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Chol Hamoed - Simchat Torah - Bereishit
Stuff You Want to Know
What to Expect at Simchat Torah Services
Sure there are the Torahs and prayers, but there is also dancing, singing, capering, and snacking in the synagogue.
Sure there are the Torahs and prayers, but there is also dancing, singing, capering, and snacking in the synagogue.
Simchat Beit Hashoevah
Every Jewish festival is celebrated with joy. Often there are additional emotions added to the mix, but the holiday of Sukkot is pure joy. In our prayers, we call it simply “the season of our rejoicing.”
Every Jewish festival is celebrated with joy. Often there are additional emotions added to the mix, but the holiday of Sukkot is pure joy. In our prayers, we call it simply “the season of our rejoicing.”
Is It True That Jews Dance With Books?
Books are for reading. For understanding. For discussing. Dancing? Really? Does anybody do this?
Books are for reading. For understanding. For discussing. Dancing? Really? Does anybody do this?
Women
The Sukkah and My Son: The Sky’s the Limit
It’s a balancing act of holding on and letting go. A balancing act of loving your child so much that you encircle him with love and affection, and that you love him so much you make yourself flexible and let go.
It’s a balancing act of holding on and letting go. A balancing act of loving your child so much that you encircle him with love and affection, and that you love him so much you make yourself flexible and let go.
Parshah
The Overachiever Who Lost It All
The story of Cain and Abel gives us incredible insight into human nature and a fatal flaw that many of us share called “overachievement.” Cain is the classic overachiever. He tries to reach for the best, but ends up with the worst.
The story of Cain and Abel gives us incredible insight into human nature and a fatal flaw that many of us share called “overachievement.” Cain is the classic overachiever. He tries to reach for the best, but ends up with the worst.
Story
Was I Wrong to Ask for a Drink?
One Simchat Torah, a group of boisterous villagers burst through the entrance in high spirits . . .
One Simchat Torah, a group of boisterous villagers burst through the entrance in high spirits . . .
Lifestyle
Jewish News
Dr. Yitzchok Block, 86, Professor of Philosophy and Chabad Campus Emissary
He wrote and lectured on classical philosophy and Judaism.
He wrote and lectured on classical philosophy and Judaism.
Chabad Rabbis in Two States Aid Vegas Shooting Victim
Community joins in effort to assist Natalie Grumet.
Community joins in effort to assist Natalie Grumet.
"And you shall love the L-rd your G-d with all your heart, with all your
soul, and with all your might (me'od)" (Deuteronomy 6:4). "With all your
heart" -- with both your inclinations, with your good inclination and with your evil inclination. "With all your soul" -- even to the point that someone takes your life. "With all your meod" -- with all your money. Another interpretation: "With all your me'od" -- whatever measure (middah) He metes out (moded) to you, thank (modeh) Him exceedingly (me'od me'od).
— Talmud, Berachot 54a
Print Magazine
To whom does a Jew pray?
Can He be described? Does He have a name?
No, there is no description with which to imagine Him, no name with which to grasp Him.
Even the pronoun “Him” implies too much to be true—as though He could be a third party, absent or present. Even the title “Infinite Light” misses the mark, as th...
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