Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israel Independence Day) is invested with three sanctities: 1) the sanctity of the mitzvah of yishuv ha’aretz (Settling the Land), which is a mitzvah equivalent to all the mitzvot. 2) ...

A climax of the festival prayers is the public recitation of the Hallel. From the initial verse, “Halleluya! Give praise, O servants of the Lord” (113:1 – all quotations are from Tehillim unless ...

Psalms 113-118 comprise what are known as the “Hallel Psalms.” The word "Hallel" simply means “to praise.” This group of Psalms were sung during Passover, reflecting back to the Lord's deliverance of ...

After several nights in a bomb shelter — hearing the thundering sounds of the IDF’s anti-missile and anti-drone defense systems, and reading voraciously about every event (though not for the 24 hours ...

KIRYAT ARBA — Hallel Yaffa Ariel’s funeral service began just a few feet away from where she was brutally stabbed to death. On Thursday evening, the 13-year-old’s body was covered in a shroud and laid ...

Hallel Silverman is an activist and content creator. Raised in Jerusalem and living in Tel Aviv, she has become a leading voice on and offline for Liberal Zionism. A third generation IDF veteran, with ...

Staff Sgt. Hallel Shmuel Saadon, 21, a Nahal soldier from Ma’ale Michmas, was killed on October 7 while battling a Hamas invasion near Kibbutz Sufa. He is survived by his parents, Devora and Elad, and ...