Hallel

Hallel (Hebrew: הלל‎‎, "Praise") is a Jewish prayer, a verbatim recitation from Psalms 113-118, which is used for praise and thanksgiving that is recited by observant Jews on Jewish holidays.

The Proto-Sinaitic and Proto-Canaanite letters h are reconstructed to have been called hillul "jubilation", and were based on the hieroglyph:

It was replaced by a predecessor of the Hebrew letter He ה.

The same word is used in Arabic (Arabic: هلل‎, translit. Hallel, lit. 'Praise'‎) or (Arabic: تهليل‎, translit. Tahlel, lit. 'to praise'‎)

Hallel consists of six Psalms (113–118), which are recited as a unit, on joyous occasions which include the following: The three pilgrim festivals of Pesach (Passover), Shavuot, and Sukkot (the "bigger" Jewish holy days, mentioned in the Torah), as well as Hanukkah and Rosh Chodesh (beginning of the new month). Many Jewish communities, especially those that identify with religious Zionism, recite Hallel on Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israeli Independence Day). Some also recite it on Yom Yerushalayim (commemorating the re-unification of Jerusalem in 1967). On those occasions, Hallel is usually chanted aloud as part of Shacharit (the morning prayer service) following the Shacharit's Shemoneh Esreh ("The Eighteen", the main prayer).

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