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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.
The special quality of the Minchah (afternoon) prayer over the Shacharit (morning) and Maariv (evening) prayers is that it comes in the middle of the day, when people are occupied and busy with their personal affairs, yet they interrupt to pray Minchah. So this prayer is especially beloved to G-d.
— Chassidic saying
Print Magazine
Sometimes you feel like you’re going about life as just another grain of dust blown by the wind.
You get to your home and there’s a mezuzah on the door.
You are a Jew. You are the Jewish people.
You are Abraham. You are Sarah. You are every Jew who has ever lived.
You, your family, your home, every moment of y...
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