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Pinchas
The Three Weeks
What Are the Three Weeks?
A summary of the laws and customs that pertain to the Three Weeks mourning period for the Holy Temples—17 Tammuz through 9 Av.
A summary of the laws and customs that pertain to the Three Weeks mourning period for the Holy Temples—17 Tammuz through 9 Av.
Messiah & the Third Temple
In the 25th year of the Babylonian exile, G‑d showed a vision of the future Temple to the prophet Ezekiel . . .
In the 25th year of the Babylonian exile, G‑d showed a vision of the future Temple to the prophet Ezekiel . . .
Real Life
What I Think About When I’m Afraid of the Dark
I can hear a thief fiddling with the lock, a serial murderer climbing through the window . . .
I can hear a thief fiddling with the lock, a serial murderer climbing through the window . . .
How a Portuguese King Found Solace in the Psalms of His Ancestors
What, if any, possible knowledge of their Jewish heritage or ancestors was transmitted to them? What did they know about being Jews, and did this have anything to do with choosing Jewish wives, or was that simply a “coincidence”?
What, if any, possible knowledge of their Jewish heritage or ancestors was transmitted to them? What did they know about being Jews, and did this have anything to do with choosing Jewish wives, or was that simply a “coincidence”?
Video
How to Become a Trailblazer
The five daughters of Tzelafchad were trailblazers. Here are three things to keep in mind to follow in their footsteps.
The five daughters of Tzelafchad were trailblazers. Here are three things to keep in mind to follow in their footsteps.
G-d’s Chosen Home
When Maimonides discusses the biblical commandment to build a Sanctuary for G-d, he quotes the verse “Build for me a Holy Temple.” Accordingly, he should have called the section of his code that deals with the Temple “Laws of the Holy Temple.” Why does he instead call them “Laws of the Chosen House”?
When Maimonides discusses the biblical commandment to build a Sanctuary for G-d, he quotes the verse “Build for me a Holy Temple.” Accordingly, he should have called the section of his code that deals with the Temple “Laws of the Holy Temple.” Why does he instead call them “Laws of the Chosen House”?
Story
The Miser Who Built the Mikvah
“The community is too poor, and cannot shoulder the financial burden of this endeavor. And as for the local gevir, it is a waste of time even to approach him . . .”
“The community is too poor, and cannot shoulder the financial burden of this endeavor. And as for the local gevir, it is a waste of time even to approach him . . .”
Parshah
Who Makes Your Choices?
On which choices will we focus? The “big” ones, over which we have no control, or the “small” ones, which are entirely in our hands?
On which choices will we focus? The “big” ones, over which we have no control, or the “small” ones, which are entirely in our hands?
Pinchas (Three Weeks Period) Haftarah Companion
“Jeremiah was a descendant of one who had a rotten past but later mended her ways. It was fitting for him rebuke the Jews, who came from good descent gone in rotten ways.”
“Jeremiah was a descendant of one who had a rotten past but later mended her ways. It was fitting for him rebuke the Jews, who came from good descent gone in rotten ways.”
Lifestyle
Jewish News
Teens and Mentors From Bangkok to Brazil at Poconos Retreat
“It gave me my voice. It helped me evolve as a person,” says 18-year-old Rachel Wilkes about the Chabad teen network. “It showed me that I can be who I want to be.”
“It gave me my voice. It helped me evolve as a person,” says 18-year-old Rachel Wilkes about the Chabad teen network. “It showed me that I can be who I want to be.”
Belated Bar Mitzvahs for Five College Students in Vienna
Joined by their families from Switzerland, Germany, Hungary and Ukraine—and their friends and fraternity brothers from around the world.
Joined by their families from Switzerland, Germany, Hungary and Ukraine—and their friends and fraternity brothers from around the world.
The whole point of Chassidism is that one should change the nature of one's character traits
— Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi
Print Magazine
The Rebbe describes the following as a core teaching of the Baal Shem Tov:
Not only are the pirouettes of a leaf as it falls off a tree,
the quivering of a blade of grass in the wind,
and all the details of the world around you
all brought into being, given life and directed every moment from Above—
but beyond ...
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