“Repentance, prayer, and righteousness avert the evil decree.” I’ve struggled for years with this powerful piece of prayer from the u’netaneh tokef that we recite on Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur. The ...

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His Slave and Messenger. Let ...

I want to know if Istighfaar (asking forgiveness) with the intention of repenting (regret, sincerity, and so on) is counted as repentance or if the only way of repenting is praying Salat At-Tawbah ...

Thursday is the National Day of Prayer. We’re basking in the glow of a breathtaking world event — the leaders of North and South Korea have announced a possible end to the Korean War. Yet mere months ...

Maybe the most emotionally-charged of all the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur prayers is וּנְתַנֶּה תֹּקֶף, U-netanneh Tokef, which appears in the Mussaf (Additional Service) of both: “We hereby ...

The Jesus Prayer is a brief but profound appeal to God, expressing repentance and a request for mercy. In the Orthodox tradition, this prayer is considered one of the most powerful, helping to cleanse ...

According to Jewish tradition, the ten days between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur (which begins tonight), the New Year and Day of Atonement, are known as the Ten Days of Repentance. Our tradition is ...

The Jewish High Holy Days are a time of repentance and prayer, but also of hope. Rosh Hashana, the first of the High Holy Days and the Jewish new year, starts Friday evening and continues through ...

Interdenominational Repentance and Prayer Ministry in conjunction with United States Capitol Hill Ministries on Prayer and Repentance has organised Global Day of repentance and prayer via zoom to be ...

The Founders’ understanding of prayer centered on self-scrutiny and repentance, neither of which seem fashionable in today’s ...