ב"ה
Shoftim
By the Numbers
13 Elul Facts Every Jew Should Know
As we approach the High Holidays (Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur), we prepare for these holidays during the month of Elul.
As we approach the High Holidays (Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur), we prepare for these holidays during the month of Elul.
10 Questions: Take the Shofar Quiz
How well do you know the shofar? Take this quiz to test your shofar smarts!
How well do you know the shofar? Take this quiz to test your shofar smarts!
7 Steps to Help You Focus and Set Goals
Having as many options as we do does not contribute to our peace of mind or tranquility.
Having as many options as we do does not contribute to our peace of mind or tranquility.
Parshah
Escaping Dostoevsky's Polar Bear
It is natural and normal to experience anxiety and fear. The Chassidic masters provide a formula for exchanging it for positive, uplifting thoughts.
It is natural and normal to experience anxiety and fear. The Chassidic masters provide a formula for exchanging it for positive, uplifting thoughts.
The Unsolved Murder
A look at the unusual way Torah mandates that the community leaders respond to the finding of a murder victim out in the field.
A look at the unusual way Torah mandates that the community leaders respond to the finding of a murder victim out in the field.
The Mysterious Eglah Arufah (‘Decapitated Calf’)
The eglah arufah (“decapitated calf”) was performed when a murdered stranger was found out in the field and the killer was unknown.
The eglah arufah (“decapitated calf”) was performed when a murdered stranger was found out in the field and the killer was unknown.
Essay
Parenting
My Child Hates School
My son is a gifted student who suddenly hates school. He complains constantly and is very stressed out and anxious. He desperately wants to switch schools but I am not sure if that is really something we should consider mid year...
My son is a gifted student who suddenly hates school. He complains constantly and is very stressed out and anxious. He desperately wants to switch schools but I am not sure if that is really something we should consider mid year...
Lifestyle
Abraham was told that his descendents will be like the dust of the earth (Genesis 13:17), and as the stars of heaven (ibid. 15:5). So it is with Israel: When they fall, they will fall as low as the dust; when they rise, they will rise as high as the stars.
— Pesikta Zutrati
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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