Sefardi communities have begun the Selichot prayers which parallel the forty days from Rosh Chodesh Elul to Yom Kippur which Moshe Rabbeinu spent on Mount Sinai. It is written in the Responsa of the ...

With the start of the Jewish month of Elul, the traditional Selichot prayers began late Monday night at the Western Wall Plaza with tens of thousands of worshippers in attendance. The opening service ...

Congregation Kneseth Israel, 330 Division St. in Elgin, announces its High Holy Days prayer schedule. Rabbi Margaret Frisch Klein, spiritual leader of the synagogue, explains that Rosh Hashana marks ...

(JTA) The quavering sound of the shofar pealed through the small crowd gathered in Hostages Square for an evening of Selichot, the penitential prayers recited in the run-up to the High Holidays. The ...

The Sephardim have begun this week to recite the Selichot – penitential poems and prayers, including at the Kotel. In keeping with the Health Ministry’s pandemic regulations, service is conducted in ...

Former hostage Keith Siegel addressed US President Trump in a video statement from the Western Wall, where he urged the president to push for a deal to free the 50 remaining hostages. Israelis ...

Bahrain World Trade Center in Manama, Bahrain. Photo by Henryk Sadura On erev Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish people are commanded to prepare for atonement, a sacred and private countenance each believer ...

Begin the High Holy Day season with Selichot. The Saturday evening service, before Rosh Hashanah, launches and sets the tone for these holiest days of the calendar. Registration is required and there ...

As of Saturday night, everyone – including Ashkenazic communities – is now saying selichot (communal prayers for Divine forgiveness) and will continue doing so until Yom Kippur. Motzei Shabbos, I ...

“I felt like this place needed prayers,” said Anat Sharbat, known as the unofficial rabbi of the square. TEL AVIV, Israel — The quavering sound of the shofar pealed through the small crowd gathered in ...