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Why Lift the Bride and Groom on Chairs at Jewish Weddings?
Many of the great sages in the Talmud would dance and do all sorts of tricks to entertain the couple.
Many of the great sages in the Talmud would dance and do all sorts of tricks to entertain the couple.
Why Aren’t the Matriarchs Mentioned in Our Prayers?
Do women not count? Are they supposed to just be quietly left in the background?
Do women not count? Are they supposed to just be quietly left in the background?
Battling Debt for Decades
I have done everything in my power to pay back my debts, but every time I make a little headway, something happens to plunge me into debt again.
I have done everything in my power to pay back my debts, but every time I make a little headway, something happens to plunge me into debt again.
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Got Faith, Like Really?
Faith means absolute trust in G-d. But there is something still greater than faith. (“Parsha Perks” with Dr Michael Chighel | Shemot)
Faith means absolute trust in G-d. But there is something still greater than faith. (“Parsha Perks” with Dr Michael Chighel | Shemot)
Safeguarding Mother, Baby and Doctor
According to Jewish custom, the Shir Lama’alot psalm is posted beside a newborn baby’s crib. This was commonplace when Jewish women gave birth in the atmosphere of their own homes. Nowadays, when most children are born in hospitals, it is vital to encourage Jewish mothers everywhere to have this Psalm in the delivery room and to post it in the room where the baby stays afterwards. This will help ease the birth process, strengthen the baby, and prepare the baby for a life of holiness.
According to Jewish custom, the Shir Lama’alot psalm is posted beside a newborn baby’s crib. This was commonplace when Jewish women gave birth in the atmosphere of their own homes. Nowadays, when most children are born in hospitals, it is vital to encourage Jewish mothers everywhere to have this Psalm in the delivery room and to post it in the room where the baby stays afterwards. This will help ease the birth process, strengthen the baby, and prepare the baby for a life of holiness.
Parshah
Who Was Amram?
Amram, son of Kehot, led the Jewish people in Egypt and fathered three of the greatest leaders in Jewish history.
Amram, son of Kehot, led the Jewish people in Egypt and fathered three of the greatest leaders in Jewish history.
Dear Fellow Survivor, You Are Holy
His flames fully engulfed you. He consumed you. Yet here you are. Still around. Still alive. You’re functioning.
His flames fully engulfed you. He consumed you. Yet here you are. Still around. Still alive. You’re functioning.
Moses or Pharaoh: Which Mindset Are You?
While we’re usually in touch with our suffering, seeing it in others is not so common.
While we’re usually in touch with our suffering, seeing it in others is not so common.
In the Face of Suffering
G‑d is with us in our suffering. That He has not abandoned us. That He is present even when His presence is hidden.
G‑d is with us in our suffering. That He has not abandoned us. That He is present even when His presence is hidden.
Coming of Age
A Bar Mitzvah at Any Age
My thoughts kept pulling me back to the Kotel, the Western Wall. It had been too long since I had been there.
My thoughts kept pulling me back to the Kotel, the Western Wall. It had been too long since I had been there.
Cambodian Royal Family Celebrates Its First Bat Mitzvah
The daughter of a princess who converted to Judaism comes of age.
The daughter of a princess who converted to Judaism comes of age.
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Envoy From Safed
If successful, he would save his brothers and sisters from certain ruin. If unsuccessful, they shuddered to imagine…
If successful, he would save his brothers and sisters from certain ruin. If unsuccessful, they shuddered to imagine…
A denigrating attitude toward others while inflating one's own importance makes one lose all his spiritual gains, G-d forbid
— Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch (Hayom Yom, Iyar 20)
Print Magazine
How can you attain love of an infinite G-d? Through love of your fellow human beings.
As Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa would say, “If people like you, G-d likes you too.”
How did he know?
Because he knew that if people truly like you, it must be that you genuinely like them.
And when you hold genuine love in your heart for ...
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