Hallel

Since Rosh Hashanah is the day of Judgment, every person should be filled with fear and awe at his impending judgment. He should be careful to avoid anything that might bring him to levity or that might distract him from the gravity of this day. So great ...

Today is the first of the two Rosh Chodesh ("Head of the Month") days for the month of Elul (when a month has 30 days, both the last day of the month and the first day of the following month serve as the following month's Rosh Chodesh). Special portions ...

Special prayers of thanksgiving -- Hallel (in its full version) and Al HaNissim -- are added to the daily prayers and Grace After Meals on all eight days of Chanukah. Tachnun (confession of sins) and similar prayers are omitted for the duration of trhe ...

Unlike all the other festivals, only the abridged version of Hallel (Psalms 113-118, recited on special occasions in praise and thanksgiving to G-d) is said on the latter days of Passover. The reason for this is based on the Midrash which relates that ...

The mitzvah of saying hallel on the festivals; when, how and why it is recited, and its meaning.

Aharon was one hundred and twenty-three years old when he died at Hor Hahar Classic Questions Why does the Torah state the age at which Aharon passed away? (v. 39) Jerusalem Talmud: The 123 years of Aharon's life correspond to the 123 times that the ...

4. Why Hallel on Rosh Chodesh? We can now come to understand why Hallel is recited on Rosh Chodesh, though not on other weekdays nor on Shabbos. Hallel speaks of a supernatural, miraculous mode of Divine conduct. This is why we do not recite it on ...

A part of the Hallel prayer, “may all the nations praise G-d,” during a Farbrengen, this Niggun is strongly encouraged by the Rebbe.

What is Chanukah? The Rabbis taught: For when the Greeks entered the Sanctuary, they defiled all of the oils used for kindling the Menorah. And when the Hasmonean House prevailed...