While reading Hallel (Psalms 113-118) recently, I was struck by how many of its phrases seemed to echo the story of the sea ...

Due to inclement weather, Pope John Paul II's general audience on May 8 took place in the Paul VI Audience Hall instead of St. Peter's Square. Over 10,000 pilgrims were present. The Holy Father ...

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Instead, we witness immediate repentance. David cries out: “Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me ...

Dr. Gary Anderson from the University of Notre Dame will lead a lecture titled, “The Forgiveness of King David,” during the annual Hope College Danforth Lecture, scheduled for ...

In the center of the room, under glass, a Hebrew Bible lies open to the Book of Psalms. Gold leaf glimmers on the borders; red dragons grasp a blue shield while green and blue birds perch on curling ...

Our Sages teach that anyone who lives in the Land of Israel is called a righteous person. My father, Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu ...

Yom Kippur is the most sacred holiday for Jewish people. What do you say to friends and loved ones on Oct. 1? Here's ...

She stands unmoving, naked before the gaze of the king at the window, her eyes turned to one side, perhaps knowingly. Bathsheba bathing must seem to many the most striking of the full-page manuscript ...