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Voices
Mourning What Is Missing
Why do the Jewish people continue to mourn and weep year after year? Isn't there such a thing as live and let go? Be happy with the moment and forget the past?
Why do the Jewish people continue to mourn and weep year after year? Isn't there such a thing as live and let go? Be happy with the moment and forget the past?
Finding Faith Through Illness and Tragedy
A painful struggle with illness was certainly not on Ester’s agenda. Neither was the almost unimaginable tragedy that followed in its wake. Why was G‑d giving her these tests? Where would she find the faith to withstand them?
A painful struggle with illness was certainly not on Ester’s agenda. Neither was the almost unimaginable tragedy that followed in its wake. Why was G‑d giving her these tests? Where would she find the faith to withstand them?
The Anonymous Man's Last Act Before He Was Killed
You won’t find much written about him anywhere. That’s who he was. A great man who walked among us, until, in one moment, he sanctified G-d’s name.
You won’t find much written about him anywhere. That’s who he was. A great man who walked among us, until, in one moment, he sanctified G-d’s name.
Letters of Light
By the Numbers
What Are Kinot?
Kinot are Hebrew poetic compositions recited on the fast of Tisha B’Av, lamenting the destruction of the Holy Temples in Jerusalem.
Kinot are Hebrew poetic compositions recited on the fast of Tisha B’Av, lamenting the destruction of the Holy Temples in Jerusalem.
10 Questions: Take the “Three Weeks” Quiz
During this period we mourn the past and nurture hope for the future.
During this period we mourn the past and nurture hope for the future.
On the Calendar
Tonight Is the Fast of 9 Av
Why do we mourn on Tisha b'Av? A historical overview and a digest of the day's laws.
Why do we mourn on Tisha b'Av? A historical overview and a digest of the day's laws.
Your Questions
The Freeman Files
Master of the Universe! The sages of the Talmud pleaded before You to bring the Moshiach, but You chose not to do so. The holy Kabbalists of Tzfat begged You to bring Moshiach -- again You were unwilling. We have reached the point where it is left to someone of my ilk to ask for the Redeemer. Still You are holding out.... Mark my words! There will come a generation who will have no interest in You or Your Moshiach. Then You will have no choice but to bring him.
— Chassidic master Rabbi Leib, the "Grandfather of Shpoli" (1725-1811)
Print Magazine
Yom Kippur is described in many ways. One very poignant description is that it is “once in a year.”
You see, the human soul is also described in many ways, with five different names, each describing a deeper level of her being. The fifth, deepest level is called yechidah, which means “one and unique.” Yechidah is th...
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