The haunting words of Lecha Dodi [Come, My Beloved], which echo through synagogues worldwide every Friday evening, represent one of the most successful liturgical innovations in Jewish history. This ...

It’s the weekly tonal shift that somehow still catches many synagogue-goers by surprise. I’m speaking of course of the tune-switch that the Friday night hazan pulls for the last few stanzas of “Lecha ...

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There is an unsolved mystery at the heart of one of the most popular Jewish songs in history. Every Friday evening, Jews around the world recite the poetic prayer “Lecha Dodi” to welcome the Sabbath.

The angels – the messengers of the Holy One, Blessed be He – arrived bearing with them the gift of Shabbat. They came each week without fail to experience the Jewish people receiving their gift. I ...

A video of the Chief Rabbi singing Lecha Dodi with school children from across the country has become an internet hit, with more than 30,000 views of the film in just a week. The video captures the ...

An example is the climax of the Kabbalat Shabbat prayers on Friday evening when we sing the great liturgical poem Lecha Dodi by the 16th-century kabbalist, Rabbi Shlomo Alkabetz. The final stanza ...

Watch musicians Refael Mirila and Asaf Flumendorf perform Lecha Dodi lyrics to the tune of John Legend's award-winning All Of Me at Lauderdale House in north London. To get more from Life, click here ...

Tonight at candle lighting time, Jews in Israel and around the world will go out to their gardens, porches, and windows to sing Lecha Dodi and Shalom Aleichem together.