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Matot-Massei
By the Numbers
9 Simple Ways to Perform Acts of Kindness
What’s special about an act of kindness is that it can be done anywhere, anytime, by anyone. It is the ultimate equalizer.
What’s special about an act of kindness is that it can be done anywhere, anytime, by anyone. It is the ultimate equalizer.
Why Is Social Media so Addictive?
Recognition hunger, like many worldly desires and addictions, can never be satisfied.
Recognition hunger, like many worldly desires and addictions, can never be satisfied.
Your Questions
Why Is Moshiach called a Metzora (Leper)?
One who was afflicted with the malady was considered impure and had to undergo a purification process.
One who was afflicted with the malady was considered impure and had to undergo a purification process.
Who Was Methuselah?
Methuselah was one of the Seven Shepherds, i.e. spiritual leaders of their respective eras.
Methuselah was one of the Seven Shepherds, i.e. spiritual leaders of their respective eras.
Parshah
The Eastern Colonists
Why the dramatic shift in Moses' view on the Jewish settlement of the eastern territories? If the Reubenites' and Gadites' petition initially struck him as reminiscent of the sin of the Spies, what convinced him to endorse their plan and even expand on it?
Why the dramatic shift in Moses' view on the Jewish settlement of the eastern territories? If the Reubenites' and Gadites' petition initially struck him as reminiscent of the sin of the Spies, what convinced him to endorse their plan and even expand on it?
Video
Operation Exodus for Iranian Jewish Children
The untold story of Chabad’s efforts to save eighteen hundred Jewish children during the height of the Islamic revolution in Iran.
The untold story of Chabad’s efforts to save eighteen hundred Jewish children during the height of the Islamic revolution in Iran.
Do the Jews Deserve the Land of Israel?
The Land of Israel is Heaven’s perfectly suitable gift suited for the Jewish people. By the same token, it is beyond what the Jews can ever deserve.
The Land of Israel is Heaven’s perfectly suitable gift suited for the Jewish people. By the same token, it is beyond what the Jews can ever deserve.
Story
The Rabbi's Forgotten Question
"As soon as I entered the Rebbe’s room and looked at him, the question slipped my mind; it simply disappeared."
"As soon as I entered the Rebbe’s room and looked at him, the question slipped my mind; it simply disappeared."
Lifestyle
Jaffa
The main street of Jerusalem — Jaffa Road — was named after this “little port town” on the Mediterranean coast!
The main street of Jerusalem — Jaffa Road — was named after this “little port town” on the Mediterranean coast!
The morning prayer was instituted by Abraham, as it is written (Genesis 19:27): "And Abraham arose early in the morning, to the place where he stood before the Face of G-d"... Isaac instituted the afternoon prayer, as it is written (Genesis 24:63): "And Isaac went out to meditate in the field towards evening"... Jacob instituted the evening prayer, as it is written (Genesis 28:11): "And he encountered the Place... for the sun had set."
— Talmud, Berachot 26b
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There are those who chase all things of heaven—and find they cannot live.
There are those who chase all things of earth. Their life is not worth living.
Heaven desires the earth, and the earth is lost without heaven. Make your life a marriage of the two, as lovers that never part, and you will find peace.
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