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Vayeshev
By the Numbers
Who Was Antiochus?
Learn about the evil king who oppressed the Jews and defiled the Temple in the Hanukkah story.
Learn about the evil king who oppressed the Jews and defiled the Temple in the Hanukkah story.
10 Questions:Take the Kosher Animal Quiz
Get ready to test your skills. Can you identify kosher animals?
Get ready to test your skills. Can you identify kosher animals?
Your Questions
Why Add a Light Each Night of Chanukah?
The Talmud gives two reasons: to indicate the night and because we always ascend rather than descend.
The Talmud gives two reasons: to indicate the night and because we always ascend rather than descend.
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Stories
I Saw Hamas Terrorists Right Behind My House!
After spending two days in her "safe room”, Michla and her family evacuated. They've now been spending the past 50+ days in a hotel room, having given their home to the IDF troops.
After spending two days in her "safe room”, Michla and her family evacuated. They've now been spending the past 50+ days in a hotel room, having given their home to the IDF troops.
Chanukah
How to Light the Menorah
Breeze through the Hanukkah menorah lighting with a step by step guide on everything from which menorah is kosher to how to arrange and light your own menorah.
Breeze through the Hanukkah menorah lighting with a step by step guide on everything from which menorah is kosher to how to arrange and light your own menorah.
Halachah for Life
What to Know About Spending Shabbat in a Hotel
Successfully navigate electronic doors and sensors, carrying, and other challenges.
Successfully navigate electronic doors and sensors, carrying, and other challenges.
Hebrew Word of the Week
Voices
Dad Was In Prison, and I Didn't Know If I Was Jewish
On the windowsill stood a silver candelabra large enough to hold nine candles and a box of tall candles. I understood I was being initiated into a rite I hadn’t known existed until that moment.
On the windowsill stood a silver candelabra large enough to hold nine candles and a box of tall candles. I understood I was being initiated into a rite I hadn’t known existed until that moment.
Parshah
Video
Wonders of the Human Eye
A Jewish scientist discusses the incredible synchronization in the anatomy of the human eye.
A Jewish scientist discusses the incredible synchronization in the anatomy of the human eye.
Story
The Miracle of the Missing Menorah
Whether it was a silver goblet, an ornate spice box, or the Shabbat candlesticks, all they could do was acknowledge the disappearance
Whether it was a silver goblet, an ornate spice box, or the Shabbat candlesticks, all they could do was acknowledge the disappearance
The birds and many of the land animals forbidden by the Torah are predators, while the permitted animals are not. We are commanded not to eat those animals possessive of a cruel nature, so that we should not absorb these qualities into ourselves.
— Nachmanides
Print Magazine
We all suffer a maddening delusion of being something separate from G‑d. The delusion of “I.”
We cannot heal it, because yes, we exist, for He created us.
We cannot live with it, because this chilling notion of otherness is a denial of the truth.
But we can resolve it in the act of learning Torah. In learning Torah, He...
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