Christians have sung, chanted, and prayed Psalms for more than two thousand years – a practice of worship inherited from our Jewish ancestors in the faith. We pray them during Mass, the Liturgy of the ...

Did the Jews of Shushan say Tehillim (psalms) when they fasted for three days at Queen Esther's request? Did Daniel? Did Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego? The Talmud (Tractate Yoma 29) attributes Psalm ...

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 Angel’s ...

No book of the Hebrew Scriptures is more beloved than the Psalms. Many Christians carry with them a book containing the four Gospels and the Book of Psalms. But no book of the Hebrew Bible is ...

Unofficially, this verse in Psalm 23 may quite possibly be one of the most well-known, oft-quoted verses in the entire Bible. However, the familiarity of this passage may prevent us from seeing the ...

A Jewish midrash (creative interpretation) imagines Prophet Esther (who according to the rabbis was one of seven Jewish female prophets) reciting Psalm 22 the moment before she was about to enter King ...