Eli Sharabi was abducted from his home in Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7th, and taken hostage by Hamas. Sharabi had never recited the Shema. Until he was in Gaza. Even though he was never a religious man ...

I grew up praying to a god in a language I did not understand. In particular, as an observant Conservative Jewish American (that is, “Conservative Jewish, not “conservative, Jewish”), I grew up ...

Why did the Sages decide to add this particular paragraph about Tzitzit, out of the entire Torah, to the central prayer of ...

(JTA) — Tens of thousands of Jews around the world joined in a collective recitation of the Shema prayer on Thursday that was broadcast from Jerusalem’s Western Wall to support the more than 130 ...

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Journalist Dvir Amar on Monday night posted a video showing an Israeli soldier reciting the Shema Israel verse before blowing up a mosque that was used by Hamas for terrorist purposes. The soldier, ...

Shema Yisrael, or the Shema, is the central affirmation of Judaism. The prayer expresses belief in the singularity of God, that is, in God's oneness and incomparability. Though this opening verse is ...

Policeman arrests two Jewish youths who prostrated themselves on the Temple Mount, April 27, 2023. Two Israeli Youths dared to unfurl an Israeli flag on the Temple Mount, prostrated themselves on the ...

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