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Your Questions
Who Was Apostomus, Who Burned a Torah Scroll?
The Mishnah tells us that he burned a Torah scroll on 17 Tammuz. Who was he, and why was this so significant?
The Mishnah tells us that he burned a Torah scroll on 17 Tammuz. Who was he, and why was this so significant?
By the Numbers
10 Questions: Take the Books of the Bible Quiz
Do you know Genesis from Jeremiah, and Leviticus from Lamentations? Here’s your chance to test your smarts.
Do you know Genesis from Jeremiah, and Leviticus from Lamentations? Here’s your chance to test your smarts.
Women
Abigail, King David and the Secret of the Black Halo
The black holes that G‑d sends our way are not always easy to avoid.
The black holes that G‑d sends our way are not always easy to avoid.
Why the Jewish People Await Moshiach
There’s a secret reason the Jewish people have always wanted Moshiach, and that reason is very relevant to your life, right here, and right now.
There’s a secret reason the Jewish people have always wanted Moshiach, and that reason is very relevant to your life, right here, and right now.
Video
Never Too Young
Long before his bar mitzvah, the Previous Rebbe was already preoccupied with doing acts of kindness. At age eleven he established a free-loan fund, allowing him to help the needy in a dignified manner.
Long before his bar mitzvah, the Previous Rebbe was already preoccupied with doing acts of kindness. At age eleven he established a free-loan fund, allowing him to help the needy in a dignified manner.
Jews by Choice, Not by Birth
Rifka and Shalom Chilungu share their story of their path to embracing Judaism, their inspiration and challenges, and what it's like to raise their children as a bi-racial couple.
Rifka and Shalom Chilungu share their story of their path to embracing Judaism, their inspiration and challenges, and what it's like to raise their children as a bi-racial couple.
Story
The Man Who Sold His Place In Heaven
“My pockets are practically empty,” the man said. “I only have one coin left.”
“My pockets are practically empty,” the man said. “I only have one coin left.”
Essay
Nothing More Upright Than a Crooked Ladder
The goal is a month or so at this center, then sober living, and then home.
The goal is a month or so at this center, then sober living, and then home.
Melachah of the Week
Boneh - Building
Assembling and building a permanent structure is forbidden on Shabbat, and is the av melachah of Boneh.
Assembling and building a permanent structure is forbidden on Shabbat, and is the av melachah of Boneh.
Lifestyle
"Miriam... took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances..." (Song at the Sea, Exodus 15:20) How did the Israelites have tambourines in the desert? But the righteous women of that generation were certain that G-d will perform miracles for them, and they prepared tambourines and dances while still in Egypt...
— Midrash Mechiilta; Rashi on verse
Print Magazine
A Torah scroll is a high-precision document.
Journey deep inside the mysteries of this scroll and you will discover an amazing network of words and letters similar to the neuro-network of a human being.
Each letter of the scroll is a world of its own, surrounded by its own white space, without any other letter touch...
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