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Your Questions
How Did Brisket Become a Rosh Hashanah Tradition?

Where does this tradition come from, and does it have any true significance?
Criticized by Family Members for Becoming Religious

They think that the laws are stupid and separate me from them. And sometimes, I think that they’re right! I feel so alone and it makes me question the journey that I am on.
Parshah
The Obligation to Emulate G-d

Aside from the commandment to act with compassion and kindness, there is a commandment to do so with the appropriate motivation.
Can Everyone Be Happy?

How can the Torah expect everyone to be giddy about their chance to serve G-d? What if I’m not?
By the Numbers
15 Facts About the Baal Shem Tov

He spent much time roaming the forest, admiring G‑d’s pristine creations.
10 Tashlich Facts Every Jew Should Know

Get up to speed on this Rosh Hashanah afternoon ritual
A Short History of Bringing Shofar to the Streets

Voices
What My Mother, the ‘Mikvah Lady,’ Taught Me About Chassidic Feminism

Celebrating femininity is celebrating the Divine.
A Tale of Two Tragedies ... and a Response

While one situation is shockingly newsworthy (and apparently, one is not), death is death. And when death comes crashing down in a sudden unforeseen moment, it should be shocking.
This is what man is all about; this is the purpose of His creation and of the creation of all the worlds, supernal and lowly - to make for G-d a dwelling in the physical world
— Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi
Print Magazine

Sometimes you feel like you’re going about life as just another grain of dust blown by the wind.

You get to your home and there’s a mezuzah on the door.

You are a Jew. You are the Jewish people.

You are Abraham. You are Sarah. You are every Jew who has ever lived.

You, your family, your home, every moment of y...

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