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By the Numbers
10 Questions: Take the Maror Quiz

What do you know about this Seder night highlight?
14 Chametz (Leaven) Facts Every Jew Should Know

Learn something new about Passover's forbidden food.
11 Sephardic Passover Traditions

Some of these unique customs may surprise you.
Hebrew Word of the Week
What Can the Hebrew Word for “Israel” Teach You?

Halachah for Life
What You Need to Know About Cleaning and Checking for Chametz

From moving furniture to dealing with inedible chametz, discover how to thoroughly prepare your home for Passover.
History
Torah for Torah’s Sake

The Social Activism of the Fifth Chabad Rebbe

As the de facto leader of Russian Jewry, Rabbi Shalom DovBer Schneersohn worked tirelessly for the benefit of the Jewish community.
Parshah
Freeman Files
Do We Say a Blessing for the Solar Eclipse?

Also, some claim that eclipses are a bad omen of things to come. What is the Jewish perspective on eclipses?
The body of a man is the wick, and the divine light is kindled above it. And King Solomon cried (Ecclesiastes 9:8), "Let there be no lack of oil on your head." For the light on a man's head must have oil, meaning good deeds...
— Zohar
Print Magazine

In the beginning, a world of twos was created.

Heaven and Earth. Body and soul. Good and evil. Life and death. Light and darkness.

Those who chose Heaven abandoned the earth. Those who chose the body abandoned the soul. Those who chose evil destroyed life.

Those who chose good believed it would only come with death....

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