ב"ה
Behaalotecha
Your Questions
Why Do We Write Hebrew from Right to Left?
Learn the answer to this simple-seeming question in the light of history, Jewish law, and kabbalah.
Learn the answer to this simple-seeming question in the light of history, Jewish law, and kabbalah.
Essay
Who Created G‑d?
The Creator of all boundaries is unbounded by any definition. Otherwise, He too would require a creator.
The Creator of all boundaries is unbounded by any definition. Otherwise, He too would require a creator.
Learn From Leah How to Pray and Change Your Destiny
Most of us would rather sit and chat than put effort into conscious thinking.
Most of us would rather sit and chat than put effort into conscious thinking.
The Menorah: Its Story and Mystery
Explore the design, positioning, lighting rituals, and rich symbolism.
Explore the design, positioning, lighting rituals, and rich symbolism.
By the Numbers
10 Miriam Facts Everyone Should Know
Learn about Miriam, the prophetess of the Bible, whose life and legacy is celebrated until today.
Learn about Miriam, the prophetess of the Bible, whose life and legacy is celebrated until today.
Video
The Day My Baby Was No More
Devorah Goldberg shares the story of her ectopic pregnancy loss and how her commitment to the laws of family purity played a pivotal role in detection and ultimately saved her.
Devorah Goldberg shares the story of her ectopic pregnancy loss and how her commitment to the laws of family purity played a pivotal role in detection and ultimately saved her.
Torah 101
Understanding is required to fulfill one's obligation in studying the Oral Torah, but exceptions apply if comprehension is beyond one's control.
Understanding is required to fulfill one's obligation in studying the Oral Torah, but exceptions apply if comprehension is beyond one's control.
Parshah
For Your Behaalotecha 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
When I Can’t Stop Snapping at My Husband …
"I am so critical. Why can’t I just judge him favorably?"
"I am so critical. Why can’t I just judge him favorably?"
How I Made It Through the Talmud
It took over eight years, but I completed all 2,711 pages of the Babylonian Talmud.
It took over eight years, but I completed all 2,711 pages of the Babylonian Talmud.
History & Halacha
The Joke That Became an International Scandal
In 1710 Caselle, Yedidya's joke of placing a horsehair ring on Gotla's finger led to a serious controversy over potential betrothal.
In 1710 Caselle, Yedidya's joke of placing a horsehair ring on Gotla's finger led to a serious controversy over potential betrothal.
Lifestyle
Love the L‑rd your G‑d... for He is your life
— Deuteronomy 30:20
Print Magazine
We are one because we share a single soul, like a single, brilliant sun shining into many bodies. Since the soul is what counts, that makes us essentially one.
That is the meaning of the mitzvah of the Sukkah—a place that encompasses us all equally, rendering us a single whole.
We are also one because none of us are ali...
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