The first letter of the Hebrew Aleph-Bet and the the first letter in the first word of the Ten Commandments (lit. “words” – aseret ha-d’varim) is the Aleph (Exodus 20:1). Commentators find ...

After 50 years leading various congregations in prayer as a Hazzan, Cantor Mitch Martin is at a crossroads: Does God hear my ...

The rise of a whole new profession of calligraphy artists, often with little or no connection with tradition, has meant a new approach to the aleph-bet.

Eventually, although I still remembered the Hebrew aleph-bet and could recite basic prayers, my vocabulary was reduced essentially to “yes” and “no”; the sentence “I have a question ...

The aleph being the first letter of the alphabet represents all Hebrew letters and those letters for Rav Kook mirror the idea of the “soul aglow.” ...

Their son’s name is Aleph, a source confirms to PEOPLE. So what’s in a name? Aleph is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, much like alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet.

Five Yiddish and Hebrew authors were the recipients today of the 1958 Lamed Aleph prizes given annually for the best books that appeared in Yiddish and Hebrew during the year. The $500 prizes went ...