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Your Questions
Do I Have a Right to Read My Spouse’s Texts and Emails?
Although text and email are relatively new inventions, the answer to this question takes us back more than a thousand years to the time of Rabbeinu Gershom.
Although text and email are relatively new inventions, the answer to this question takes us back more than a thousand years to the time of Rabbeinu Gershom.
By the Numbers
10 Foolproof Yiddish Words to Use All the Time
These are the words you can safely pop into your conversation for emphasis with little fear of messing up, since it is hard to misappropriate them.
These are the words you can safely pop into your conversation for emphasis with little fear of messing up, since it is hard to misappropriate them.
9 Ways Judaism Teaches Us to Be Kind to Animals
The Torah instructs us to be kind to animals, and to treat them with respect and consideration because they are creations of G‑d.
The Torah instructs us to be kind to animals, and to treat them with respect and consideration because they are creations of G‑d.
Parshah
On Not Being a Victim
How can you be a victim and yet not see yourself as a victim without being guilty of denial, or deliberate forgetfulness, or wishful thinking?
How can you be a victim and yet not see yourself as a victim without being guilty of denial, or deliberate forgetfulness, or wishful thinking?
Believing Is Seeing
Perception has come to be synonymous with reality, but perception depends less on what we see than who we are.
Perception has come to be synonymous with reality, but perception depends less on what we see than who we are.
Jewish News
Sculptor Jacques Lipchitz’s Tuscan Villa Turned Jewish Summer Camp
Camp Gan Israel Italy began in 1959. Since 1976 it has been held at the famed artist’s former home and studio.
Camp Gan Israel Italy began in 1959. Since 1976 it has been held at the famed artist’s former home and studio.
First Bar Mitzvah in Centuries in Balkan Nation
Son of Montenegro emissaries to be joined by visitors from near and far.
Son of Montenegro emissaries to be joined by visitors from near and far.
106 Years Old, Married 84 Years, the First in Synagogue
Maurice Kaye was an inspiration in Bournemouth, England, for many decades.
Maurice Kaye was an inspiration in Bournemouth, England, for many decades.
Women
I Wasn’t Ready to Give Birth, How Could This Be Happening?
Was it less than a week ago that she made her appearance in our world? The world of laughter and tears, triumphs and fears?
Was it less than a week ago that she made her appearance in our world? The world of laughter and tears, triumphs and fears?
Video
The Zodiac of Elul
Learn the mystical dimension of the Jewish month embedded in its Hebrew name, mazal, tribe, attribute and more. The Hebrew zodiac for Elul is “besulah” (virgin), a.k.a. Virgo.
Learn the mystical dimension of the Jewish month embedded in its Hebrew name, mazal, tribe, attribute and more. The Hebrew zodiac for Elul is “besulah” (virgin), a.k.a. Virgo.
Do I Have to Do What G-d Says?
In verse 12:17, the Torah says: "You cannot eat within your cities the tithe of your grain...or any of your vows that you will vow..." Rashi clarifies that it does not mean "you cannot" but rather "you are not allowed to." What is the difference between being able and being allowed to do something?
In verse 12:17, the Torah says: "You cannot eat within your cities the tithe of your grain...or any of your vows that you will vow..." Rashi clarifies that it does not mean "you cannot" but rather "you are not allowed to." What is the difference between being able and being allowed to do something?
Story
Morning Prayers and Torn Shoes
“Being conscious of a poor student’s torn shoes is an expression of the oneness of G‑d.”
“Being conscious of a poor student’s torn shoes is an expression of the oneness of G‑d.”
Lifestyle
Fear not to go down to Egypt; for there I will make of you a great nation. I will go down with you into Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again.
— G‑d to Jacob, Genesis 46:3–4
Print Magazine
Emunah (eh-moo-na): A knowing, deep in the soul, that there is only one G-d, that He is good, and that He loves you unconditionally.
Simchah (sim-kha): A mighty current of life-energy felt when contemplating emunah.
Bitachon (bi-ta-khon): A surge of invincible confidence that emerges when emunah is challenged by circums...
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