Pray

A guide to Shabbat services and what makes them unique.

Yizkor is recited four times a year during holiday synagogue services.

It's not just what you do in synagogue.

In the time of the coronavirus, Jewish communities cannot form prayer quorums in person to say the mourner’s prayer — but here's what they can do.

Instead of assuming that humans can fix every problem, the prayer humbly asks God to bless creation again.

A prayer for the eleven Jews massacred on October 27, 2018 at the Tree of Life synagogue.

This prayer calls on us to discover where the brokenness of the world overlaps with our particular human gifts.

The prayer's three paragraphs seem unrelated, but they lead us on the steps of a spiritual journey.

From the constriction of our places of pain, Psalm 118 invites us into the wide expanse of the divine presence.

Both the holidays when this prayer is recited are marked by courageous human action in making space for the miraculous.

Jewish mysticism sees the sanctification of wine as a spiritual practice to manifest God's presence in the world.

This prayer, traditionally recited in the evening, envisions God as a guide and shelter.