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Why Were the Temples Destroyed?
Learn the reasons given by the sages, as well as what they mean to us today.
Learn the reasons given by the sages, as well as what they mean to us today.
Faith After Surfside
It is a pain we must feel, a pain that must be healed, until we have healed humanity itself. Until no such tragedy could ever happen again.
It is a pain we must feel, a pain that must be healed, until we have healed humanity itself. Until no such tragedy could ever happen again.
Parshah
The Daily Grind and the Daily Lamb
You see, religious life is thankfully full of high-voltage, electric moments. Such moments are indeed important, and it’s safe to say that no person, no matter how pious or devout, could survive without them. The problem is that such moments are not constant.
You see, religious life is thankfully full of high-voltage, electric moments. Such moments are indeed important, and it’s safe to say that no person, no matter how pious or devout, could survive without them. The problem is that such moments are not constant.
Why Orphans Are Not Made to Give Charity
What happens in a situation where a person has income but is in a physical or mental state that renders him unable to fulfill his charitable obligations? Is he exempt from being charitable, or must others contribute from his resources on his behalf?
What happens in a situation where a person has income but is in a physical or mental state that renders him unable to fulfill his charitable obligations? Is he exempt from being charitable, or must others contribute from his resources on his behalf?
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G-d’s Chosen Home
When Maimonides discusses the biblical commandment to build a Sanctuary for G-d, he quotes the verse “Build for me a Holy Temple.” Accordingly, he should have called the section of his code that deals with the Temple “Laws of the Holy Temple.” Why does he instead call them “Laws of the Chosen House”?
When Maimonides discusses the biblical commandment to build a Sanctuary for G-d, he quotes the verse “Build for me a Holy Temple.” Accordingly, he should have called the section of his code that deals with the Temple “Laws of the Holy Temple.” Why does he instead call them “Laws of the Chosen House”?
Essay
Braiding Challah and Learning Torah in the Rebbetzin’s Kitchen in Japan
The rebbetzin made herself available to me, despite having not a free second for herself.
The rebbetzin made herself available to me, despite having not a free second for herself.
Judging a Stranger Favorably at the Cemetery in Tzfat
I signal her for a ride but she seems to be ignoring me. What nerve! She is sitting comfortably in her nearly empty, air-conditioned car and is patently ignoring me.
I signal her for a ride but she seems to be ignoring me. What nerve! She is sitting comfortably in her nearly empty, air-conditioned car and is patently ignoring me.
By the Numbers
Take the 17 Tammuz Quiz
Here is a quick way to make sure you are up to speed on this special day and its significance.
Here is a quick way to make sure you are up to speed on this special day and its significance.
Story
Promises Fulfilled: Buried Near the Shaagas Aryeh
The men of the chevra kadisha were not inclined to believe him, and did not plan to honor his request.
The men of the chevra kadisha were not inclined to believe him, and did not plan to honor his request.
Go and gather all the Jews who are in Shushan, and fast for my sake, do not eat and do not drink for three days, night and day... Then I shall go to the king, though it is unlawful, and if I perish, I perish
— Esther to Mordechai (Book of Esther 4:16)
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Blind faith cannot grasp Truth, because it does not grasp anything at all.
Intellect cannot grasp Truth, because intellect is finite and Truth is infinite.
Only the eye of the soul, its inner wisdom, can grasp Truth and know it as she knows her own self.
For she is Truth.
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