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Vayakhel-Pekudei
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.
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
A man without a woman is not an "Adam" ("Man"). For it is written (Genesis 5:2),
"Male and female He created them... and He called their name Adam."
— Rabbi Elazer (quoted in the Talmud, Yevamot 63a)
Print Magazine
Everything about the Rebbe was pure kindness. Even his idea of “hell” was as kind and generous as could be:
People have a misconception of Hell. Let me tell you what Hell really is.
Hell is a spiritual place where everything that exists in our world exists, but in an infinite way. So, whatever you chased after in this...
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