
"Women need their own prayer books that are different from men's" according to a 16th century rabbinic ruling by Rabbi Meir Benveniste, who decided to undertake the...
