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Why Do We Cover Our Eyes for Shema?
It is crucial to have the proper intention when reciting the first verse of Shema, even more so than during other parts of prayer.
It is crucial to have the proper intention when reciting the first verse of Shema, even more so than during other parts of prayer.
What Is Hachnasat Kallah
Literally “bringing in the bride,” it refers to the mitzvah of providing bride and groom with all that they need to marry.
Literally “bringing in the bride,” it refers to the mitzvah of providing bride and groom with all that they need to marry.
Is Everyone Really Marriage Material?
The young women of Jerusalem had their priorities straight, and called upon the young men to focus on what is truly important.
The young women of Jerusalem had their priorities straight, and called upon the young men to focus on what is truly important.
By the Numbers
7 Lovely Activities You Can Do to Commemorate Tu B’Av
Since one of the focuses of Tu B’Av is marriage, think of someone who isn’t yet married. You can get together with a few people and brainstorm possible matches, shidduchim.
Since one of the focuses of Tu B’Av is marriage, think of someone who isn’t yet married. You can get together with a few people and brainstorm possible matches, shidduchim.
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On Harmony in Marriage
In the 1970s the Rebbe began a campaign to promote the observance of Family Purity in the Jewish community.
In the 1970s the Rebbe began a campaign to promote the observance of Family Purity in the Jewish community.
What Would You Do If You Weren't Afraid?
Michal Oshman, a successful executive at Tik Tok, shares how she suffered from anxiety and how that brought her to study Chassidut, observe mitzvot and write her best-selling book full of Jewish wisdom, What Would You Do If Your Weren't Afraid?
Michal Oshman, a successful executive at Tik Tok, shares how she suffered from anxiety and how that brought her to study Chassidut, observe mitzvot and write her best-selling book full of Jewish wisdom, What Would You Do If Your Weren't Afraid?
Truth is the middle path. An inclination to the right, to be overly stringent with oneself and find faults or sins not in accord with the truth, or an inclination to the left, to be overly indulgent, covering one's faults or being lenient in demands of G-d's service out of self-love -- both these ways are false.
— Rabbi Sholom DovBer of Lubavitch (1860-1920)
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For hundreds of years, perhaps since the beginning of Creation, a piece of the world has been waiting for your soul to purify and repair it.
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