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Matot-Massei
Your Questions
What If I Found Something in my Pocket on Shabbat?
Despite your best efforts, you’re carrying an item while walking on Shabbat. So what do you do?
Despite your best efforts, you’re carrying an item while walking on Shabbat. So what do you do?
The Bible Reads Like a Soap Opera!
I don't understand why there are constant ups and downs and such hardships in the Torah.
I don't understand why there are constant ups and downs and such hardships in the Torah.
Quiz
Parshah
How Two-and-a-Half Tribes Ended Up Over the Jordan
Learn how Moses gave the land east of the Jordan to Reuben, Gad, and half of Manassah, on one condition.
Learn how Moses gave the land east of the Jordan to Reuben, Gad, and half of Manassah, on one condition.
Women of Menasseh
Our mission is not merely to live a holy and wholesome life in Israel; rather, our task is to spread the holiness of Israel to the rest of the world.
Our mission is not merely to live a holy and wholesome life in Israel; rather, our task is to spread the holiness of Israel to the rest of the world.
Essay
What Sigmund Freud Knew (But Did Not Understand) About Jews
Sigmund Freud, the “father of psychology,” was secular in his professed beliefs and practices. Here is one deeply spiritual insight he knew but did not quite understand.
Sigmund Freud, the “father of psychology,” was secular in his professed beliefs and practices. Here is one deeply spiritual insight he knew but did not quite understand.
Video
A Chassidic Family in Turkey?
An interview with Rabbi Mendy and Chaya Chitrik, the Chabad shluchim living in Turkey.
An interview with Rabbi Mendy and Chaya Chitrik, the Chabad shluchim living in Turkey.
Story
From Cambodian Princess to Shabbat Queen
When the story broke that the daughter of a Cambodian princess was celebrating her bat mitzvah in Phnom Penh, the Jewish world wondered: Who is this Cambodian princess, and how did she become Jewish? Here is the story of Susie (Sarah Bracha) Koroghli, granddaughter of His Majesty King Sisowath Monivong, who ruled Cambodia from 1927 until his death in 1941.
When the story broke that the daughter of a Cambodian princess was celebrating her bat mitzvah in Phnom Penh, the Jewish world wondered: Who is this Cambodian princess, and how did she become Jewish? Here is the story of Susie (Sarah Bracha) Koroghli, granddaughter of His Majesty King Sisowath Monivong, who ruled Cambodia from 1927 until his death in 1941.
The Bookbinder in Heaven
Head bowed and cheeks burning, overwhelmed by a sense of self-disgust, I accepted the verdict.
Head bowed and cheeks burning, overwhelmed by a sense of self-disgust, I accepted the verdict.
The 30-Year-Old Letter That Made Me Cry
We may have been the first openly Torah-observant Jews to visit from outside the USSR in 70 years!
We may have been the first openly Torah-observant Jews to visit from outside the USSR in 70 years!
Melachah of the Week
I learned seven things from the thief: 1) What he does, he keeps to himself. 2) He is willing to take risks to attain his goal. 3) He does not distinguish between 'major' and 'minor' things, but takes equally exacting care of each and every detail. 4) He invests great effort in what he does. 5) He is swift. 6) He is always optimistic. 7) If at first he fails, he is back time and again for another try.
— Chassidic master Rabbi Zusha of Anipoli
Print Magazine
Yom Kippur is described in many ways. One very poignant description is that it is “once in a year.”
You see, the human soul is also described in many ways, with five different names, each describing a deeper level of her being. The fifth, deepest level is called yechidah, which means “one and unique.” Yechidah is th...
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