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By the Numbers
Masada: 10 Facts You Should Know
Discover something you did not know about the site of the last stronghold of Jewish resistance during the 1st-century revolt against the Romans.
Discover something you did not know about the site of the last stronghold of Jewish resistance during the 1st-century revolt against the Romans.
The Freeman Files
How to Avoid Fanaticism, by Rabbi Akiva and His Students
Can you believe you have the truth, be ready to give your life for it, and nevertheless leave space for others?
Can you believe you have the truth, be ready to give your life for it, and nevertheless leave space for others?
Your Questions
Why No “Nun” in Ashrei?
Each verse starts with another letter of the Hebrew Alphabet--except for nun.
Each verse starts with another letter of the Hebrew Alphabet--except for nun.
On the Calendar
Wednesaday Is Pesach Sheni
The "Second Passover" marks the day when someone who was unable to participate in the Passover offering in the proper time would observe the mitzvah exactly one month later.
The "Second Passover" marks the day when someone who was unable to participate in the Passover offering in the proper time would observe the mitzvah exactly one month later.
Sunday Is Lag BaOmer
Lag BaOmer, the 33rd day of the Omer count, is a festive day on the Jewish calendar.
Lag BaOmer, the 33rd day of the Omer count, is a festive day on the Jewish calendar.
History
The Archeology of Tel Be’er Sheva and the Stories It Tells
Be’er Sheva’s Jewish history is almost as old as Jewish history itself. Abraham and Abimelech sealed an oath here, as recorded in the Book of Genesis.
Be’er Sheva’s Jewish history is almost as old as Jewish history itself. Abraham and Abimelech sealed an oath here, as recorded in the Book of Genesis.
Ordinary People; Extraordinary Stories
Losing the Baby I Prayed For
A car accident prevented Rochel from becoming pregnant. When she finally became a mother, one of her twins died in infancy. Hear how she grew stronger and closer to G-d through the experience.
A car accident prevented Rochel from becoming pregnant. When she finally became a mother, one of her twins died in infancy. Hear how she grew stronger and closer to G-d through the experience.
Hebrew Word of the Week
Voices
My Husband Was in a Coma and I Turned Our Lives Around
We were nonobservant Russian-speaking Jews. Then a freak accident changed everything.
We were nonobservant Russian-speaking Jews. Then a freak accident changed everything.
Parshah
Video
Can Life Alone Be Better?
Join us as we sit down with Rabbi Manis Friedman to discuss relationships from a Jewish perspective—he’s been described as Youtube’s most popular rabbi, an expert dating and marriage mentor with decades of experience.
Join us as we sit down with Rabbi Manis Friedman to discuss relationships from a Jewish perspective—he’s been described as Youtube’s most popular rabbi, an expert dating and marriage mentor with decades of experience.
Lifestyle
He has made everything beautiful in its time; also the [wisdom of] the world He put into their hearts, save that man should not find the deed which God did, from beginning to end...
— Ecclesiastes 3:11
Print Magazine
Blind faith believes that which it is told, because it wants to believe.
Intellect believes that which it understands, because it wants to attain understanding.
Wisdom believes that which is true, because it is true.
Wisdom doesn’t have to fit that which some self-serving faith wishes to believe. Neither does it await...
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