while most of the applications of barakh in the Hebrew Bible are to specific people or occasions. An example of a specific blessing verse in the Qur’an is the prayer of the angels for Ibrahim ...

Anthony Keddie, and Kenneth Atkinson. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2021. Harkins, Angela Kim. “Early Jewish Prayer.” Co-authored with Daniel Falk. Pages 461-486 in Early Judaism and its Modern Interpreters.

The Shema, declaring the Jewish faith in one God, is an important part of worship in the synagogue. The Amidah prayer consists of a series of blessings: The first three blessings praise God and ...

Standard Jewish prayers for the government, writes a scholar of Judaism and technology, omit the essential players in any democracy: the people. This Shabbat, like every Shabbat, synagogues around ...