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Va'etchanan
Word of the Week
By the Numbers
10 Questions: Take the Beth Din Quiz
You don't need to be an attorney to answer these questions correctly.
You don't need to be an attorney to answer these questions correctly.
15 Amazing Tefillin Stands Around the World
From the Western Wall to the mountains of Alaska, Jews grab the opportunity to do a mitzvah on the go.
From the Western Wall to the mountains of Alaska, Jews grab the opportunity to do a mitzvah on the go.
Your Questions
Why the Bread and Egg in Ash Before 9 Av?
Right before the fast, we eat the seudah hamafseket, bridging deep mourning with the promise of Redemption.
Right before the fast, we eat the seudah hamafseket, bridging deep mourning with the promise of Redemption.
What Is Techum Shabbat?
Walking on Shabbat? There's a law for that. Discover how far you're allowed to go.
Walking on Shabbat? There's a law for that. Discover how far you're allowed to go.
Parshah
The Infinite Significance of One Mitzvah
Why did Moses set aside cities of refuge before they were necessary?
Why did Moses set aside cities of refuge before they were necessary?
Listen to Shema’s Inner Message
The two enlarged letters in the Shema reveal the mission of the Jewish people and the fusion of faith and knowledge.
The two enlarged letters in the Shema reveal the mission of the Jewish people and the fusion of faith and knowledge.
For Your Va'etchanan 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.
Essay
The Widow and the Maiden
Two fascinating women in the Talmud, whose examples teach us where to pray and what to pray for.
Two fascinating women in the Talmud, whose examples teach us where to pray and what to pray for.
Voices
When I Don’t Feel Like Praying
Ironically, when I close my prayer book is when I most feel like praying.
Ironically, when I close my prayer book is when I most feel like praying.
Lifestyle
How to Make Mandelbroit (Mandelbread)
Make this classic cookie (with a cup of tea or coffee) for after your 9 Av fast.
Make this classic cookie (with a cup of tea or coffee) for after your 9 Av fast.
"See, I give you today a blessing and a curse" (Deuteronomy 11:26). Moses is giving the Children of Israel the power of sight: to perceive that the true nature of evil is nothing more than a transmutation and distortion of the Divine good. When evil is thus seen, it can be transformed into the good that it essentially is.
— The Lubavitcher Rebbe
Print Magazine
In the month of Elul, the month before Rosh Hashanah, a signal goes out to every Jewish soul that it is time to return to the palace that is home.
It is a signal both subtle and loud.
Subtle, because it does not awaken even those who are closest—every soul must awaken itself. Loud, because it reaches those who have been...
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