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Your Questions
Why Is There Antisemitism?
Anti-Semites make all sorts of contradictory statements about why they hate Jews. At their core, those who hate others actually hate themselves.
Anti-Semites make all sorts of contradictory statements about why they hate Jews. At their core, those who hate others actually hate themselves.
Why Was Samuel Upset by the Request for a King
And why did G‑d deem the request a rejection, when appointing a king is entirely legitimate according to the Torah?
And why did G‑d deem the request a rejection, when appointing a king is entirely legitimate according to the Torah?
By the Numbers
7 Inspiring Jewish Lessons From Fish
The zodiac sign of Adar is fish. What can we learn from these aquatic creatures?
The zodiac sign of Adar is fish. What can we learn from these aquatic creatures?
British Jewry Quiz
Take this quiz to see how well you know the Jewish community of the United Kingdom.
Take this quiz to see how well you know the Jewish community of the United Kingdom.
Parshah
From Nice to Nasty and Back
The person you shared coffee with in the morning is now competition, and you’ll cut him down at the first opportunity.
The person you shared coffee with in the morning is now competition, and you’ll cut him down at the first opportunity.
Braveheart or Wiseheart?
"Wise-hearted" sounds contradictory. Wisdom is a faculty of the mind, but the heart is the seat of our emotions.
"Wise-hearted" sounds contradictory. Wisdom is a faculty of the mind, but the heart is the seat of our emotions.
Voices
Would You Give Your Car to a Stranger?
“I filled my car with diesel fuel instead of regular, and now it won’t start!”
“I filled my car with diesel fuel instead of regular, and now it won’t start!”
A Visit to the Past: Connecting With My Departed Grandparents
I needed a complete understanding of all the places I could reach out to my precious grandparents, and find them waiting for and available to me.
I needed a complete understanding of all the places I could reach out to my precious grandparents, and find them waiting for and available to me.
Video
A Jewish Leader’s Greatest Calling – Education
The ultimate cause for salvation was the fact that Mordechai gathered 22,000 Jewish children and taught them Torah. The Lesson: The most important thing is to teach Jewish children Torah, regardless of one’s lofty position or community involvement.
The ultimate cause for salvation was the fact that Mordechai gathered 22,000 Jewish children and taught them Torah. The Lesson: The most important thing is to teach Jewish children Torah, regardless of one’s lofty position or community involvement.
Story
Why Were the Innkeeper's Blessings Fulfilled?
Rumors began to circulate that whenever the innkeeper gave a blessing, it would materialize. People began frequenting his inn just to receive a blessing for whatever they needed.
Rumors began to circulate that whenever the innkeeper gave a blessing, it would materialize. People began frequenting his inn just to receive a blessing for whatever they needed.
Two things preceded G-d's creation of the world: Torah and Israel. Still, I do not know which preceded which. But when Torah states, "Speak to the children of Israel", "Command the children of Israel" -- I know that Israel preceded all
— Midrash Tana d'Vei Eliyahu Rabbah 14
Print Magazine
Blind faith cannot grasp Truth, because it does not grasp anything at all.
Intellect cannot grasp Truth, because intellect is finite and Truth is infinite.
Only the eye of the soul, its inner wisdom, can grasp Truth and know it as she knows her own self.
For she is Truth.
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