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Behar-Bechukotai
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Corona: May One Wear a Face Mask Outside on Shabbat?
Here are the reasons pro and con as well as the bottom line.
Here are the reasons pro and con as well as the bottom line.
Why Do We Light Bonfires on Lag BaOmer?
The earliest mention of this custom is found in a letter written by Rabbi Ovadia of Bertinoro (c. 1445–c. 1515), known for his classic commentary on the Mishnah.
The earliest mention of this custom is found in a letter written by Rabbi Ovadia of Bertinoro (c. 1445–c. 1515), known for his classic commentary on the Mishnah.
By the Numbers
4 Lessons for Parents and Teachers on Distance Learning
There are four main ingredients to make distance learning successful, which we can then hope to apply back in our lives and classrooms once life goes back to some semblance of normal.
There are four main ingredients to make distance learning successful, which we can then hope to apply back in our lives and classrooms once life goes back to some semblance of normal.
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So Where Do I Get an Interest-Free Loan?
Our entire existence is on loan from G-d. The question is, can we make the divine loan into a divine investment?
Our entire existence is on loan from G-d. The question is, can we make the divine loan into a divine investment?
Lag B’Omer Parade Highlights
Children gather to celebrate the holiday of Lag B’Omer. Excerpts from a 1983 recording of the grand parade with the Rebbe at Lubatvitch World Headquarters, Brooklyn, New York.
Children gather to celebrate the holiday of Lag B’Omer. Excerpts from a 1983 recording of the grand parade with the Rebbe at Lubatvitch World Headquarters, Brooklyn, New York.
CKids - Virtual Lag B’Omer Parade
Join thousands of children from around the world for a grand Lag B’Omer parade. Featuring a live concert, special entertainment, and a surprise raffle.
Join thousands of children from around the world for a grand Lag B’Omer parade. Featuring a live concert, special entertainment, and a surprise raffle.
Essay
Can the Modern Mind Find Peace Without Delusion?
On the elusiveness of gratitude and confidence in our times
On the elusiveness of gratitude and confidence in our times
Sheltering in Place for 13 Years!
As we struggle with the challenges of staying home, let's take a cue from the master of kabbalah and Talmud, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai.
As we struggle with the challenges of staying home, let's take a cue from the master of kabbalah and Talmud, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai.
Parshah
Finding the Hidden Sweetness
Under the tragic circumstance of the exile, we realize that we are guarantors for each other because we are part of one whole.
Under the tragic circumstance of the exile, we realize that we are guarantors for each other because we are part of one whole.
Behar-Bechukotai Parshah Quiz
Take this quiz to see how well you know the parshah of Behar-Bechukotai.
Take this quiz to see how well you know the parshah of Behar-Bechukotai.
Story
The Blessing and the Bottle
Why did Rabbi Baruch send the townspeople to receive a blessing from a perpetual drunk?
Why did Rabbi Baruch send the townspeople to receive a blessing from a perpetual drunk?
How to Eat Carob (and Why We Eat it on Lag BaOmer)
Technically, you can gnaw on raw carob pods, but it’s hard work and not the most pleasant experience.
Technically, you can gnaw on raw carob pods, but it’s hard work and not the most pleasant experience.
Lag BaOmer
How to Celebrate Lag BaOmer
Here are the tools and tips you need to have a rip-roaring inspiration-heavy Lag BaOmer celebration like no other.
Here are the tools and tips you need to have a rip-roaring inspiration-heavy Lag BaOmer celebration like no other.
When the people of Israel said, "All that G-d has spoken, we will do, and we will hear" (Exodus 24:7) -- giving precedence to "we will do" over "we will hear" -- a heavenly voice issued forth and exclaimed: "Who revealed to My children this secret, which is known only to the angels?"
— Talmud, Shabbat 88a
Print Magazine
For hundreds of years, perhaps since the beginning of Creation, a piece of the world has been waiting for your soul to purify and repair it.
And your soul, from the time it was first emanated and conceived, waited above to descend to this world and carry out that mission.
And your footsteps were guided to reach th...
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