ב"ה
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.
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…
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.
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?
How much do you know about Miriam, one of the most important woman in the Torah?
Parshah
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.
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.
The story begins with the men engaged in conversation when a fruit was brought to them.
Video
Bonds of Love
Our sages teach that the Holy Temple was destroyed because of the baseless hatred that Jews harbored towards one another. It follows then, that rectifying that problem will be the catalyst for rebuilding it. And Speedily.
Our sages teach that the Holy Temple was destroyed because of the baseless hatred that Jews harbored towards one another. It follows then, that rectifying that problem will be the catalyst for rebuilding it. And Speedily.
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.
The closest Jewish community was six hours away in Brisbane; I didn’t believe I had ever met a single Jewish person.
Lifestyle
"I will make your progeny like the dust of the earth" (G-d's blessing to Abraham, Genesis 13:17). Just as the dust of the earth is from one end of the world to the other, so, too, will your children be scattered from one end of the world to the other. Just as dust is treaded upon by all, so, too, your children are destined to be treaded upon by the nations. Just as the dust of the earth is made fertile only with water, so, too, the people of Israel are blessed only in the merit of the Torah which is analogous to water. Just as dust erodes all metal utensils while it itself lasts forever, so is it with Israel: all idolatrous nations disintegrate, while they persist.
— Midrash Rabbah
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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