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Inner & Outer Beauty
Women » Acts of Transformation » Inner & Outer Beauty
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Do Women Have Something to Hide?
By Aron Moss
Why does Judaism tell women to keep their bodies covered? Is there something shameful or evil about a woman's body?
Women » Acts of Transformation » Inner & Outer Beauty » Do Women Have Something to Hide?
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Privacy and Modesty
By Tali Loewenthal
Our role as Jews is to be an example. The Torah describes us, thousands of years ago, as expressing the virtues of modesty and privacy.
Parshah » Bamidbar - Numbers » Balak » Parshah Columnists » For Friday Night » Privacy and Modesty
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Sneakers, Shots... and Skirts
By Diane Orson
Four years ago, the school decided to organize a girls' basketball team, and name it after their unorthodox uniforms...They call themselves the BCA Skirts. BCA – for Beth Chana Academy, a private Orthodox Jewish school in Orange, Connecticut. And Skirts ...
Women » Women's Narrative » Editorial & Commentary » Sneakers, Shots... and Skirts
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Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka
By Sara Esther Crispe
The first thing I was shown was her picture. Unquestionably, she was a very beautiful woman. She was stunning. And yet, there was something about her that was so graceful, so royal, so holy.
Women » Women's Narrative » Jewish Women You Should Know » Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka
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Close Your Blinds
By Elisha Greenbaum
We live in an age of revelation; privacy is passé. All the more reason to recall Balaam's vision of the goodly tents of the Israelite camp...
Parshah » Bamidbar - Numbers » Balak » Parshah Columnists » Parshah Musings » Close Your Blinds
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The Story of a Ramp
By Mordechai Wollenberg
Our Parshah ends with a curious commandment: not to embarrass stones
Parshah » Shemot - Exodus » Yitro » Parshah Columnists » Weekly Torah » The Story of a Ramp
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Outgoing Woman
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
The classical interpretation is that Leah and Dinah's behavior is being condemned as unbecoming the Jewish woman's virtue of "innerness." But a careful analysis of the source texts shows the very opposite to be the case...
Parshah » Bereishit - Genesis » Vayishlach » Chassidic Masters » Outgoing Woman
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Modesty, Beauty and Holiness
By Tali Loewenthal
Something which is holy is also protected and, to a certain extent, hidden...
Parshah » Bereishit - Genesis » Vayeira » Parshah Columnists » For Friday Night » Modesty, Beauty and Holiness
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