Moadim L’simcha! Happy Holidays! I hope your holidays are replete with meaningful prayer, lovely sukkot and luscious festive meals with family and friends. Psalm 113 begins the festival Hallel cycle, ...

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 ...

Rabbi Ouri Cherki believes that one should have recited the Hallel (Psalms of praise recited on holidays) with a blessing following the results of the Iranian attack, which resulted in minimal damage ...

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 ...

The rabbi of Kiryat Arba and a leading religious Zionist rabbi, Rabbi Dov Lior, ruled to say the Hallel prayer with a blessing on the night of Israeli Independence Day. Rabbi Lior explained that "in ...

The Gemara in Shabbos (118b) says: “Rebbe Yosi said, ‘May my portion be among those who recite the entire Hallel every day.’” The Gemara notes that this seems to contradict the rule that “he who reads ...

In times of peril, writes a Jewish studies scholar, Jews must learn to hope in a minor key. This story was originally published on My Jewish Learning. (JTA) — On Saturday morning, most of the ...