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The Freeman Files
We, the Jewish People, Are a Single Body

We’re human beings. How can the Torah expect you to not hold a grudge against someone who has hurt you?
By the Numbers
10 Facts You Should Know About Queen Salome Alexandra

A ruler from ancient Judea's Second Temple times, she embodied nobility and righteousness.
10 Questions: Take the Mishnah Quiz

Test your knowledge of this essential text of Jewish learning.
Your Questions
(Why) Must a Bar Mitzvah Boy Read From the Torah?

There is a prevalent custom for boys to read the weekly Torah portion when they become a bar mitzvah. Here's why.
Ordinary People; Extraordinary Stories
I Found Judaism at Columbia

Against the backdrop of violent threats, gaslighting, exclusion, and betrayal, Cecile (now Sara) connected to her Judaism for the first time while studying at Columbia University.
Halachah for Life
What You Need to Know About Unveilings

Jewish tombstones date back to the Patriarchs, but unveiling ceremonies are somewhat of a recent innovation.
Hebrew Word of the Week
What Can the Hebrew Word for “Synagogue” Teach You?

Voices
Why It's Important to Talk About Suicide

About a year and a half after I started taking my medications, I had my first real flirtation with suicide and spent half the night with our local police force, sheriff, and state crisis workers.
Parshah
Torah: The Great Antidote

Lifestyle
"They shall make for Me a sanctuary, and I will dwell amidst them" (Exodus 25:8). The verse does not say, "and I will dwell within it," but "and I will dwell within them" -- within each and every one of them.
— Shelah (Rabbi Isaiah Horowitz, 1565-1630) )
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Blind faith cannot grasp Truth, because it does not grasp anything at all.

Intellect cannot grasp Truth, because intellect is finite and Truth is infinite.

Only the eye of the soul, its inner wisdom, can grasp Truth and know it as she knows her own self.

For she is Truth.

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