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Vayeshev
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
Moses was afflicted with a speech impairment so that no one should think that his success in transmitting the Torah to the world was due to his oratory skills.
— Derashot HaRan
Print Magazine
Afterlife is a very rational, natural consequence of the order of things.
After all, nothing is ever lost—even the body only transforms into earth. But nothing is lost.
So too, the person you are is never lost. That person—that soul—only returns to its origin.
If your soul became acutely attached to the material worl...
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