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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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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."
The Maggid announced: "There is a Jew who does not have matzah, and I cannot search for chametz until we find him."
Video
Parshah
The Secret of the Laver
When a ray of light hits a mirror, it bounces off the polished surface and reverses its course.
When a ray of light hits a mirror, it bounces off the polished surface and reverses its course.
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.
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.
Schmaltz—rendered chicken fat—was an important part of Eastern-European Jewish cuisine.
When laying siege on a city to conquer it, we do not surround it from all four sides, but only from three sides, leaving a way to escape for anyone who wishes to flee for his life. As it is written: "And they warred against Midian, as G-d commanded Moses" (Numbers 31:7)--it has been handed down by tradition that this is what G-d had commanded him.
— Maimonides' Mishneh Torah, Laws of Kings and their Wars, 6:7
Print Magazine
Blind faith cannot grasp Truth, because it does not grasp anything at all.
Intellect cannot grasp Truth, because intellect is finite and Truth is infinite.
Only the eye of the soul, its inner wisdom, can grasp Truth and know it as she knows her own self.
For she is Truth.
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