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Tzav

By the Numbers
13 Maror Facts Every Jew Should Know

Maror is the bitter herb, often horseradish or romaine lettuce. Eaten at the Passover Seder, it recalls the bitterness of Egyptian slavery.
My Top 18 Thank You’s to My Husband

Thanking our spouses often might not feel genuine at first, but we usually have no problem thanking cashiers, postal workers and strangers. Surely, we should aim to extend this kindness to our own partners in life.
Take the Passover History Quiz

Do you know the history of the Passover celebration. Here's your chance to find out!
Essay
How Moses Saved Egyptian Civilization

Wherever your soul has taken you, there must be something of profound value that you uncovered there.
Who Composed the ‘Kadesh Urchatz’ Rhyme?

This classic poem is attributed to Rashi. The Kabbalists, including Rabbi Yitzchak Luria (Arizal), saw deep, esoteric meanings and lessons embedded in its seemingly simple words.
Celebrating 11 Nissan
Two Remarkable Visits to the Ohel

Marina and I also committed to returning to the Rebbe’s Ohel a year after this visit. We pledged that our second trip would be a celebration of Marina’s victory over her illness.
The Stroke of a Pen

The Rebbe sent him to fetch a pen, and he ended up getting more than he could have expected.
Story
The Scandalous (Re)Marriage of Yakuta From Tripoli

She had been forced into marriage, enslaved, and exiled. Would she finally be allowed to start a family?
The Tailor Who Had No Matzah

The Maggid announced: "There is a Jew who does not have matzah, and I cannot search for chametz until we find him."
Parshah
The Secret of the Laver

When a ray of light hits a mirror, it bounces off the polished surface and reverses its course.
Day People Vs Night People

For Your Tzav Hakhel Group (PDF)
This weekly study packet is part of theJewishwoman.org “Be a Leader” initiative. Print it out and learn it with your study group.
Lifestyle
How to Make Schmaltz (Rendered Chicken Fat) and Gribbenes

Schmaltz—rendered chicken fat—was an important part of Eastern-European Jewish cuisine.
A person should take leave of his friend only with a word of halachah (Torah law), for through this he will remember him
— Talmud, Berachot 31a
Print Magazine

In the future, says the prophet Isaiah, we will be consoled. Doubly consoled.

Because true consolation does not mean the anger and the wrath have passed, and now we can come out of hiding.

True consolation does not mean that everything is healed and now we are back together.

True consolation means to truly know t...

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