Page from Yemenite manuscript, Hebrew text, on paper; Kabbalistic and other special prayers for Shabbat, with commentaries in micrographic script throughout; the prayers are “Tikkun Hanefesh,” or ...

For the first time in 77 years, festive Jewish prayers were held on Monday in one of modern Jerusalem's oldest synagogues: The long-hidden and inaccessible Hechal Shlomo of the Yemenite village.

Education towards Torah and emunah (faith) is based on two main channels: one is learning and understanding, and the other is tradition and emotion. In the sense of “Listen, my son, to your father’s ...