ב"ה
Shemot
Parshah
From Back-Breaking Labor to Mind-Bending Liberation
Dear G‑d, why is life so challenging? Why are You being so hard on me?
Dear G‑d, why is life so challenging? Why are You being so hard on me?
Essay
The Daily Time to Escape This World (and Return With Greater Vigor)
After praying with such fervor, the soul feels able and determined to return to its daily tasks.
After praying with such fervor, the soul feels able and determined to return to its daily tasks.
Everything Is Constantly Rising Higher and Nothing You Can Do Can Stop It
Along the route of every bad turn, a new path of even greater ascent has just opened.
Along the route of every bad turn, a new path of even greater ascent has just opened.
Story
The Hum
It's on one of those days when the hum is thrumming in my ears and my nerves are demanding action that I take a walk through the city.
It's on one of those days when the hum is thrumming in my ears and my nerves are demanding action that I take a walk through the city.
By the Numbers
11 Fascinating Facts about Jochebed, Mother of Moses
Learn about the mother of Aaron, Miriam and Moses.
Learn about the mother of Aaron, Miriam and Moses.
10 Questions: Take the Jewish Gravestone Quiz
How much do you know about Jewish Gravestones? Take this quiz to find out!
How much do you know about Jewish Gravestones? Take this quiz to find out!
Your Questions
Why Mother’s Name for Prayers and Father’s Name for Aliyah?
You may have noticed that when we call someone by his or her Hebrew name, there are two variations. Why?
You may have noticed that when we call someone by his or her Hebrew name, there are two variations. Why?
Issues
People Can Be So Insensitive
I thought of bottling my emotions like I have a thousand times before, but as I was busy debating, I heard my own voice speak, almost on its own accord.
I thought of bottling my emotions like I have a thousand times before, but as I was busy debating, I heard my own voice speak, almost on its own accord.
The Benefits of Taking a Drive With Your Teenager
How can a parent fully explain their love for their child?
How can a parent fully explain their love for their child?
Shabbat Law of the Week
Sotair - Demolishing
Demolishing a structure to rebuild it is forbidden on Shabbat and constitutes the av melachah of Sotair.
Demolishing a structure to rebuild it is forbidden on Shabbat and constitutes the av melachah of Sotair.
Lifestyle
Edible Bricks for Parshat Shemot
Have fun making these edible bricks while learning about this week's Torah portion.
Have fun making these edible bricks while learning about this week's Torah portion.
"The voice is the voice of Jacob"--no prayer is effective unless the seed of Jacob has a part in it. "The hands are the hands of Esau"--no war is successful unless the seed of Esau has a share in it.
— Talmud
Print Magazine
You don't learn by having faith. You learn by questioning, by challenging, by re-examining everything you've ever believed.
And yet, all this is a matter of faith
—the faith that there is a truth to be found.
It is another paradox: To truly question, you must truly have faith.
New on Chabad.org