Ask the rabbi. DID PETER THE APOSTLE AUTHOR NISHMAT? Q. I heard that the lyrical poem Nishmat (recited on Shabbat and festivals) was authored by Peter, the leader of the Apostles. Could this be true? A. Shabbat and the festivals have a longer Shacharit service than weekdays, and the number of psalms we read is…
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Late on inauguration day, Jon Ossoff was sworn in as a United States senator for the State of Georgia, holding a worn-out copy of
Pentateuch & Haftorahs, which had been edited in the 1930s by Rabbi Dr. J.H. Hertz, Britain’s Chief Rabbi during the first half of the twentieth century. This “