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Matot-Massei
Your Questions
Do We Say a Blessing for the Solar Eclipse?
Also, some claim that eclipses are a bad omen of things to come. What is the Jewish perspective on eclipses?
Also, some claim that eclipses are a bad omen of things to come. What is the Jewish perspective on eclipses?
Why Don’t Chassidic Men Shave Their Beards?
Maimonides teaches that the reason the Torah forbade the destruction of the beard is because shaving was a practice of ancient idol-worshippers.
Maimonides teaches that the reason the Torah forbade the destruction of the beard is because shaving was a practice of ancient idol-worshippers.
Essay
10 Pieces of Advice for Husbands
Before you criticize, ask yourself if it really matters in the long run. Are you better off letting things slide?
Before you criticize, ask yourself if it really matters in the long run. Are you better off letting things slide?
Parshah
Why People Feel So Important at the Airport
You can just see it written on their faces as they purposefully wheel suitcases down the terminal . . .
You can just see it written on their faces as they purposefully wheel suitcases down the terminal . . .
Matot-Masei (Three Weeks Period) Haftarah Companion
The people had forsaken G‑d, and instead directed their devotion to the vanities of idolatry . . .
The people had forsaken G‑d, and instead directed their devotion to the vanities of idolatry . . .
Four Quick Insights and a Video on the Parshah
Enjoy four short thoughts and a video adapted from the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Parshat Matot-Massei.
Enjoy four short thoughts and a video adapted from the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Parshat Matot-Massei.
Video
Do You Need to Set Stronger Personal Boundaries?
Setting boundaries means that instead of taking on other people’s beliefs or standards, we become in tune with our own.
Setting boundaries means that instead of taking on other people’s beliefs or standards, we become in tune with our own.
Story
100 Barrels of Wine
The innkeeper lived modestly, but he offered his guests his best rooms and did everything he could to make their stay comfortable.
The innkeeper lived modestly, but he offered his guests his best rooms and did everything he could to make their stay comfortable.
Women
Recognizing G-d Along the Way (Road Bumps Notwithstanding)
One of the tires, while appearing fine superficially, was actually almost completely peeled off.
One of the tires, while appearing fine superficially, was actually almost completely peeled off.
Wishing I Had Been More Sensitive on the Path to Change
I let too many people who had once helped me become strangers.
I let too many people who had once helped me become strangers.
Jewish News
Child With Autism Has a Meltdown on a Plane: Chabad Emissary Steps In to Help
An unexpected encounter creates a circle of friendship on a transatlantic flight.
An unexpected encounter creates a circle of friendship on a transatlantic flight.
96-Year-Old South Carolina Man’s Last Mitzvah: A Bar Mitzvah
With the help of a rabbi he’s known for years, Max Gergel achieved a milestone before passing.
With the help of a rabbi he’s known for years, Max Gergel achieved a milestone before passing.
The Talmud specifically derives from the Torah that, "A physician is allowed to heal." But nowhere has a doctor been given the right to determine that an ill person is incurable.
— Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch (1789-1866)
Print Magazine
For hundreds of years, perhaps since the beginning of Creation, a piece of the world has been waiting for your soul to purify and repair it.
And your soul, from the time it was first emanated and conceived, waited above to descend to this world and carry out that mission.
And your footsteps were guided to reach th...
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