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By the Numbers
Take the Jewish Heroines Quiz
How much do you know about the brave, wise, faithful and resourceful women who have shaped our nation’s destiny?
How much do you know about the brave, wise, faithful and resourceful women who have shaped our nation’s destiny?
Your Questions
Must One Honor Abusive Parents?
There are many kinds and levels of abuse, and different people can cope with and tolerate different situations and relationships.
There are many kinds and levels of abuse, and different people can cope with and tolerate different situations and relationships.
Parshah
How Did the Mission of the Twelve Spies Go So Wrong?
Moses felt that the Israelites had no reason to fear the inhabitants, as they had all seen the great miracles wrought against the much more powerful Egyptians.
Moses felt that the Israelites had no reason to fear the inhabitants, as they had all seen the great miracles wrought against the much more powerful Egyptians.
Defeating the Inner Defeatist
Who hasn’t been faced with a task and then spent needless amounts of time coming up with creative reasons why it’s going to be too hard?
Who hasn’t been faced with a task and then spent needless amounts of time coming up with creative reasons why it’s going to be too hard?
Voices
The Unplanned Trip to the Gym That Turned Into a Spiritual Workout
One never knows the twists and turns that life can bring—the chance meetings that turn into lifelong friendships and opportunities beyond measure.
One never knows the twists and turns that life can bring—the chance meetings that turn into lifelong friendships and opportunities beyond measure.
I Chose Shabbat Over a Rocket Launch
We had committed time and money to this event, yet we would have to miss it because driving to watch the launch on Shabbat was not an option.
We had committed time and money to this event, yet we would have to miss it because driving to watch the launch on Shabbat was not an option.
Have I Hit Rock Bottom Yet?
What if I am only partially crushed? Is that enough for the healing and recovery to begin?
What if I am only partially crushed? Is that enough for the healing and recovery to begin?
Story
Summoned by a Soul
Eventually, the stress affected the butcher, and he died broken-hearted and exhausted.
Eventually, the stress affected the butcher, and he died broken-hearted and exhausted.
Shabbat Law of the Week
With patience and friendliness we can prevail in all things, with G-d's help. With a denigrating attitude toward others and inflating our own importance we lose everything, G-d forbid.
— Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch (Hayom Yom, Iyar 20)
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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