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 ...

Thousands of people arrived in Jerusalem on Monday morning for a festive Hallel prayer together with Tzfat Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, held opposite the walls of Jerusalem's Old City. The prayers were ...

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 ...

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Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu's video message comes following US President Donald Trump ordering airstrikes on multiple high-profile Iranian nuclear targets Two leading Israeli rabbis told Jews to make some ...

Sukkot began on Sunday, October 13 and ends on Sunday, October 20. Translated as the Festival of Tabernacles, Sukkot falls five days after Yom Kippur. It involves prayer, food and staying in a foliage ...