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Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its ...

This prayer is bracketed by a biblical verse, also in the first-person-singular: "May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable before You, God, my Stronghold and my Redeemer" ...

We are so certain of dew's presence that, should we forget to mention it during the Amida, we do not have to go back and repeat the prayer, unlike when we forget to mention rain. During the rainy ...

Rabbi Ben Tzion Mutzafi, one of the leading Sephardic halakhic authorities, was recently asked on the Internet website he operates for questioners, what is the ruling of a person who prays after ...

Rabbi David Lau, Israel's Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi, was asked recently whether it is appropriate to pray for rain when precipitation may negatively affect Israel's war with Gaza. The question, which ...

The Prime Minister’s Office says that “Israel’s policy of maintaining the status quo on the Temple Mount has not changed and will not change,” following National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s ...