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Naso
Video
What's Up With Tefillin?
What are we to make of this ancient Jewish ritual and what do they mean to us today?
What are we to make of this ancient Jewish ritual and what do they mean to us today?
It’s Up to G-d!
The Sotah woman is estranged from her husband, like the Jewish people during our long exile.
The Sotah woman is estranged from her husband, like the Jewish people during our long exile.
Essay
The Man Who Became a Prisoner to His Own Vow
In practical terms, this meant that he would never be allowed to cut his hair or drink wine ever again.
In practical terms, this meant that he would never be allowed to cut his hair or drink wine ever again.
By the Numbers
13 Basic Hebrew Words to Know and Use All the Time
These words will help you in basic conversation and also give a glimpse into the fundamentals of the Jewish religion.
These words will help you in basic conversation and also give a glimpse into the fundamentals of the Jewish religion.
10 Questions: Take the Kohen Quiz
From blessings to birthright and beyond! Uncover the sacred mysteries of the Kohanim.
From blessings to birthright and beyond! Uncover the sacred mysteries of the Kohanim.
Issues
Nice Guy, Won't Keep Kosher
When it comes to your identity—who you are, your core beliefs and values—there can be no compromise.
When it comes to your identity—who you are, your core beliefs and values—there can be no compromise.
On the Importance of a Good Cry
Crying acknowledges the feelings, allows them to exit and helps you grieve the loss of what could have been.
Crying acknowledges the feelings, allows them to exit and helps you grieve the loss of what could have been.
Parshah
For Your Naso 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.
Voices
I Am No Longer That Abandoned Orphan
We need help from others, and being an adult is learning when and how to ask for it.
We need help from others, and being an adult is learning when and how to ask for it.
A Visit to Poland With Chabad Young Professionals
After seeing the movies, reading the books, visiting the museums and hearing the stories, I was ready to go to ground zero of the Holocaust and take upon myself what I saw as an obligation for every Jew (and the more I think about it, every human): Go see for yourself what humanity is capable of.
After seeing the movies, reading the books, visiting the museums and hearing the stories, I was ready to go to ground zero of the Holocaust and take upon myself what I saw as an obligation for every Jew (and the more I think about it, every human): Go see for yourself what humanity is capable of.
Your Questions
Shehecheyanu Before or After the blessing?
In practice, we first recite Shehecheyanu, but it's also acceptable to do it the other way around.
In practice, we first recite Shehecheyanu, but it's also acceptable to do it the other way around.
Story
The Mystery Detour
The young boy grew up to be one of the Alter Rebbe’s most illustrious students, Reb Peretz Chein.
The young boy grew up to be one of the Alter Rebbe’s most illustrious students, Reb Peretz Chein.
Lifestyle
If there is no Torah, there is no common decency; if there is no common decency, there is no Torah. If there is no wisdom, there is no fear of G-d; if there is no fear of G-d, there is no wisdom. If there is no applied knowledge, there is no analytical knowledge; if there is no analytical knowledge, there is no applied knowledge. If there is no flour, there is no Torah; if there is no Torah, there is no flour.
— Ethics of the Fathers 3:17
Print Magazine
On Simchat Torah we dance with our feet, not with our heads.
We are celebrating the Torah, and the Torah is something we study with our heads. But we dance with our feet, not with our heads.
If we would dance with our heads, each one would dance a different dance, each in a different space, some with friends but not wit...
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