Prayer

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir says he feels like the “owner” of the Temple Mount and vows expanded Jewish access, as Jordan condemns the visit.

Former Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef criticizes the High Court’s decision restricting Passover prayers at the Western Wall, calling the judges "heretics" and "Shabbat desecrators."

The group had been conducting prayers for the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, the same day a fragment from an intercepted Iranian missile fell in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.

This event was part of the Chabad-Lubavitch CTeen International Summit, an annual conference for Jewish teens from around the world. 

A new bill aims to give the Chief Rabbinate control over Western Wall prayer arrangements, with coalition lawmakers pushing for its passage.

The ruling followed a hearing earlier last week, during which justices pressed state and municipal representatives over why worshippers at the egalitarian section still cannot reach the Wall.

True prayer lights the heart and softens the soul; it cannot be weaponized without losing meaning.

Anyone who truly wants change must begin with himself – to be better, more generous, more understanding, and more open to differing views.

King David’s final words are not a farewell. They are a summons. A summons to responsibility, to faith and to moral resolve.

Until now, visits have taken place almost exclusively at night, coordinated by the Israeli military and conducted under heavy security escort.