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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.
Video
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.
Four things were said regarding bread: One should not place raw meat on top of bread, one should not pass a full cup over bread, one should not throw bread, and one should not prop up his plate with a piece of bread
— Talmud, Berachot 50b
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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