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By the Numbers
14 Kosher Myths and Facts
Are you ready to challenge some of the things you’ve always thought to be true about the Jewish dietary laws? Let’s begin!
Are you ready to challenge some of the things you’ve always thought to be true about the Jewish dietary laws? Let’s begin!
Essay
Is Passover Headed Towards Obsolescence?
Just the other day, you did something that will last forever.
Just the other day, you did something that will last forever.
Parshah
Stop Thinking and Start Doing
Sometimes, it’s time to put the self-help books aside and jump into the action.
Sometimes, it’s time to put the self-help books aside and jump into the action.
The Unique Place
Why was the Tabernacle erected in the wilderness, a seemingly inopportune time and setting for such an endeavor?
Why was the Tabernacle erected in the wilderness, a seemingly inopportune time and setting for such an endeavor?
Your Questions
Why Does the Jewish Calendar Follow the Moon?
Our sages tell us that the Jews count based on the moon and are compared to the moon.
Our sages tell us that the Jews count based on the moon and are compared to the moon.
What Does the Jewish Last Name Cohen Mean?
The name Cohen is common among both Sephardim and Ashkenazim, making it one of the most widespread Jewish names of all time.
The name Cohen is common among both Sephardim and Ashkenazim, making it one of the most widespread Jewish names of all time.
Video
The Secret of the Jewish Leap Year
The solar year is longer than the lunar year. The seasons are determined by the movement of the sun. But the Jewish people set their months and festivals by the moon. Every few years, we add a thirteenth month to synchronize the two cycles.
The solar year is longer than the lunar year. The seasons are determined by the movement of the sun. But the Jewish people set their months and festivals by the moon. Every few years, we add a thirteenth month to synchronize the two cycles.
Coming Home: 65-Year-Old Hidden Jew Celebrates His Bar Mitzvah
Discarding all documents and photographs that might reveal the family’s Jewish ties, they refused to discuss their lives prior to arriving at Ellis Island.
Discarding all documents and photographs that might reveal the family’s Jewish ties, they refused to discuss their lives prior to arriving at Ellis Island.
Story
The Rebbe Who Did Not Praise
When I was newly married and living with my in-laws in Kotzk, I fell ill to the point of no return. The family sent word to my father in Biala that he should come immediately.
When I was newly married and living with my in-laws in Kotzk, I fell ill to the point of no return. The family sent word to my father in Biala that he should come immediately.
Lifestyle
Moses was afflicted with a speech impairment so that no one should think that his success in transmitting the Torah to the world was due to his oratory skills.
— Derashot HaRan
Print Magazine
The sages say that all is in the hands of heaven except for the awe of heaven.
Which puts all the power in your hands.
Because if there is no awe of heaven, heaven is bankrupt. It owns nothing—not you, not your world, not anything at all.
That being so, the greatest power you have is your ability to surrender the delus...
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