ב"ה
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?
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!
We are "day workers." Day means light. Our work is to illuminate, to enlighten the world with the light of the Torah.
— Hayom Yom, Tevet 29
Print Magazine
Everything about the Rebbe was pure kindness. Even his idea of “hell” was as kind and generous as could be:
People have a misconception of Hell. Let me tell you what Hell really is.
Hell is a spiritual place where everything that exists in our world exists, but in an infinite way. So, whatever you chased after in this...
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