The thirteen attributes which are used to describe God, parallel attributes of God found previously in the Torah. The difference between these two descriptions of God is clear. At Sinai, God reveals ...

I stretch, lace up my running shoes, get psyched and go for a morning jog. It’s one of those extraordinary mornings — cool, the air is clear and I can see the distant hilltops. As I proceed through my ...

The Gemara expounds on Hashem’s 13 Attributes of Mercy, which are enumerated in Shemos (34:6) beginning with, “Hashem, Hashem” (which is the name of Hashem that connotes mercy. The Gemara explains ...

But right in the middle of this brutal honesty comes one of the Bible’s most beautiful declarations of hope: “The faithful love of the Lord never ends. His mercies never cease. Great is his ...

God’s attributes cannot be separated from his Being. God and his perfections are one. We may not think of love and righteousness as incidental aspects of God’s character; on the contrary, God is with ...

Answer: The month of Elul as a special period of repentance is marked by the recitation of special supplication prayers, Selichot (lit. the plural of “forgiveness”). To better understand these prayers ...