Why did Rava say that prayer is just chayei sha'ah, of temporal value? And what exactly was Rabbi Hamenuna's defense for spending so much time in prayer at the expense of his Torah studies? Mind and ...

It is a fitting benediction to end the festival of Simchat Torah and Sukkot, in which three times we are commanded to rejoice. One of the most popular Jewish festivals is Simchat Torah, which falls on ...

Our time is limited. How much time should we devote to prayer, and how much to Torah study? Which activity is more important? We find the Talmudic sages Rava and Rav Hamenuna debated this issue: “Rava ...

Women of the Wall, an activist group that advocates for egalitarian prayer and women-led Torah readings to be allowed at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, holds a prayer service at the holy site to mark ...

Jacob’s ladder is one of the most renowned images in Torah. It originates in this week’s parsha, Vayeitzei. Sleeping on the mountain that would later house the Temple, Jacob dreams of a ladder that ...

What happens when “an Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi, a Sephardic Chief Rabbi and a future Nobel Prize winning author walk into a café?” While such a dream meeting never took place, what we do know is that ...

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Prominent religious leaders in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak said on Thursday that prayers and dance rituals can be held inside synagogues during the Simchat Torah holiday despite coronavirus ...

Founded in 1915, Congregation Kesser Israel of Portland, Oregon, has played an important role in preserving and strengthening ...

Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the ...

Dancing with the Torah was once a hard sell for many Orthodox women, but it's the default for the next generation in my shul – a quiet revolution on the women's side ...

An Israeli soldier who was released by Hamas on Monday said that the group met his requests to provide Jewish prayer items and a copy of the Torah while he was held in Gaza. The soldier, Matan Angrest ...