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Bereishit

By the Numbers
13 Facts Every Jew Should Know About the Book of Bereishit

Journey through Bereishit with 13 enlightening facts.
10 Questions: Take the Chumash Quiz

Think you know all there is to know about Chumash? Find out!
Your Questions
Is It OK to Wear a Mezuzah Necklace?

There are records of people using mezuzot as amulets since ancient times.
Hebrew Word of the Week
Providing: Ligmol (לִגְמֹול)

Halachah For Life
What You Need to Know About Buying Clothing

Shatnez, modesty, crossdressing, and the time of year you may purchase clothing.
Voices
From Bread Lines to Blessings: How I Learned to Be Grateful for Food

Growing up in the former Soviet Union, we constantly worried about rationing the next meal.
Tzitzit, Tattoos and a Fire-Juggling Rabbi

I decided to show up for something different: a Chabad Young Professionals Encounter Shabbaton in Los Angeles.
Parshah
The Heavens and the Earth

"In the beginning G-d created the heavens and the earth." To discover the mystical light hidden within these words, we will have to re-read them in a new way
Lifestyle
Peanut Butter Chanukah Gelt Cookies

Get into the Chanukah (or pre-Chanukah) spirit with these chewy peanut butter cookies with a soft chocolate-gelt center.
You have a cup full of oil in your hand; if a drop of water falls into it, a corresponding drop of oil spills out. In the same way, if a word of Torah enters your heart, and word of mockery correspondingly exits from it; if a word of mockery enters your heart, a word of Torah exits from it
— Midrash Rabbah, Song of Songs 1
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...