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Behaalotecha

By the Numbers
11 Facts You Should Know About Aramaic

The ancient language integral to Jewish history and life, used in prayers, texts, and as a primary vernacular for centuries.
10 Questions: Take the Prophets Quiz

How well do you know the prophets of Tanach?
Your Questions
Do You Have a Right to Your Voice and Image?

Can anyone generate and use my likeness without my permission?
My Daughter Says She Hates Me

I am a single mother of a teenage daughter who blames me for everything wrong in her life. I have always done everything I could for her but she doesn’t seem to appreciate any of it and recently left home to live with a friend. I am in so much pain and want her back home but can’t live with a daughter who hates me...
The Freeman Files
Who Was Lilith?

Woman 1.0 was a harsh and judgmental version, not at all user-friendly. Her name was Lilith, with a personality as inflexible as a dry bone. Adam dumped that one fast. So woman was upgraded. The problem is, Adam wasn't...
Hebrew Word of the Week
What Can the Hebrew Word for “Sin” Teach You?

Story
The Man Who Gave Charity to His Ex

A story from the Midrash.
Parshah
Those Who Fall Between the Cracks

Life Lessons From the Parshah - Behaalotecha
History
The Archaeological Echoes of a Young King David

Identify Saul's palace, armor similar to Goliath's, and the places that feature in David's youth.
G-d plans the steps of man
— Proverbs 20:24
Print Magazine

Pessimism comes with a thousand arguments. Maybe you don’t deserve to be saved from the mess you’ve gotten into. Maybe you deserve punishment, G‑d forbid. Maybe the only way to save your soul is through a dark tunnel.

That’s not called trust. Trust means you have not a shade of doubt that He will deliver—no matter who yo...