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Acharei-Kedoshim
By the Numbers
18 Facts About Rabbi Akiva
Akiva started at the very beginning, learning the Hebrew alphabet alongside his son, and went on to be foremost rabbi in the post-Temple era.
Akiva started at the very beginning, learning the Hebrew alphabet alongside his son, and went on to be foremost rabbi in the post-Temple era.
10 Questions: Take the Patriarchs and Matriarchs Quiz
How much do you know about the men and women who shaped the course of history forever?
How much do you know about the men and women who shaped the course of history forever?
Your Questions
Why Is Israel Called the Land of "Milk and Honey"?
G-d promised to bring the Israelites to a "land flowing with milk and honey..."
G-d promised to bring the Israelites to a "land flowing with milk and honey..."
Parshah
For Your Acharei-Kedoshim 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.
Jewish History
Who Were the Cantonists?
The tragedy and triumph of Jewish children who were kidnapped and forced into the Russian military during the 19th century.
The tragedy and triumph of Jewish children who were kidnapped and forced into the Russian military during the 19th century.
Voices
I Didn’t Want This Child
I had been suffering silently for years, but it was only six weeks into the pregnancy when my PTSD exploded.
I had been suffering silently for years, but it was only six weeks into the pregnancy when my PTSD exploded.
When Guilt and Judgement Become a Blessing
There is no way that my challenge is a punishment or cruel. This is an opportunity to reach my atah—“my essence,” the part of me that remembers what it is like to be bound up with the Essence of life.
There is no way that my challenge is a punishment or cruel. This is an opportunity to reach my atah—“my essence,” the part of me that remembers what it is like to be bound up with the Essence of life.
Why My Mother Named Me for a Princess
I don't know why my parents chose my Hebrew name, but I do know why they called me Ann.
I don't know why my parents chose my Hebrew name, but I do know why they called me Ann.
Story
The Devoted Husband
“Sadly, my father-in-law-to-be lost all his wealth. As a result, we broke off the engagement.”
“Sadly, my father-in-law-to-be lost all his wealth. As a result, we broke off the engagement.”
Lifestyle
Would He who implants the ear not hear? Would He who forms the eye not see?
— Psalms 94:9
Print Magazine
There’s nothing that matches the joy when a lost child returns home. And you are that child.
Because your soul began within G‑d.
And she descended into this world to inhabit a body and live as though a stranger to the heavens, captive of a futile dream, journeying upon many winding and perilous roads…
Until wakin...
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