“We say it on Rosh Hodesh, the first day of the month celebration. It’s part of the Passover Seder,” she said. “It’s a very joyous prayer, very beautiful and very meaningful ...

“You can fill it with whatever you need to say or communicate.” Hallelujah first appears in the Book of Psalms – a collection of sacred poems in the Jewish Bible that dates to the 5th or 4th ...

In the third verse of “Hallelujah,” Cohen’s deadpan wit returns, offering a rebuttal to the religious challenge presented in the previous lines. “You say I took the Name in vain,” he sings.

“It feels so wonderful, you just want to jump up and say, ‘Hallelujah’ for joy because God put the joy in our hearts and blessed us with this sanctuary,” Booker said. Determined to ...

When she belts out Tharpe’s signature rendition of “This Train,” she makes the audience want to jump out of their seats and shout, “hallelujah!” She’s a lovable gruff, stacked high ...

“Hallelujah” is a beautiful piece of music ... there were more references to religion: “You say I took the name in vain / I don’t even know the name / But if I did, well really, what ...

Whoopi Goldberg is answering your prayers and giving an update on Sister Act 3. More than four years after she first ...

“Hallelujah is a Hebrew word which means ... “The song explains that many kinds of hallelujahs do exist. I say all the perfect and broken hallelujahs have an equal value.

Her version foregrounds the song, not herself or her voice; it is, we might say, an appropriately reverential take for a song called “Hallelujah.” It succeeds not vis-à-vis some canonical ...