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Question of the Week
Can I Secretly Monitor My Child’s Social Media?
He is very protective of his privacy, but not wise enough to navigate the world of social media on his own.
He is very protective of his privacy, but not wise enough to navigate the world of social media on his own.
By the Numbers
Rachel in the Bible
Along with Sarah (wife of Abraham), Rebecca (wife of Isaac), and Leah (her sister and fellow wife of Jacob), Rachel is one of the four mothers of the Jewish people.
Along with Sarah (wife of Abraham), Rebecca (wife of Isaac), and Leah (her sister and fellow wife of Jacob), Rachel is one of the four mothers of the Jewish people.
10 Questions: Take the Biblical Cities Quiz
Do you know Jerusalem from Jericho and Nineveh from Nob? This is your chance to find out!
Do you know Jerusalem from Jericho and Nineveh from Nob? This is your chance to find out!
Parshah
How Could Abraham Let Sarah Be Abducted?
Abraham’s plan would effectively remove himself from Pharaoh’s hit list . . . and make Sarah available for Pharaoh’s hedonistic abuse! Talk about a lack of chivalry! Is this Abraham, the first Jewish husband and the ultimate mentch?
Abraham’s plan would effectively remove himself from Pharaoh’s hit list . . . and make Sarah available for Pharaoh’s hedonistic abuse! Talk about a lack of chivalry! Is this Abraham, the first Jewish husband and the ultimate mentch?
The Isolationists of Sodom and Gomorrah
It turns out that the greatest need of all is not to be needed, but to need others.
It turns out that the greatest need of all is not to be needed, but to need others.
Prayer
Video
The Very Last Jew
In Temple times, Jews from far and wide would make the annual pilgrimage to Jerusalem to celebrate the festival of Sukkos. The last of them would return home some two weeks after the festival on the seventh of Cheshvan, and the prayer for rain was delayed until then.
In Temple times, Jews from far and wide would make the annual pilgrimage to Jerusalem to celebrate the festival of Sukkos. The last of them would return home some two weeks after the festival on the seventh of Cheshvan, and the prayer for rain was delayed until then.
Two Powerful Ideas That Changed the Jewish Psyche
The Rebbe taught the path toward personal and global transformation by introducing new paradigms, which alter the way we think, and personify true Jewish leadership. (A talk from the virtual event “Transcend and Transform” by Merkos 302)
The Rebbe taught the path toward personal and global transformation by introducing new paradigms, which alter the way we think, and personify true Jewish leadership. (A talk from the virtual event “Transcend and Transform” by Merkos 302)
Story
The Odd Prayer and the Lost Bandit
“Oh Eliyahu, you’ve stopped praying with me, said the Baal Shem Tov. “Let me tell you why I repeated that verse over and over.”
“Oh Eliyahu, you’ve stopped praying with me, said the Baal Shem Tov. “Let me tell you why I repeated that verse over and over.”
She Never Knew Her Great-Great-Grandma Was Jewish
We can count the number of apples on an apple tree, but we can never know how many trees will grow from the seeds hidden in each apple.
We can count the number of apples on an apple tree, but we can never know how many trees will grow from the seeds hidden in each apple.
Melachah of the Week
Spinning and Four Steps of Weaving
After wool has been dyed it is ready to be spun and woven into fabric. Here is how it is done.
After wool has been dyed it is ready to be spun and woven into fabric. Here is how it is done.
Lifestyle
Rabbi Elazar of Bartosa would say: Give Him what is His, for you, and whatever is yours, are His. As David says (I Chronicles 29:14): "For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we give to You..."
— Ethics of the Fathers 3:7
Print Magazine
Blind faith cannot grasp Truth, because it does not grasp anything at all.
Intellect cannot grasp Truth, because intellect is finite and Truth is infinite.
Only the eye of the soul, its inner wisdom, can grasp Truth and know it as she knows her own self.
For she is Truth.
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