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Acharei-Kedoshim

Your Questions
Does Judaism Believe in the Apocalypse?

“Six thousand years is the world, and it is in ruins one [thousand], as it is stated: ‘The L‑rd alone shall be exalted on that day’”
What Is “Schmutz”?

Oy! That joke was schmutzik!
Can’t Life Have Purpose Without G‑d?

One day my Mac composed its own algorithm for generating ideals. Based on that algorithm, it determined that the only way to achieve its ultimate self was for every process to be treated equally.
Video
Are Human Beings Hardwired for War?

Freud and Einstein on the nature of conflict, and the Baal Shem Tov on man’s inner struggle. The mystical secret is to know that the world is full of mirrors to place the enemy in plain sight.
Holiness In Unexpected Places

Growing Weekly: Parshat Acharei-Kedoshim
Searching for Pearls

The Previous Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak, compared chassidic teachings to pearls and coal. Pearls, he explained, are found in the depths of the sea, while coal is found deep in the earth.
On the Calendar
Pesach Sheni Is This Sunday
Thirty days ago we cleaned our homes and souls of leaven, and matzahed our way through the week-long festival of Passover. And now, Pesach Sheni—a second Passover experience!
Parshah
The Gift of Forgiveness

From my perspective as a family therapist, the greatest treasure in our Torah-inheritance is the instruction to free ourselves of anger and resentment...
Are You Successful?

Some religious doctrines see marriage as a concession to human weakness. Nothing could be further from Jewish thought . . .
Story
They Got the Wrong Man!

It did not take long until they had dragged me before the town rabbi, demanding that I divorce my “wife.”
Jewish News
Meet Israel’s Newest Chassidic Pioneers

Women
3 Main Things to Look for When Dating

By the time I got to college, I realized that the threshold for a guy to express his feelings was absurdly low. A text saying, “Hey, what’s up?” was the equivalent of a bouquet of roses.
And He told the moon to renew herself, as a crown of beauty to those He carries from the womb, for they are likewise to be renewed and to glorify their Creator for the name of the glory of His kingdom
— From the Kiddush Levanah prayer, the monthly "Sanctification of the Moon"
Print Magazine

The Talmud (Ta'anit 23b) mentions that a woman's charity is greater than a man's. She gives the starving beggar a loaf of bread, while he only provides the means to attain it.

Read that in its inner sense and you will see that it is forever:

A man’s way is to serve your impoverished soul ideas—perhaps you will be wise e...

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