It was a Thursday evening in the winter, and the sun was sinking as I waited at a bus stop in Givat Shaul, practicing to chant my Torah reading from photocopied sheets of paper. Moses was late in ...

Reviewing Joshua Jacobson’s encyclopedic new “Chanting the Hebrew Bible” is akin to summarizing the Torah while standing on one foot. Cantillation — which comes from the Latin cantare, to sing –– is a ...

On the Shabbat of June 10 at Temple Ramat Zion, Rebecca Diamond attained a goal achieved by few laypersons, and even fewer women: With her husband, David, and sons Jacob and Rafii looking on from the ...

The author saw the Milky Way with ease the night before chanting the Haftarah associated with the new moon and Shabbat. Every Saturday morning, a certain portion of the Torah is read so that the ...

Chanting in front of her and the nurses really tested my courage. I came to chanting Torah by accident. Before I began to study trope, I hadn’t sung alone in front of people since tryouts for a high ...

Custom Tikkuns for unique Torah scrolls remove barriers to leyning (reading/chanting) Torah Virtual Tikkun blends traditional Torah practice with modern technology providing a custom, online tikkun ...

Temple Beth El, 333 SW Fourth Ave., Boca Raton, will hold a Torah chanting class at 10 a.m. Sunday as part of the temple’s Institute of Jewish Studies Program. The public is invited. Call 561-391-8900 ...

(RNS) — A few years ago, the Conservative congregation of 900 families overlooking Lake Michigan took on a challenge. This past year 210 laypeople stepped up. HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (RNS) — Growing up in ...

For Judaism, a religion in its 5783rd year, the more things change, the more they stay the same. In a congregation in Abuja, Nigeria, the country’s capital and eighth most populous city, the Jewish ...

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