ב"ה
Behaalotecha
Parshah
Eldad & Medad: The Mysterious Prophets
Eldad and Medad are the protagonists of a cryptic episode in the portion of Behaalotecha
Eldad and Medad are the protagonists of a cryptic episode in the portion of Behaalotecha
Crisis In Jerusalem
The leaders of the Jewish people at the time, the Sons of Betayra, could not decide. Hillel, alone amongst the sages, knew the answer to the question.
The leaders of the Jewish people at the time, the Sons of Betayra, could not decide. Hillel, alone amongst the sages, knew the answer to the question.
Your Questions
Why Are Women Exempt From Certain Mitzvahs?
The Mishnah tells us that women are generally exempt from all obligations that must be fulfilled at a specific time. Why is that?
The Mishnah tells us that women are generally exempt from all obligations that must be fulfilled at a specific time. Why is that?
What Is a Yeshiva?
According to tradition, the institution of the yeshiva predates even the giving of the Torah.
According to tradition, the institution of the yeshiva predates even the giving of the Torah.
Video
(Some) Stress is Good for You!
Until recently, scientists believed that continuous exposure to stressful conditions would deteriorate health. Recently they’ve learned that things are not so simple.
Until recently, scientists believed that continuous exposure to stressful conditions would deteriorate health. Recently they’ve learned that things are not so simple.
“For My Children? Only the Best!”
Parents are never satisfied to provide their children with the minimum, or even the average. For their own needs a father or mother might settle for less, but for their children they want only the greatest and the best they can provide. If this is so with food and clothing, which are quite temporary, how much more so when it comes to a child’s spiritual education, which impacts the rest of his or her entire life.
Parents are never satisfied to provide their children with the minimum, or even the average. For their own needs a father or mother might settle for less, but for their children they want only the greatest and the best they can provide. If this is so with food and clothing, which are quite temporary, how much more so when it comes to a child’s spiritual education, which impacts the rest of his or her entire life.
What Are You Worth, Actually?
Extreme humility is sometimes confused with low self-esteem. For Moses, these were as different as day and night.
Extreme humility is sometimes confused with low self-esteem. For Moses, these were as different as day and night.
Women
10 Ways to Get Along With Your New Daughter-in-Law
There are many mothers and daughters-in-law who get along wonderfully. Expect to be one of them.
There are many mothers and daughters-in-law who get along wonderfully. Expect to be one of them.
When the Nursing Didn’t Flow: Four Things I Learned
It was 4 in the morning, and the whole house was quiet and asleep. I sat alone on a couch in the living room, silently sobbing with a frantic baby in my arms. A few weeks into motherhood found me exhausted, bewildered and unable to breastfeed.
It was 4 in the morning, and the whole house was quiet and asleep. I sat alone on a couch in the living room, silently sobbing with a frantic baby in my arms. A few weeks into motherhood found me exhausted, bewildered and unable to breastfeed.
Stories
Seventy Kopeks
That's the profit from the sale of a calf in the marketplace of the White Russian town of Lubavitch
That's the profit from the sale of a calf in the marketplace of the White Russian town of Lubavitch
Lifestyle
One must have mesirat nefesh (total self-sacrifice and dedication) for the love of a fellow Jew, even towards a Jew whom one has never seen...
— Baal Shem Tov (quoted in Hayom Yom, Kislev 15)
Print Magazine
G‑d said to Abram, “Go to yourself, from your land, from your birthplace and from your father’s house, to the land which I will show you.”—Genesis 12:1
If you were not you, if you saw yourself from the eyes of another, how would you see your journeys through life?
You would see how each journey leads away from home. A...
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