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Terumah
Video
The Sound of Silence
Silence can be the most devastating sound possible; yet at times also the most rewarding. How is your silence?
Silence can be the most devastating sound possible; yet at times also the most rewarding. How is your silence?
Your Questions
Why Read the Megillah Twice?
Why do we read the Megillah twice every Purim, once at night and once during the day?
Why do we read the Megillah twice every Purim, once at night and once during the day?
What Does Kaplan Mean?
Are the Kaplans priests? Are they all one family? And where did the name come from?
Are the Kaplans priests? Are they all one family? And where did the name come from?
By the Numbers
22 Yiddish Expressions About Telling the Truth
Truth is a prized quality in Judaism, to the point that Talmud calls it is G‑d’s own signature. Enjoy some Yiddish wisdom about this wonderful quality.
Truth is a prized quality in Judaism, to the point that Talmud calls it is G‑d’s own signature. Enjoy some Yiddish wisdom about this wonderful quality.
20 Ways to Increase Your Happiness in the Month of Adar
We all need to work to create a joyous atmosphere in our homes and in our lives. But before we can create the right atmospheres, we often have to adjust our attitudes.
We all need to work to create a joyous atmosphere in our homes and in our lives. But before we can create the right atmospheres, we often have to adjust our attitudes.
Parshah
Kissing G-d Outside
Spending so much time on the dark side makes one want the bright side that much more
Spending so much time on the dark side makes one want the bright side that much more
The First Crowdfunding Campaign
"The Tabernacle was based precisely on the totality of what the people have inside them, on each person’s generosity and capacity for giving: the small and the great, the rich and the generous. From the combination of all of them together, from top to bottom, a sanctuary is made, and in the entirety of what is built, G‑d’s glory resides."
"The Tabernacle was based precisely on the totality of what the people have inside them, on each person’s generosity and capacity for giving: the small and the great, the rich and the generous. From the combination of all of them together, from top to bottom, a sanctuary is made, and in the entirety of what is built, G‑d’s glory resides."
On the First Yarzeit of Covid’s Arrival, a Personal Letter
I remember when you were far away. You had that exotic-sounding name. They called you “Corona.”
I remember when you were far away. You had that exotic-sounding name. They called you “Corona.”
Story
The Faithful Innkeeper
The inn, meanwhile, had undergone a drastic reformation. With his son in charge, it was no longer a quiet and sleepy roadside tavern. The local nobility began to frequent the inn and held their meetings, parties, and events there.
The inn, meanwhile, had undergone a drastic reformation. With his son in charge, it was no longer a quiet and sleepy roadside tavern. The local nobility began to frequent the inn and held their meetings, parties, and events there.
The ‘Refuseniks’ Who Refused to Compromise on their Jewish Values
When Marina was pregnant, the KGB agents made us aware that if we did not give up our fight, neither Marina nor our future child would survive the labor.
When Marina was pregnant, the KGB agents made us aware that if we did not give up our fight, neither Marina nor our future child would survive the labor.
Letter of the Rebbe
America is no different!
— Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch, upon arriving in New York in 1940, insisting that the "New World" too, can be made a place that is hospitable to Torah and Judaism
Print Magazine
Afterlife is a very rational, natural consequence of the order of things.
After all, nothing is ever lost—even the body only transforms into earth. But nothing is lost.
So too, the person you are is never lost. That person—that soul—only returns to its origin.
If your soul became acutely attached to the material worl...
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