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Why Did Moses Go Up on Mt. Sinai for Forty Days?
After the Giving of the Torah, Moses went up Mount Sinai for 40 days. What’s up with the number 40?
After the Giving of the Torah, Moses went up Mount Sinai for 40 days. What’s up with the number 40?
Why Was the Holy Temple on a Mountain?
Let us explore the fact that the Temple was built on a mountain, and then we can unpack its lessons.
Let us explore the fact that the Temple was built on a mountain, and then we can unpack its lessons.
By the Numbers
13 Facts About Jewish Leap Years
The Hebrew leap year ensures that the Jewish calendar remains true to the solar cycle
The Hebrew leap year ensures that the Jewish calendar remains true to the solar cycle
5 Reasons to Spend a Semester in Yeshiva
My Chabad rabbi has been bugging me to take off one semester to study in a yeshiva “some time before graduate school.” It’s still not clear to me what this yeshiva place is all about, and definitely not clear why I should take off in the middle of my studies to go there.
My Chabad rabbi has been bugging me to take off one semester to study in a yeshiva “some time before graduate school.” It’s still not clear to me what this yeshiva place is all about, and definitely not clear why I should take off in the middle of my studies to go there.
Voices
The. Worst. Superbowl. Ever.
We like excitement. We want to see action. We crave bravery, courage, and risk taking.
We like excitement. We want to see action. We crave bravery, courage, and risk taking.
My Father’s Lasting Sentiments: Peace and Harmony
Now that he’s facing many health problems, so much of what seemed to make my dad unique is gone.
Now that he’s facing many health problems, so much of what seemed to make my dad unique is gone.
Video
Is Religion a Rubber Ducky?
If being an adult means being rational, then what does it mean to be a child? Does it mean being irrational? To the extent that religion involves the childlike gesture of “faith” (Emunah), it would seem to be an irrational, immature enterprise. Unless of course there is a viable adult alternative to Rationalism and Irrationalism alike.
If being an adult means being rational, then what does it mean to be a child? Does it mean being irrational? To the extent that religion involves the childlike gesture of “faith” (Emunah), it would seem to be an irrational, immature enterprise. Unless of course there is a viable adult alternative to Rationalism and Irrationalism alike.
Where Is G‑d’s Home?
A strange detail in the construction of the Temple’s “Holy of Holies” reveals the secret of where G‑d lives.
A strange detail in the construction of the Temple’s “Holy of Holies” reveals the secret of where G‑d lives.
Parshah
The Ark of the Covenant
A golden box containing the tablets with the Ten Commandments, the ark stood in the Holy of Holies, the Temple’s innermost sanctum.
A golden box containing the tablets with the Ten Commandments, the ark stood in the Holy of Holies, the Temple’s innermost sanctum.
A Portable Home
It is hard to understand the depth of the crisis into which the destruction of the First Temple plunged the Jewish people.
It is hard to understand the depth of the crisis into which the destruction of the First Temple plunged the Jewish people.
How Living From Abundance Creates Greater Happiness
It should come as no surprise that doing good correlates to feeling good.
It should come as no surprise that doing good correlates to feeling good.
Story
The Man Who Gave Charity to Himself
“I will not travel with you,” stipulated Rabbi Menachem Mendel, “unless you give me twenty silver coins.”
“I will not travel with you,” stipulated Rabbi Menachem Mendel, “unless you give me twenty silver coins.”
"They shall make for Me a sanctuary, and I will dwell amidst them" (Exodus 25:8). The verse does not say, "and I will dwell within it," but "and I will dwell within them" -- within each and every one of them.
— Shelah (Rabbi Isaiah Horowitz, 1565-1630)
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Print Magazine
The sages say that all is in the hands of heaven except for the awe of heaven.
Which puts all the power in your hands.
Because if there is no awe of heaven, heaven is bankrupt. It owns nothing—not you, not your world, not anything at all.
That being so, the greatest power you have is your ability to surrender the delus...
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