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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
Video
What Is Our Right to the Land?

Torah is replete with references about the special connection of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel. Yet Rashi, the foremost commentator of Torah, sees it in the very first words of the book of Genesis: “In the beginning G-d created the heavens and the Earth.”
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.
Everything that G-d created in His world, He created only for His glory
— Ethics of the Fathers, 6:11
Print Magazine

Yesterday, you were inspired.
Today, that is all gone.
And so, you are depressed.

But this is the way the system works: Everything begins with inspiration.
Then the inspiration steps aside
—to make room for you to do something with it.

For fire to become deeds.

Because inspiration without action is like a flame wit...

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