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It took a trip to Germany and a lot of self-discovery for Eliana to find her place in the Jewish community. Today, together with her husband, she leads a small Jewish community in South Africa.
What Is Alef? (A Point Above, a Point Below)
What is an alef?
A point above, a point below, and a line between.
Whatever we may understand of Him
is but an infinitesimal point above.
The only way we can join with Him
is as an infinitesmal point below.
And what empowers us to become this zero-point below
that resonates with the infinite-point above?
Our awe...
Now in its fifth year, the 18-week health and Torah study regimen attracted 150 participants in NYC
Anxiety and depression are often the result of discomfort or confusion about one's own identity.
When G-d commanded Moses to count the Jews, the “greatest” among them counted as one,
and the “simplest” among them counted as one. Every Jew is an equal son or daughter of G-d
Himself, and is belov...
From everything that happened the day prior to the Giving of the Torah, the Talmud singles out one detail: Moshe built an altar and offered a sacrifice.
Here are some ways in which this Shavuot, celebrated from Thursday, May 21, to Shabbat, May 23, 2026, is unique.
We, the Jewish people, feel a deep sense of gratitude to the United States, which welcomed millions of Jews and developed into the center of Jewish life in the diaspora.
Ahead of Shabbat 250, we take a look at some of the reasons why this milestone holds particular resonance for the nation’s 7.5 million Jews.
Rabban Gamliel the son of Rabbi Judah HaNassi would say: Beautiful is the study of Torah with the way of the world, for the toil of them both causes sin to be forgotten. Ultimately, all Torah study that is not accompanied with work is destined to cease and to cause sin.
– Ethics of the Fathers 2:2
Moses Transcribes (first part of) Torah
(1313 BCE)
On Sivan 4 of the year 2448 from creation (1313 BCE)--two days before the revelation at Mount Sinai--M... Read More »
Forced Conversion in Clermont
(576)
A mob, accompanied by the bishop of Clermont-Ferrand, France, razed the local synagogue to the ground.... Read More »
Jews Returned to Spain
(1481)
Pope Sixtus IV instructed his local bishops that all Jews who had fled the Spanish Inquisition (see "T... Read More »
Chmielnitzki Massacres
(1648)
The Cossack rebellion against Polish rule in Ukraine, under the leadership of Bogdan Chmielnitzki (may... Read More »
Tomorrow is the forty-ninth -- and last -- day of the Omer Count. Since, on the Jewish calendar, the d... Read More »
Tachnun (confession of sins) and similar prayers are omitted from the prayer service.
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