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Terumah
By the Numbers
13 Facts About Jewish Leap Years
The Hebrew leap year ensures that the Jewish calendar remains true to the solar cycle
The Hebrew leap year ensures that the Jewish calendar remains true to the solar cycle
Take the Mishkan Quiz
How much do you know about this fundamental element of our nation’s spiritual life?
How much do you know about this fundamental element of our nation’s spiritual life?
Essay
Be Like a Fish: A Meditation for the Month of Adar
There is nothing that can hurt us, break us or be taken from us because when we are connected to our Creator, we are joined with the Source of all.
There is nothing that can hurt us, break us or be taken from us because when we are connected to our Creator, we are joined with the Source of all.
Overcoming Adversity
She Committed Crimes. Does She Belong in Prison?
A look at Aleph Institute's Alternative Sentencing Program.
A look at Aleph Institute's Alternative Sentencing Program.
Parshah
Why Read the Ketubah at the Wedding?
A ketubah is far from (just) a contract of love. In fact, it’s pretty much the exact opposite.
A ketubah is far from (just) a contract of love. In fact, it’s pretty much the exact opposite.
Stop and Notice the Red Camellia
Shabbat is so effective for me that my undistracted brain begins to coalesce in imaginative ideas and beautiful prose.
Shabbat is so effective for me that my undistracted brain begins to coalesce in imaginative ideas and beautiful prose.
Story
The Pit and the Prince
The pit is dark and deep, and the chances of the prince ever climbing out are slim-to-none.
The pit is dark and deep, and the chances of the prince ever climbing out are slim-to-none.
Rebbe Pinchas Koritzer (1725-1791)
Rebbe Pinchas Schapiro of Koritz was an early Chassidic master and a direct descendant of Rabbi Natan Schapio, author of the Megaleh Amukot.
Rebbe Pinchas Schapiro of Koritz was an early Chassidic master and a direct descendant of Rabbi Natan Schapio, author of the Megaleh Amukot.
Video
Constant Connection
“And they shall build for me a Sanctuary and I will dwell within them.” The Sages explain: “within them” – within the heart of every single Jew.
“And they shall build for me a Sanctuary and I will dwell within them.” The Sages explain: “within them” – within the heart of every single Jew.
Lifestyle
[Rabbi Yochanan] said to [his disciples]: Go and see which is the best trait for a person to acquire. Said Rabbi Eliezer: A good eye. Said Rabbi Joshua: A good friend. Said Rabbi Yossei: A good neighbor. Said Rabbi Shimon: To foresee what will be born. Said Rabbi Elazar: A good heart. Said He to them: I prefer the words of Elazar the son of Arach to yours, for his words include all of yours
— Ethics of the Fathers 2:10
Print Magazine
The sages say that all is in the hands of heaven except for the awe of heaven.
Which puts all the power in your hands.
Because if there is no awe of heaven, heaven is bankrupt. It owns nothing—not you, not your world, not anything at all.
That being so, the greatest power you have is your ability to surrender the delus...
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