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Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its ...

The Aleinu prayer combines the idea of Israel as God’s “am segulah” (treasured people), assuming the continued responsibility to live a life of worth and meaning,” and “a kingdom of priests and a holy ...

The Israeli Reform movement has decided to expunge a prayer recited by Jews for thousands of years due to concerns that it is offensive to non-Jews. According to the Hebrew-language Makor Rishon ...

There are a number of prayers in the High Holiday liturgy that evoke the core purposes of this season. One of these is the Aleinu HaGadol (“The Great Aleinu”). To better understand the meaning of this ...

Aleinu really deserves more respect. First, the Chida writes that there is no greater praise to Hashem than Aleinu. In addition, the Rama (O. C. 132:2) rules that one must say it while standing and ...

"And Aaron did so, toward the face of the Menorah he kindled the lamps, as Hashem had commanded Moshe." (Sefer Bamidbar, Perek 8, posuk 3 translation as rendered in the Artscroll Chumash, page 775) ...

We close all services with Aleinu, a prayer thanking God for making us different from idol-worshipping nations and hoping for a time when everyone recognises God. In Aleinu, we say, "For they bow to ...

When I saw this Seder HaYom, it made me realize a beautiful answer to a question asked to me by one of my students. Reb Eliezer Steinberg showed me that each of the first seven words of Aleinu contain ...

The Aleinu prayer combines the idea of Israel as God’s “am segulah” (treasured people), assuming the continued responsibility to live a life of worth and meaning,” and “a kingdom of priests and a holy ...