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By the Numbers
13 Little-Known Jewish Funeral Traditions
The Jewish funeral is rich with customs and traditions ranging from well known to obscure.
The Jewish funeral is rich with customs and traditions ranging from well known to obscure.
9 Questions: Take the 9 Days Quiz
Here is a quick way to make sure you are up to speed on this special period and its significance.
Here is a quick way to make sure you are up to speed on this special period and its significance.
10 Things I Learned From My Friend Itty Ainsworth
Share the love you have with someone who needs it.
Share the love you have with someone who needs it.
Your Questions
Who Authored the Kinot Said on Tisha B'Av?
Some of the authors are well known, some are known by name only, and others are anonymous.
Some of the authors are well known, some are known by name only, and others are anonymous.
Tisha B’Av That Falls on Shabbat or Sunday
On Shabbat, all public displays of mourning are strictly prohibited. This causes changes in many of the Tisha B’Av laws and customs.
On Shabbat, all public displays of mourning are strictly prohibited. This causes changes in many of the Tisha B’Av laws and customs.
Teaching Self-Control
My ten-year-old is a sweet boy who is usually pleasant and polite. However, he has a habit of calling my daughter names even though he is aware how sensitive she is, and sometimes, when he gets excited, he will grab her around the neck and squeeze her a little too hard.
My ten-year-old is a sweet boy who is usually pleasant and polite. However, he has a habit of calling my daughter names even though he is aware how sensitive she is, and sometimes, when he gets excited, he will grab her around the neck and squeeze her a little too hard.
Parshah
Can You Travel Back in Time? Kind Of…
One of the most powerful tools we humans possess is the ability to rewrite our own past by reframing the story.
One of the most powerful tools we humans possess is the ability to rewrite our own past by reframing the story.
Criticism: Constructive or Counter Productive?
What’s the best way to influence people to modify their behavior?
What’s the best way to influence people to modify their behavior?
Essay
Make It Real
The vision which we see on Shabbat Chazon is to inspire a change so fundamental that we will turn that vision of the Third Temple into actual physical reality . . .
The vision which we see on Shabbat Chazon is to inspire a change so fundamental that we will turn that vision of the Third Temple into actual physical reality . . .
Colorblindness and the Tragedy of Tisha B’Av
Perhaps we were not just mourning the actual physical destruction of both Temples, but also our inability to imagine the world before this tragedy.
Perhaps we were not just mourning the actual physical destruction of both Temples, but also our inability to imagine the world before this tragedy.
Video
From a Mormon in Utah to a Jew in Wisconsin
Basya Edelstein shares her journey, as someone who grew up as a Mormon in Utah, to discover her place in Judaism.
Basya Edelstein shares her journey, as someone who grew up as a Mormon in Utah, to discover her place in Judaism.
The Center of Judaism
The verse states: “They shall build me a Temple, and I will dwell within them.” Our sages teach us that “within them” refers to every Jewish heart. Each and every single one of us, and the entire Jewish people, all share the mission of bringing the light of Judaism out to the entire world.
The verse states: “They shall build me a Temple, and I will dwell within them.” Our sages teach us that “within them” refers to every Jewish heart. Each and every single one of us, and the entire Jewish people, all share the mission of bringing the light of Judaism out to the entire world.
Jewish News
Life in this world is like walking on thin ice. Don't run -- you may stumble.
Do not slowly plod -- the ice may break. And certainly you shouldn't dance. The
only thing to do is to get across as quickly as possible.
— Rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir
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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