Posts Tagged: priestly blessing
This Passover, a Song of Thanks
JNS.org - It’s hard to believe that only a year has passed since Passover of 5780 (2020). Since the late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Gafner of...
Passover Blessing at Western Wall Downsized Due to Coronavirus
Ten Jewish worshipers wearing face masks prayed at the Western Wall on Sunday at a special Priestly Blessing during the holiday of Passover, an event...
Tens of Thousands at Jerusalem’s Western Wall for Priestly Blessing
Tens of thousands of worshipers packed Jerusalem's Western Wall plaza on Wednesday to receive a blessing from members of Judaism's priestly caste. Holding prayer shawls above...
We Must Work for Peace, Not Just Pray for It
The parsha of Naso seems, on the face of it, to be a heterogeneous collection of utterly unrelated items. First, there is the account of the Levitical...
Why the Rabbis Taught Dream Manipulation
When I was little, I was fascinated by the priestly blessing that is recited in many synagogues across the globe on main Jewish holidays and...
