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By the Numbers
11 Facts You Should Know About Mixing Milk and Meat
Refraining from mixing milk and meat is a biblical instruction with far-reaching ramifications in Jewish law.
Refraining from mixing milk and meat is a biblical instruction with far-reaching ramifications in Jewish law.
Essay
Chanukah: Life on the Threshold
There’s a kind of transcendent vibration of possibility in a doorway—a potential that isn't found in the more clearly defined areas of “indoors” or “outdoors.”
There’s a kind of transcendent vibration of possibility in a doorway—a potential that isn't found in the more clearly defined areas of “indoors” or “outdoors.”
I am Scared to Celebrate Hanukkah This Year!
I used to put my menorah in my window, but since last year I’m scared of having my window smashed.
I used to put my menorah in my window, but since last year I’m scared of having my window smashed.
Letters of Light
Ordinary People; Extraordinary Stories
To Russia with Love
The oys and joys of moving to Rostov, Russia, and serving a Jewish community that has reawakened after 70 years of Communist repression.
The oys and joys of moving to Rostov, Russia, and serving a Jewish community that has reawakened after 70 years of Communist repression.
Video
A Chanukah Message for All Ages
Chanukah reminds every Jew that it is G-d’s eternal mandate to carry the torch of His “Mitzvah-candle and Torah-light.” With most Mitzvos, the “candle” and “light” are not physically visible. But with the Chanukah candles we see how fulfilling the Mitzvah creates actual physical light that illuminates all one’s surroundings.
Chanukah reminds every Jew that it is G-d’s eternal mandate to carry the torch of His “Mitzvah-candle and Torah-light.” With most Mitzvos, the “candle” and “light” are not physically visible. But with the Chanukah candles we see how fulfilling the Mitzvah creates actual physical light that illuminates all one’s surroundings.
Don’t Forget Your Anniversary!
Did you ever forget an anniversary or birthday of a loved one? Here's what the Rebbe told one husband who forgot…
Did you ever forget an anniversary or birthday of a loved one? Here's what the Rebbe told one husband who forgot…
Parshah
Did Joseph Really Have a Magic Goblet?
What was the infamous goblet that was placed in Benjamin's pack?
What was the infamous goblet that was placed in Benjamin's pack?
Joseph’s Sons and Chanukah
What lesson can we take from Joseph? Why did Manasseh come first? How does this connect to Chanukah?
What lesson can we take from Joseph? Why did Manasseh come first? How does this connect to Chanukah?
Jewish News
Said Rabbi Joshua ben Levi: When a person walks along the way, a troop of angels march before him and announce: "Make way for the image of the Holy One, Blessed Be He"
— Midrash Rabbah, Devarim 4
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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