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Matot Massei

Essay
The Power of Love and Connection

We find ourselves faced with this intense duality in a single month: the happiest day and the saddest day within a week of each other.
By the Numbers
14 Facts About Syrian Jews

Learn about an ancient Jewish community that lives on in Israel, the U.S. and elsewhere…
10 Steps for Setting Your Soul Free

The first step is to remember that all of your symptoms are not the actual issue that needs to be addressed; they are the warning bells.
Take the Miriam Quiz

How much do you know about Miriam, one of the most important woman in the Torah?
Parshah
Hot Lava or Holy Living?

When darkness creeps into your life, turn on the light.
Flirting With Futility … or Embracing the Truth?

Jeremiah pleads with us to embrace the eternal spring of living waters—the authentic truths of Torah and the way of G‑d.
Jewish History
The Persian King, the Rabbi, and the Slave

The story begins with the men engaged in conversation when a fruit was brought to them.
Jewish News
Voices
My Long Trek Back to My Jewish Roots

The closest Jewish community was six hours away in Brisbane; I didn’t believe I had ever met a single Jewish person.
Lifestyle
Sabich Stuffed Eggplant

The Brit Milah (covenant of circumcision) impresses the quality of self-sacrifice in the Jew. Because he has already sacrificed a part of himself at a most early age, the Jew is prepared to give his very life to G-d.
— Keli Yakar
Print Magazine

Afterlife is a very rational, natural consequence of the order of things.
After all, nothing is ever lost—even the body only transforms into earth. But nothing is lost.

So too, the person you are is never lost. That person—that soul—only returns to its origin.

If your soul became acutely attached to the material worl...

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