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By the Numbers
8 Old and New Hanukkah Traditions
Looking to expand beyond the bare-bones basics? Here are 8 deeply meaningful traditions for you and your family to personalize.
Looking to expand beyond the bare-bones basics? Here are 8 deeply meaningful traditions for you and your family to personalize.
Your Questions
What Is a Maggid?
A maggid is a title most commonly held by preachers who flourished in Poland and Russia during the 17th and 18th centuries, most notably the Maggid of Mezrich.
A maggid is a title most commonly held by preachers who flourished in Poland and Russia during the 17th and 18th centuries, most notably the Maggid of Mezrich.
Snubbed by a Cold Retort
I felt like I’d been slapped. “I was just being polite,” I answered and then shot out of the room…
I felt like I’d been slapped. “I was just being polite,” I answered and then shot out of the room…
Jewish Journeys
Q&A: The Holocaust’s Jewish Calendars: Keeping Time Sacred, Making Time Holy
Historian Avraham Rosen discusses his groundbreaking new book that holds relevance for all
Historian Avraham Rosen discusses his groundbreaking new book that holds relevance for all
The Egypt of My Childhood
I remember the day in September of 1989 when I walked out of my home in Saratov into the unknown future.
I remember the day in September of 1989 when I walked out of my home in Saratov into the unknown future.
Parshah
Binding Bundles
Our job is to demonstrate that there need not be a dichotomy between body and soul. That life does not have to be a collection of meaningless fragmented moments.
Our job is to demonstrate that there need not be a dichotomy between body and soul. That life does not have to be a collection of meaningless fragmented moments.
Staying on the Swing
It is one of the ironies of life that in order to swing to the greatest height, it is necessary to plunge to the lowest point. Often there’s a “descent” in order to “rise”—a negative situation before the positive.
It is one of the ironies of life that in order to swing to the greatest height, it is necessary to plunge to the lowest point. Often there’s a “descent” in order to “rise”—a negative situation before the positive.
On the Calendar
The Sudden Change of Heart
At the age of 93, Reb Shlomo Rafaels was one of Sventiany’s oldest residents.
At the age of 93, Reb Shlomo Rafaels was one of Sventiany’s oldest residents.
Lifestyle
Learning Rambam Weekly
Chanukah News
He has made everything beautiful in its time; also the [wisdom of] the world He put into their hearts, save that man should not find the deed which God did, from beginning to end...
— Ecclesiastes 3:11
Print Magazine
Due to the limitations of your reality, some of your best friends can enter only incognito.
In fact, the really big ones sometimes sneak in disguised as ugly monsters and vicious enemies. Otherwise, the guards at the gate would never permit them entry.
These are the events optimists call “blessings in disguise.”
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