I wonder where this prayer came from. Can you help me? — J., via [email protected] A: Like the parable of the long spoons, which I discussed recently, this is also a famous spiritual gem whose ...

In 2009, Benedict XVI declared the Anglican patrimony was a “treasure to be shared” throughout the Universal Church and set up three ordinariates (akin to dioceses) directly under the pope himself, to ...

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My wife is a new convert to Islam. During the Salat, we were reading the Ibrahimic prayer and the greeting in English to make it easy for her to understand. We still recite the Qur'an in Arabic. Is it ...

Either the Prayer Book Measure is a legitimate subject for the consideration of Parliament or it is not. If it is not, then neither Anglicans nor non-Anglicans have any justification for dealing with ...

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His Slave and Messenger.

For people with a prayer time, they often look for a method to keep track of things they want to pray for. A traditional method has been a prayer journal, however a company in California is marketing ...

A new siddur and chumash, with more emphasis on Israel and the experience of Orthodox women, are challenging the publisher’s primacy. NEW YORK (JTA) — For decades, one name dominated the bookshelves ...

Habit and economics explain the unlikely longevity of the Birnbaum machzor. (JTA) — When a local Orthodox synagogue asked me to lead Yom Kippur prayers six years ago, one aspect of the request stood ...