Prayer: “Oh, glorious St. Cyprian, with your immense power, you help those who invoke you with faith and love. Today I come ...

The custom of including the Ten Commandments as part of the Shema was once widespread, but from a certain point in time it was systematically opposed by the Sages. Why did they object to it?

Evidence show that confession might actually have an origin in the pre-Christian religious customs of ancient Greece.