“Wow” — shevach in Hebrew, or praiseworthiness — is about God’s awesomeness. Rabbi Spodek said he spends a minute or two ...

February 8, 1709. I rose at 5 o'clock this morning and read a chapter in Hebrew and 200 verses in Homer's Odyssey. I ate milk for breakfast. I said my prayers. Jenny and Eugene were whipped.

Indeed, the Hebrew word for Passover ... The Great Hallel is part of the morning prayers on Shabbat and festivals; but as far as unique rituals, The Great Hallel is recited only on the Seder ...