I have been asked to explain why I wrote a book based on a single Jewish prayer, and more specifically, why I wrote on Adon Olam. Curiously, my response to this question begins and ends with righteous ...

(JTA) — Among the many honors accruing to King Charles III in advance of his coronation next week: a new version of a traditional prayer performed by a British-Jewish children’s choir. United ...

Eliyahu Rabba 46:15; Matteh Moshe 1:31. Minhagei Yeshurun 80; Matteh Moshe 216, cited in the Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer. For discussions on its authorship, see Likutei Maharich and Siddur Tzlota ...

JTA — Among the many honors accruing to King Charles III in advance of his coronation next week: a new version of a traditional prayer performed by a British-Jewish children’s choir. United Synagogue, ...

Toward the very end of the Adon Olam prayer are the words, “B’yado afkid ruchi/ Into God’s hands I give my breath.” These words, which usually stir my soul with wonderment, have been haunting me over ...