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Ki Teitzei

Hebrew Word of the Week
What Can the Hebrew Word for “Youth” Teach You?

Your Questions
Chai: Why Do Jews Give in Multiples of 18?

Discover the ancient roots and mystical interpretations of the number 18 - a symbol of life, blessing, and mercy.
By the Numbers
20 Amazing Converts to Judaism You Should Know

Throughout history the Jewish nation has been enriched by converts—upstanding men and women who opted to enter the covenant and become part of the Chosen Nation.
10 Questions: Take the Brit Milah Quiz

Do you know your mohel from your sandek?
Jewish History
Two Chassidic Women Who Excelled at Meditative Prayer

In my mind, I limited contemplative prayer to rabbis. But the more I learned, the more I realized that it is just as much my domain, as a woman
Ashkenazi vs Sephardic Jews

Sephardim originate in the Iberian Peninsula and the Arabic land, and contemporary Ashkenazim are Yiddish-speaking Jews and descendants of Yiddish-speaking Jews.
Parshah
Free Choice, Causality and the Person Who Fell Off a Roof

To what extent do Divine providence, free choice, and cause-and-effect intersect? Or do they?
For Your Ki Teitzei 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.
Feature
The Courageous Spirit of a Teen With Cystic Fibrosis

Wherein lies the source of Rosie’s positivity? What enables her to embrace a life that appears to us to be fraught with uncertainties?
It is pleasurable to Me that I have spoken and My will was done
— Sifri; Rashi on Leviticus 1:9
Print Magazine

Take these words of Mine to your hearts and to your souls…teach them to your children so that this will be what they speak about, when you are sitting at home, walking on your way, lying down to rest, and arising from your sleep. (Deuteronomy 11:18-19)

The simple meaning of this instruction is as follows:

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