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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.
Parshah
The following two steps are most critical to healing of all ailments, both physical and spiritual: a) to know that one is ill, and desire most fervently to be cured of one's malady; b) to know that one can be cured, with hope and absolute trust that, with G-d's help, one will indeed be cured of his sickness.
— Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch
Print Magazine
We don’t say a person “will be going to heaven.”
We say this person is “a child of the world to come.”
Heaven is not just somewhere you go.
It is something you carry with you.
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