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Your Questions
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.
Video
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.
The first thing we heard from the Rebbe was: "What is forbidden, one must not; and what is permitted, one need not"
— Rabbi Mordechai of Haradak, a disciple of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi
Print Magazine
Within every love, there is fear: The fear of separation from that which you love.
A child fears separation from her parents, a lover from his beloved, the body fears separation from the soul, and the soul from its Source Above.
So what do you love? Look at your worries and you will know. If you seethe in worry over you...
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