Tens of thousands attend central Selichot prayers at the Western Wall. Smotrich: "We prayed for the success of our soldiers ...

Tens of thousands of worshippers arrive at the Western Wall Plaza in Jerusalem to take part in the final recitation of ...

As Jerusalem enters the reflective days before Yom Kippur, a special Selichot concert will bring music, inspiration and ...

More than half a million worshippers have joined Selichot prayers at the Western Wall since the start of Elul, as police ...

The parashah opens with the words: “You are standing today, all of you.” Despite everything you have endured, despite all the ...

(RNS) — Each year, I imagine the first Selichot night in Govrov, Poland, in 1939. That was where and when my father, as a ...

The biblical context of the verse relates to establishing a legal system to fight corruption with righteous judges. The ...

Crowds thronged the plaza at Judaism’s second-holiest site, with the event broadcast on giant screens along the Old City walls.

To see what has been lost, one has to remember what the Selichot (by which I refer to the Ashkenazic concept of Selichot) ...

The book Siyyur Selichot is thus the product of many years’ work and has been produced to appeal to a Hebrew-speaking audience. It was the day before Yom Kippur, about 4 in the morning. A Tel Aviv ...

King David was anguished when he prophetically foresaw the destruction of the Holy Temple and the cessation of the offering of the sacrifices. “How will the Jews atone for their sins?” he wondered.

More than just a series of days on a calendar, or merely an occasion for the obligatory visit to synagogue, the High Holy Days offer a month-long opportunity for self-reflection, communal prayer and ...