Tag: Torah Reading

How Hearing the Torah Reading Can Change Your Life

So the next time you hear the Torah being read, I invite you to: listen deeply, engage with the text, and let it transform you.

Jacob Rapport September 25, 2024 Morning Service (Shacharit) Prayer

Pesaj en la Sinagoga

Hay servicios vespertinos y matutinos en Pesaj, como en todos los festivales, con algunos cambios litúrgicos.

Masorti Olami, The Rabbi Reuven Hammer Institute for Masorti Jewish Learning April 11, 2024 Holidays How to observe Passover

Pessah à la synagogue

Il y a des offices du soir et du matin à Pessah, comme pour toutes les fêtes, avec quelques changements liturgiques.

Masorti Olami, The Rabbi Reuven Hammer Institute for Masorti Jewish Learning April 11, 2024 Holidays How to observe Passover

Women and Headcovering

In a written teshuvah, Rabbi Jane Kanarek explains the answer to the question, "Should women and girls wear a headcovering?"

Reena Bromberg Gaber January 3, 2024 CJLS Halakhah

Tallit on the Bimah: Optional or Required?

This CJLS teshuva explores where and when a tallit should be worn on the bimah. This also addresses women wearing tallitot.

Reena Bromberg Gaber January 3, 2024 Accessories for Prayer CJLS

What Can I Expect at My First Rosh Hashanah Services?

The intensity of Rosh Hashanah can be intimidating; read this guide to get to know what to expect at services on our New Year.

Rabbi Lindsey Healey-Pollack September 11, 2023 Holidays Rosh Hashanah

Bar, Bat and B. Mitzvah – Where did it Come From and Where is it Going?

B'nei Mitzvah are one of today’s best known Jewish milestones, marking coming of age as an “adult” and responsibility for one’s own actions.

Rabbi Miriam C. Berkowitz May 1, 2023 B-Mitzvah Lifecycles

Liturgical Changes on Hanukkah

Liturgy on Hanukkah includes Hallel and additions to the Amidah. There are also special Torah readings, maftirs, and haftarot.

Rabbi Alan Lucas, The Observant Life (Book) December 8, 2022 Hanukkah Holidays

Sukkot in the Synagogue

On the mornings of Sukkot, Shacharit and Musaf follow the standard festival format. The lulav and etrog should be shaken.

The Observant Life (Book), Rabbi Alan Lucas October 28, 2022 High Holidays Holidays

Intermediate Days of Sukkot

The intermediate days of Sukkot, the weekdays, combine some features of festival days and normal weekdays to create wholly unique day.

Rabbi Alan Lucas, The Observant Life (Book) October 28, 2022 High Holidays Holidays

What is Sh’mini Atzeret?

The final two days of Sukkot are a totally separate holiday called Sh'mini Atzeret. Liturgy includes Yizkor and the prayer for rain.

Rabbi Alan Lucas, The Observant Life (Book) October 28, 2022 Holidays Shemini Atzeret

What is Simhat Torah?

Simḥat Torah means “the joy of Torah” and is the name for the day on which the annual cycle of Torah readings begins and ends. ...

Rabbi Alan Lucas, The Observant Life (Book) October 28, 2022 High Holidays Holidays

Minḥah on Yom Kippur

Minhah, the Afternoon Service, begins with the Torah service, including selections from Leviticus and the haftarah on the Book of Jonah.

Rabbi Alan Lucas, The Observant Life (Book) October 4, 2022 High Holidays Holidays

Yom Kippur Musaf Service

The Yom Kippur Musaf Service includes two services: the Avodah service and the Martyrology service. Musaf follows Yizkor and Torah reading.

Rabbi Alan Lucas, The Observant Life (Book) October 4, 2022 High Holidays Holidays

Yom Kippur Morning Services

The Yom Kippur morning service is similar to Rosh Hashanah, with the exception of the Amidah and the selections for the Torah service.

Rabbi Alan Lucas, The Observant Life (Book) October 3, 2022 High Holidays Holidays

Yom Kippur Yizkor Service

The Memorial Service, Yizkor, is recited on Yom Kippur, one of four times throughout the year, to remember loved ones and Jewish martyrs.

Rabbi Alan Lucas, The Observant Life (Book) October 3, 2022 High Holidays Holidays

Rosh Hashanah Torah Reading

Rosh Hashanah Torah reading includes Abraham, Sarah, and the Binding of Isaac. Haftarot tell the story of Samuel and other relevant themes.

Rabbi Alan Lucas, The Observant Life (Book) September 16, 2022 High Holidays Holidays

Rosh Hashanah Synagogue Services

For most people, Rosh Hashanah means a lot of time spent praying in the synagogue. These are the complex explanations behind those prayers.

The Observant Life (Book), Rabbi Alan Lucas September 16, 2022 High Holidays Holidays

How to call Non-Binary Jews to the Torah

Being called to Torah is a moment of sacred encounter. Here's how to call Non-Binary Jews to the Torah based on the CJLS Teshuvah in ...

Rabbi Deborah Silver August 1, 2022 CJLS Halakhah

What are the Jewish Fast Days? What do we do?

There are three kinds of fasts in Judaism rooted in history and spiritual practice with changes to prayer services.

Rabbi Alan Lucas, The Observant Life (Book) June 21, 2022 Fasting on Tisha B'av Holidays

Shabbat Morning Services: What to Expect

We thank God, spend time in community, sing heartily, read holy texts, and revel in rest. What can I expect at a Shabbat morning service?

Rabbi Sydni Adler Rubinstein June 16, 2022 Prayer Prayer in Synagogue

What are the Shavuot Torah Readings About?

Rabbi Mitch Berkowitz explains the meaning of the Torah passages that we read on Shavuot and the connection to revelation and the harvest.

Rabbi Mitchell H. Berkowitz June 3, 2022 Observing Shavuot Shavuot

Home and Synagogue Shavuot Observances

Candle-lighting, Torah readings, the Book of Ruth, and Yizkor are all a part of celebrating Shavuot at home and at synagogue.

The Observant Life (Book), Rabbi Alan Lucas April 25, 2022 Observing Shavuot Shavuot

The Concluding Days of Passover

What do we do in synagogue on Passover? What Torah readings and haftarot do we read? We outline that for you here.

Rabbi Alan Lucas, The Observant Life (Book) April 13, 2022 How to observe Passover Passover

Passover Torah Readings: An Explainer

Though Pesach is thought of as the quintessential home-based holiday, the Torah is read on each of the mornings of Pesach in the synagogue.

Rabbi Lauren Tuchman April 13, 2022 Intermediate Days of Passover Passover

Passover in the Synagogue