Read Pamela Greenberg’s translation of Psalm 136 from her book “The Complete Psalms: The Book of Prayer Songs in a New Translation” (Bloomsbury, 2010). Sometimes called “the Great Hallel,” Psalm 136 ...

For Michal Stamova, the challenge of translating Passover’s core text into Ukrainian started with the title. The Haggadah — the book containing the Passover story — starts with an “h” sound in both ...

QUESTION: On Purim we read the Megilla but do not recite Hallel, unlike other holidays. I am told that the Talmud teaches that the Megilla replaces Hallel. If so, could the Passover Haggadah replace ...

The Passover Seder is traditionally connected with the Messianic age. Hallel (songs of praise) The entire order of Hallel which is usually recited in the synagogue on Jewish holidays is also recited ...

A festive prayer service was held on Wednesday at the Cave of the Patriarchs, with Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, the Chief Rabbi of Tzfat, and a member of the Chief Rabbinate Council, and Rabbi Uriel Saied of ...