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Prayer is not a statement of belief, but a literary creation -- with all the power, nuance and complexity of literary creations.

How praying daily with ten strangers helped me recover after my wife's miscarriage.

The Festival of Lights is primarily observed in the home, but there are a few ways the holiday is marked in synagogue.

Jewish tradition is no stranger to infertility, but it is only recently that liturgical responses to this struggle have emerged.

The prayer Eilu Devarim reflects the seeming paradox that focusing on others more than ourselves makes us happier.

As much as Jews need Torah, the Torah needs Jews to keep it fresh and vital.

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.

Why does the prayer recited on Hanukkah fail to make any mention of the holiday's central miracle?

The final chapter of the Book of Psalms calls for a symphony of horns, drums, lyres and more.