Answer: Your question relates to the Mishna and Gemara (Rosh Hashana 32b) where this is discussed. The Mishna states: Of those who pass before the Ark [to lead the services – the Ba’al Shacharit and ...

Marking fifty years since the Rebbe introduced the 12 Pesukim, the Rosh Chodesh Society launches a new Torah & Tea series for ...

What do a Sting concert and a Women’s Hallel have in common? Over the past 24 hours, I have experienced two performances. Both took place on Rosh Chodesh Elul. One was a city concert titled The Sting ...

Yeshuos Yaakov (on Shulchan Aruch 490, ibid.) explains that there are two reasons for saying Hallel: because of the Yom Tov and because of a miracle that occurred. There are holidays that do not ...

Question: At a recent bris, the child’s father had made a shehecheyanu. Is that something we should do? Answer by Rabbi Mendel Prescott, Rosh Yeshiva of Machon Smicha.

A pioneering Jewish feminist and founding member of Minyan M’at on the Upper West Side. Arlene Agus’ voice was familiar to many Jews on the Upper West Side, where she led prayers at egalitarian ...