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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?
Video
Moses and the Simpleton

The unique traits essential for a true Torah student.
The Torah commands: "Six days shall you labor, and do all your work." Is it then possible for a person to do "all his work" in six days? But rest on Shabbat as if all your work is done
— Mechilta
Print Magazine

Adam trudged past the gates of Eden, his head low, his heart heavy with the pain of remorse.

Suddenly he stopped. A thought had struck him.

He turned to the heavens and exclaimed, “You had this planned! You put that fruit there knowing I would choose to eat from it!”

“But tell me: Why?

The heavens were silent.

But ...

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