Hindu goddesses Durga, Lakshmi, and Saraswathi are worshiped and honored with fire, water, prayers, chants, and other offerings.
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September 25, 2009: Rituals of Yom Kippur
Rabbi Irwin Kula of the National Center for Jewish Learning and Leadership says Yom Kippur and the High Holidays are about life, not death. The paradox, he says, is that "one of the great ways to focus ourselves on life is to think about death."
Posted: Sep 25th, 2009 Comments: 0 Views: 1,319
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September 25, 2009: Psalms for the High Holy Days
Read new translations of three psalms that are part of the liturgy of the Jewish High Holy Days.
Posted: Sep 25th, 2009 Comments: 1 Views: 441
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September 18, 2009: Seek My Face
In the words of a new translation of Psalm 27, the psalm most associated with the Jewish High Holidays, "Your face, God, is what I constantly search for."
Posted: Sep 17th, 2009 Comments: 3 Views: 1,078
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September 11, 2009: Jewish High Holidays
Rabbi Irwin Kula, president of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, says everything having to do with Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is designed "to help us make teshuva, return to that deepest path that we know we want to be on."
Posted: Sep 11th, 2009 Comments: 1 Views: 1,844
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September 11, 2009: Rabbi Irwin Kula Interview
"On Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur thousands of people gather together and go through many, many prayers in which we ask ourselves, how have I done?"
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August 28, 2009: Ramadan is Here
"Ramadan is that really intense, focused way of fasting and working on our own selves," says Rahima Ullah, "and then working on our relationships to others and ultimately to God."
Posted: Aug 28th, 2009 Comments: 14 Views: 4,438
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April 10, 2009: Orthodox Chanting
The age-old chants and liturgical music of Orthodox worship have a special beauty and spiritual power for Eastern Orthodox Christians, who will celebrate Easter or Pascha on April 19.
Posted: Apr 10th, 2009 Comments: 30 Views: 13,791
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March 13, 2009: Stem Cell Dilemmas
David Masci, a senior research fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, discusses religious, ethical, and moral perspectives on lifting federal funding limits on embryonic stem cell research.
Posted: Mar 13th, 2009 Comments: 3 Views: 5,882
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March 13, 2009: Zoroastrian New Year
A Zoroastrian family of Iranian Americans celebrates the Prophet Zoroaster's message of "good thoughts, good words, good deeds."
Posted: Mar 13th, 2009 Comments: 0 Views: 2,248
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