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Your Questions
Can Animals Sense the Paranormal?
From being able to detect certain illnesses to exhibiting strange behaviors days before an earthquake, animals exhibit extraordinary senses.
From being able to detect certain illnesses to exhibiting strange behaviors days before an earthquake, animals exhibit extraordinary senses.
Who Was Ravshakeh, Who Insulted King Hezekiah?
The Talmud states that Ravshakeh was a Jewish apostate, meaning a renegade Jew who had disowned his own religion and people.
The Talmud states that Ravshakeh was a Jewish apostate, meaning a renegade Jew who had disowned his own religion and people.
By the Numbers
11 Facts About the 17 Tammuz Fast Day
The 17th day of Tammuz will one day morph from sadness to joy and gladness.
The 17th day of Tammuz will one day morph from sadness to joy and gladness.
13 Powerful Pictures That Illuminate the Arrest and Liberation of the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe
An international diplomatic crisis heightened the threat to the Rebbe’s life and helped secure his deliverance.
An international diplomatic crisis heightened the threat to the Rebbe’s life and helped secure his deliverance.
Parshah
Alone, but Not Lonely
The Jewish people have been very much alone throughout history, and that hasn’t changed.
The Jewish people have been very much alone throughout history, and that hasn’t changed.
Counting Other People’s Money
At each of their stops over their forty-year trek, the people made sure to erect their tents in a modest arrangement. Apparently, it was this exceptionally sensitive quality amongst them that made it impossible for Balaam to harm them.
At each of their stops over their forty-year trek, the people made sure to erect their tents in a modest arrangement. Apparently, it was this exceptionally sensitive quality amongst them that made it impossible for Balaam to harm them.
Video
G-d's Fingerprints in a Simple Seed
A Jewish scientist discusses the hand of G-d in the synchronized complexities in planting an orange…
A Jewish scientist discusses the hand of G-d in the synchronized complexities in planting an orange…
Can a Marriage Survive and Thrive Through Depression and Anxiety?
One month into marriage, Rabbi Ariel Margulies was suffering from depression and anxiety. Today, he and his wife Chana have built a beautiful, strong marriage and authored a book together called, "Thank You For Being You." They share insights into their raw and honest soul trek.
One month into marriage, Rabbi Ariel Margulies was suffering from depression and anxiety. Today, he and his wife Chana have built a beautiful, strong marriage and authored a book together called, "Thank You For Being You." They share insights into their raw and honest soul trek.
Personal Experiences
Hearing Voices
When you talk to G‑d, it is prayer, but when G‑d talks to you, you need a psychiatrist.
When you talk to G‑d, it is prayer, but when G‑d talks to you, you need a psychiatrist.
On Neurological Pain, Suffering and an Indigenous Tribe’s Coming of Age Ceremony
Our suffering is often compounded by our inability to reconcile any purpose for the suffering.
Our suffering is often compounded by our inability to reconcile any purpose for the suffering.
Lifestyle
Each part of a niggun (chassidic melody) should be sung twice; the first time traces a form, the second carves deep into the soul
— Rabbi Sholom DovBer of Lubavitch (1860-1920)
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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