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Jun. 19, 2013 | Tammuz 11, 5773

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Parshah (Weekly Torah)

Counting Other People’s Money

Even in the desert, preserving strong and healthy boundaries was high on the nation's priority list

By Rochel Holzkenner

Jewish.tv

Chasing Youth

Sarah’s Courage: Lesson 8

By Chana Weisberg

The Jewish Woman

A Different Kind of Father’s Day

There was that first one, 27 years ago, when he left. I was two months old

By Abby Stein

The Rebbe

A Positive Conversation

There are several approaches to the endeavor of influencing one's fellow and bringing him closer to Torah and the observance of mitzvot

Correspondence by Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, The Lubavitcher Rebbe

Lifecycle Events

Bar Mitzvah Emerges From the Holocaust’s Horrors

Discovery in Ukraine Inspires a Community

Eli Wolf

Contemporary Voices

Do You Want to Become a Diamond?

She calls this her “ultimate artwork”—having her body cremated after she dies and then compressed to form a diamond . .

By Aron Moss

Kosher Recipes & Cooking

Homemade Peach BBQ Sauce

We all know how super important good BBQ sauce is to the success of your grilling

By Jamie Geller

Jewish Life

Living Room Road Trip

Watching my son strap on the toy tefillin and drape himself in the tallit filled me with pride

By Menachem Posner

Art, Music & Poetry

All the Rebbe’s Children

Lubavitch World Headquarters, also known as "770"

Jewish.tv

My First Year As a Chabad Rabbi

Unexpected Surprises at Chabad Jewish Center of Novato

By Menachem Landa

Today in Judaism

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

11 Tammuz 5773

Today In Jewish History

1774 Purim Tammuz (Algiers)

In 1774, the Spanish General O'Reilly attacked the city of Algiers and was successfully repulsed by... Read More »

There are two ways to get warm on a cold winter day: a) build a fire, which warms everyone else in the room as well; or b) wrap yourself in furs, which conserves your own warmth but does not generate any heat or warm anyone else. Thus chassidim would say: “Don’t be a tzaddik in a fur coat!”

Daily Dose

Higher Truth

There are many truths. There is a truth for every being and for every particle of the universe, for each one reflects its Master in a different way.

To seek truth means more than finding your own truth. It means finding a truth that works for you and for the other guy, for now and forever, in this place and...

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