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Sotheby's is auctioning what it says is the earliest known kiddush cup.

Sotheby’s to auction earliest known kiddush cup

By Grace Gilson/JTA

Rabbi David Kalb, center, leads a crowd of Jewish Deadheads in prayer at Citi Field's Jackie Robinson Rotunda on June 21, 2023.

Most American Jews say they rarely or never pray, new poll finds

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA

CHECKING AN etrog for blemishes in Jerusalem’s Mea She’arim neighborhood, ahead of Sukkot.

Tu Bishvat and praying for the future

Supporters calling for a return of the hostages gathered for national prayer.

'My Zionism has only grown stronger,' freed hostage says at Washington prayer event

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Asifas Tefilah, the prayer gathering, held in Stamford Hill in response to the Government’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Haredim hold prayer meeting in protest of bill threatening Yeshivas

By Mathilda Heller

JEWS AND Christians pray on the Temple Mount for the success of US President Donald Trump.

Trump’s win sparks hope for Jewish sovereignty on Temple Mount

Synagogue prayers

Grapevine: Razel at Hovevei

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

A rally calling for the release of the Israeli hostages held captive by Hamas in Gaza, marking 442 days since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, December 21 2024.

New Hanukkah prayer drafted for return of hostages and Oct 7 victims

By MICHAEL STARR

Hashem always loves me: Only good, more Good; A closer look at the lyrics

By Mark Fish

ONE OF the largest Israeli flags, measuring 90 sq.m., can be seen at the Tel Saki memorial site, Golan Heights, from across the Syrian border.

A Father’s prayer: Coping with a son’s wounds in Israel’s war

By MOSHE TARAGIN

Mountains in the desert in Saudi Arabia, January 2022.

King Salman calls for nationwide prayer for rain in Saudi Arabia

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Global Chabad emissaries conference opens in New York amid rising antisemitism and tragedy in the UAE

Global Chabad emissaries conference opens in NY amid rising antisemitism and tragedy in the UAE

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

THREE EDITORS take in the fruits of their heartfelt labor (L to R): Anne Gordon, Rachel Sharansky Danziger, Shira Lankin Sheps.

'Az Nashir': 55 women share personal prayers in wake of Oct. 7

By TOBY KLEIN GREENWALD

ON A STREET in Jerusalem, Hersh Goldberg-Polin is depicted in a mural created by friends. When we learned of Yahya Sinwar’s demise mere days after Yom Kippur, I couldn’t help but think that our prayers had something to do with it; maybe it was even thanks to Hersh, says the writer.

This Yom Kippur, I prayed with all my might

By HAYIM LEITER

A SON reads psalms for his father in Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

Can reciting psalms from the Bible heal injuries or illness?

By SHLOMO M. BRODY

The Town and Village Synagogue in New York's East Village.

After bomb threat interrupted Kol Nidre, this congregation kept praying on Manhattan street

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA

1700 people join Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto for Yom Kippur prayers in Jerusalem

By David Berger

Anonymous "confessions" posted to AtoneNet before it was shut down after 11 years.

I started AtoneNet, a space for public ritual confession; Here’s why I’m shutting it down

By David Zvi Kalman/JTA