In this week’s Sunday Gospel, the Lord gives three prescriptions for prayer. The Gospel opens in response to a request, “Lord ...

Many people think of prayer as something that is said. But prayer is better understood as paying attention to God.

One in seven Jews worldwide are strictly Orthodox, or Haredi. It's a population of roughly 2 million out of 15 million Jews, according to Daniel Staetsky, a demographer with the London-based Institute ...

The Gemara states that one should turn south during prayer if he wants wisdom, and north if he wants wealth. There is no explanation given in the ...

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Today, most of these books are privately owned by Kessim and their families and used as 'living books' in the prayer houses of Ethiopian Jewish communities across Israel. "Until now, they were ...

Judy Tydor Baumel-Schwartz is director of the Schulmann School of Basic Jewish Studies and professor of Jewish History at Bar Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel. She is the author of, among ...

Congregation of Cardinals. These declarations are usually put into prayer books and books of devotion or instruction. Q. 858. What must we do to gain an Indulgence? A.

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul.” Mahatma Ghandi Some years ago, I realized that decades of Sunday School ...

Read the 100 List Below is the list of America’s 100 most-loved books brought to you by The Great American Read. Explore the book list and visit the book pages to learn more. You can also print ...