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Behar

14 Facts About the Zohar

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13 Tips: How to Celebrate Lag BaOmer

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Take the Tallit Quiz

Do you know the ins and outs of the Jewish prayer shawl? Take this quiz to find out.
Parshah
Aspire Higher!

if we lift ourselves up just a little higher, we can see how small the world really is.
Spiritual Orphanhood

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The Jewish Woman: Beauty

A Fashion Entrepreneur’s Journey to Shabbat and Faith

As the daughter of Max Azria of the BCBG fashion empire, Joyce's life revolved around the pursuit of materialism until she began her own spiritual journey--to a life imbued with the beauty of Shabbat, mitzvot, and faith in G-d.
Rabbi Shimon’s Joy

On Lag B’omer, Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai proclaimed: “This is the day of my rejoicing!” What was it that made Rabbi Shimon so joyful?
Wanting Love and Approval, and Learning I Didn’t Need It

I was grateful I got to love myself and them and every precious moment of our time together, instead of just needing them to like me.
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The Reluctant Rebbe

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Lifestyle
How to Eat Carob (and Why We Eat it on Lag BaOmer)

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Edible Fruit Trees for Parshat Behar

Here's a fun treat for this week's Torah portion!
He who lifts his hand against his fellow, even if he did not strike him, is called wicked
— Talmud, Sanhedrin 58b
Print Magazine

It all began with an unbounded light
that filled all and left no room for a world to be.

Then that light was withheld
so that the world might be created in the resulting void.

Then the world was created,
with the purpose of returning to that original state of light
—yet to remain a world.

That is something greater ...

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