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Parshah
Life, Death and Reality
"Our father Jacob did not die," said Rabbi Yochanan. Asked Rabbi Yitzchak: "Was it for no reason that the eulogizers eulogized, the embalmers embalmed, and the buriers buried?"
"Our father Jacob did not die," said Rabbi Yochanan. Asked Rabbi Yitzchak: "Was it for no reason that the eulogizers eulogized, the embalmers embalmed, and the buriers buried?"
Why G-d Listens to Rachel
All day, I couldn’t shake the haunting image of a child, shaken from sleep, startled out of complacency, crying instinctively for his mother.
All day, I couldn’t shake the haunting image of a child, shaken from sleep, startled out of complacency, crying instinctively for his mother.
Your Questions
Why Is Challah Braided?
The long-standing Jewish custom is for Shabbat breads to be braided. Here's why.
The long-standing Jewish custom is for Shabbat breads to be braided. Here's why.
Story
Saved by His Honesty
Besides his day job, he had another duty, one that he carried out secretly and with great devotion . . .
Besides his day job, he had another duty, one that he carried out secretly and with great devotion . . .
The Inspiring Story of Rabbi Avner, the Sinner
One Yom Kippur, Avner sent guards to the synagogue, ordering the Ramban to appear before him. In his palace, before the eyes of his former teacher and master, Avner slaughtered a pig, roasted it and ate it on this holiest of fast days.
One Yom Kippur, Avner sent guards to the synagogue, ordering the Ramban to appear before him. In his palace, before the eyes of his former teacher and master, Avner slaughtered a pig, roasted it and ate it on this holiest of fast days.
Jewish News
Following Anti-Semitic Attacks in Holland, Dutch Jews Say ‘Thank You’
Chanukah was just the right time to recognize the community’s ‘lights.’
Chanukah was just the right time to recognize the community’s ‘lights.’
Soup’s On! Seniors Get Weekly Deliveries From Preschoolers
Brooklyn-based intergenerational program feeds mind, body and soul.
Brooklyn-based intergenerational program feeds mind, body and soul.
Women
Battling My Eating Disorder, Day by Day
I have an eating disorder.The doctors call it anorexia nervosa, but I resent being put in a box with a nice little label.
I have an eating disorder.The doctors call it anorexia nervosa, but I resent being put in a box with a nice little label.
In a single knot I am bound with Him; my soul is united with Him, burns in Him, cleaves to Him.
— Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai on the day of his passing, Lag BaOmer
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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