One of the most fiercely moving parts of Jewish High Holy Day services.
Hineni, from the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services, is one of the most meaningful and humbling prayers that can be prayed by a human being.
Jeremiah Lockwood, the singer, composer, and lead guitarist for the band The Sway Machinery, recorded this version of the traditional melody.
Yom Kippur
Pronounced: yohm KIPP-er, also yohm kee-PORE, Origin: Hebrew, The Day of Atonement, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar and, with Rosh Hashanah, one of the High Holidays.
Sometimes, you just gotta let your heart cry out. In honor of Rosh Hashanah, and in honor of the Sway ...
Jeremiah Lockwood tells (and demonstrates) the duty and power of a cantor during the synagogue service.
What is a shofar? What do its calls — tekiah, shevarim, teruah — mean? Why does it send a chill ...