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By the Numbers
25 Shabbat Facts Every Jew Should Know
Every week, for the 25 hours beginning just before sundown on Friday until after night has fallen on Saturday night, Jewish people celebrate Shabbat, a period of rest and spiritual rejuvenation.
Every week, for the 25 hours beginning just before sundown on Friday until after night has fallen on Saturday night, Jewish people celebrate Shabbat, a period of rest and spiritual rejuvenation.
7 Benefits of Toxic Interactions
You can always find something nice to say about a person if you play detective and look good and hard.
You can always find something nice to say about a person if you play detective and look good and hard.
Beware the Inner ‘Yes-Man’
Internal voices compete for our ears, and countless other external voices chime in as well.
Internal voices compete for our ears, and countless other external voices chime in as well.
Appreciate Your Blessings
Whether your life is a blessing or a curse can depend more on your own perspective than on the hard realities on the ground.
Whether your life is a blessing or a curse can depend more on your own perspective than on the hard realities on the ground.
Your Questions
Is Cleromancy (and Divination) Kosher?
Cleromancy is defined as “divination by means of casting lots.” Is it a Jewish concept, and is it permitted?
Cleromancy is defined as “divination by means of casting lots.” Is it a Jewish concept, and is it permitted?
The Story of Michal in the Bible
Michal was elevated to a position of great privilege and earned David's ire by rebuking him for what she considered unbecoming behavior for a monarch.
Michal was elevated to a position of great privilege and earned David's ire by rebuking him for what she considered unbecoming behavior for a monarch.
School Transitions
My oldest daughter just began first grade and is having a really hard time. She cries all the way to school and when I drop her off. It is heartbreaking. On top of that, my kindergartner has begun to act out on the way to school also...
My oldest daughter just began first grade and is having a really hard time. She cries all the way to school and when I drop her off. It is heartbreaking. On top of that, my kindergartner has begun to act out on the way to school also...
Essay
How to Live on Manna From Heaven
Those who learn to be empty, to rely always on G‑d's blessing, gain satisfaction from every meal.
Those who learn to be empty, to rely always on G‑d's blessing, gain satisfaction from every meal.
Video
Engineering Light
The windows in the Temple were designed to be narrow on the inside and wide on the outside, representing the fact that its purpose is to shine outward and share the light with the rest of the world. The goblets in the Temple Menorah also symbolize this idea.
The windows in the Temple were designed to be narrow on the inside and wide on the outside, representing the fact that its purpose is to shine outward and share the light with the rest of the world. The goblets in the Temple Menorah also symbolize this idea.
How to Paint a Havdalah Set
Watch an art video showing how to make a beautiful painting of a Havdalah set—the candle, cup of wine and spices.
Watch an art video showing how to make a beautiful painting of a Havdalah set—the candle, cup of wine and spices.
Lifestyle
The three loves -- love of G-d, love of Torah and love of one's fellow -- are one. One cannot differentiate between them, for they are of a single essence... And since they are of a single essence, each one embodies all three.
— The Lubavitcher Rebbe
Print Magazine
Nobody believed Noah. But Abraham, some say, convinced most of his generation.
Noah talked as someone who followed a tradition of the past. Abraham described how he had discovered G-d on his own.
Teach like Abraham.
Likutei Sichot vol. 20, pg. 13ff.
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