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By the Numbers
13 Elul Facts Every Jew Should Know

As we approach the High Holidays (Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur), we prepare for these holidays during the month of Elul.
What 30 Years in the Classroom Taught Me

The personal well-being of a single child is far more important than the lesson plan for the entire class.
Chai Elul
Parshah
Why I'm Not Coming to Shul

Reach Out

Why do we give so much away?
Spirituality
Dangerous Advice Your Rabbi Might Give You Before Rosh Hashanah

How to search through your past without falling into it
Jewish News
Colorado Students Drive 16 Hours to Houston With $20,000 in Supplies

After a night on the road, a day of nonstop work for college-age volunteers.
Irma Has Jewish Communities From Caribbean to Carolinas Urgently Preparing

Protecting the elderly, infirm and homebound from record-breaking hurricane.
They Were Supposed to Have Their Wedding in Houston on Sunday

A young couple transforms their disappointment by helping flood victims.
Story
Stranded on an Island for Rosh Hashanah

How the son-in-law of the Baal Shem Tov ended up on a remote island and accomplished something very important
Tree, o' tree, with what can I bless you? That your fruit should be sweet? Your fruit is sweet. That your shade should be plentiful? Your shade is plentiful. That a stream of water should run beneath you? Water runs beneath you. The one thing left for me to bless you is: May all the plantings from your seed be like you!
— Talmud, Taanit 5b
Print Magazine

Afterlife is a very rational, natural consequence of the order of things.
After all, nothing is ever lost—even the body only transforms into earth. But nothing is lost.

So too, the person you are is never lost. That person—that soul—only returns to its origin.

If your soul became acutely attached to the material worl...

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