Religious Jews are in near constant contact with the book of Psalms. They are a significant part of every prayer service. They are prescribed for moments of anguish and moments of joy.

A new book of psalms doesn’t praise God, but confronts Him over the Holocaust Released on Jan. 27, genocide expert Menachem Rosensaft’s ‘Burning Psalms’ is a harsh condemnation of the lack ...

It was with great anticipation that I read Rabbi Hayyim Angel’s latest commentary, “Psalms: A Companion Volume” (Kodesh Press, 2022). Like so many of his other books on biblical text, Rabbi ...

For centuries, Jews and Christians have turned to the Book of Psalms or Sefer Tehillim in times of joy and thanksgiving, and in times of sadness and lament. Now there is an opportunity for members of ...

The Book of Jewish Knowledge offers 1200 answers in 1200 voices, ... a gefilte fish recipe, a prayer from Psalms, a Scriptural aphorism, a Halachic (Jewish law) responsum, a Kabbalistic diagram, ...

Menachem Rosensaft, the son of survivors, challenges the comforting messages of Judaism’s best-known collection of verse. Of the 150 psalms in the book known in Hebrew as “Tehillim,” the ...

We all recognize the tremendous spiritual power of reading Psalms—the timeless prayers of King David, of blessed memory, which have become a cornerstone of Jewish faith over the centuries. A ...

It is intriguing that, with the way the Jews distributed portions of the Law over two-month periods, Psalms 1, 42, 73, and 90, the first psalms in each of the first four books of the Psalter ...

Jews pray for Israel from book of Psalms as the Jewish state attacks Iran. At an LA Orthodox synagogue, turnout is higher than usual.