Rain patters down as the wind whistles. Church bells ring, thunder cracks. Then, you’re enveloped in the ominous sound of the Devil’s tritone as a distorted voice wails, “What is this… that stands ...

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Dio’s debut single “Holy Diver” was originally intended to be a Black Sabbath song, said Ronnie James Dio’s widow. He had already formed the song when his first stint with Sabbath ended acrimoniously ...

While the world mourns the Prince of Darkness Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath’s Terence “Geezer” Butler is mourning the “Prince of Laughter” — his friend and bandmate of nearly six decades. Just weeks ...

KAI RYSSDAL: What’re you going to do this weekend? A couple of errands maybe. Watch some TV. Pretty standard Saturday fare, I’d imagine. The sabbath for observant Jews, though, is different. Nothing ...

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The heaven and the earth were finished, and all their array. On the seventh day God finished the work that He had been doing, and He ceased on the seventh day from all the work that He had done. And ...

In the immensely lengthy and detailed account of the making of the Tabernacle, the Torah tells the story twice: first (Exodus 25:1-31:17) as Divine instruction, then (Exodus, chapters 35-40) as human ...

I live in a doorman-less building. A Sabbath observer [an observant Orthodox Jew] recently moved in and invites friends to visit on the Sabbath; however, because of Sabbath rules regarding the use of ...

I stood on the dusty path and stared across the valley at peaks that seemed at my eye level. How had I not come to this spot before? It was literally 10 minutes from my home. A mere 2-mile loop hike ...