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Parshah
What Was the Manna?
The manna was the miraculous edible substance that fell each day from heaven during the 40-year period between the Exodus and the conquest of Israel.
The manna was the miraculous edible substance that fell each day from heaven during the 40-year period between the Exodus and the conquest of Israel.
Bread From Earth, Blessings From Heaven
Why on earth do we thank G‑d with a blessing about bread from the heavens? The bread we eat, bread grown from the ground with great investment of toil and time, is categorically different from the manna in the desert, which miraculously descended from the heavens each morning of their 40-year sojourn.
Why on earth do we thank G‑d with a blessing about bread from the heavens? The bread we eat, bread grown from the ground with great investment of toil and time, is categorically different from the manna in the desert, which miraculously descended from the heavens each morning of their 40-year sojourn.
20 Av: Marking 75 Years
Q&A: The Surviving Torah Teachings of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak
What has been published is only a small fraction of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak’s writings.
What has been published is only a small fraction of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak’s writings.
By the Numbers
Parenting
If You Were Molested as a Child, Here Are 8 Things to Know
Becoming educated about child sexual abuse can help you cope with the trauma. Here are some basics for you to start with.
Becoming educated about child sexual abuse can help you cope with the trauma. Here are some basics for you to start with.
To My Son Who Was Born Unable to Breathe
Instead of hearing the sound of a crying baby, I heard hysteria in the room as the doctors struggled to gain access to your airway.
Instead of hearing the sound of a crying baby, I heard hysteria in the room as the doctors struggled to gain access to your airway.
Story
The Wayward Shochet and the Holy Hitchhikers
Moshe was known to frequent the local watering holes, whiling away entire nights in a drunken stupor.
Moshe was known to frequent the local watering holes, whiling away entire nights in a drunken stupor.
What It’s Like to Be Jewish in Ghana
Oxford MBA talks about combining business and spiritual development in sub-Saharan Africa.
Oxford MBA talks about combining business and spiritual development in sub-Saharan Africa.
Essay
Man and Woman: a Psychological Profile
When G-d created Adam, at the moment Adam opened his eyes, what was his psychological profile? He had no Oedipus complex because he had no mother. He didn't have a birth trauma, because he wasn't born. He had no sibling rivalry... What was this man like?
When G-d created Adam, at the moment Adam opened his eyes, what was his psychological profile? He had no Oedipus complex because he had no mother. He didn't have a birth trauma, because he wasn't born. He had no sibling rivalry... What was this man like?
Lifestyle
There are opportunities and potentials so lofty that they cannot be accessed by the conscious self - they can only come about "by mistake"
— The Chassidic Masters
Print Magazine
Every year, our sages taught, with the cry of the shofar, the entire universe is reborn.
And so, at that time, with our resolutions and our prayers, we hold an awesome power: To determine what sort of child this newborn year shall be—how it will take its first breaths, how it will struggle to its feet, and how it will c...
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