B’nai Jeshurun holds Sephardic selichot services with an egalitarian, liberal twist. He is also the senior rabbi at B’nai Jeshurun, the unaffiliated Upper West Side congregation known for its musical ...

Q: Is it obligatory to recite Selichot? If it is difficult for a person to wake up early for Selichot, must they still do so? What is the ruling if waking up for Selichot will affect their work or ...

Rabbi Benzion Mutzafi, one of the greatest poskim (decisors of Jewish law) in the Sephardi world, has sharply attacked the practice of holding musical Selichot events and called for them to be stopped ...

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The Sephardim have begun this week to recite the Selichot – penitential poems and prayers, including at the Kotel. In keeping with the Health Ministry’s pandemic regulations, service is conducted in ...

The Jewish penitential poems and prayers known as Selichot are said every day in the period leading up to the High Holidays, with the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy as a central theme throughout each ...

About every six months, JOFA’s staff sits down to brainstorm our programmatic goals for the upcoming weeks, months, and year. It’s an opportunity to take stock of where we are, look at what we’ve ...