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By the Numbers
10 Menorahs Around the World That Make Us Proud to Be Jewish
Fifty years after the first public menorah lighting, 15,000 public menorahs are being lit in the most extraordinary places.
Fifty years after the first public menorah lighting, 15,000 public menorahs are being lit in the most extraordinary places.
14 Aramaic Words to Know and Use All the Time
As the Jewish vernacular for centuries and the language of the Talmud, Aramaic significantly influences Jewish scholarship and culture.
As the Jewish vernacular for centuries and the language of the Talmud, Aramaic significantly influences Jewish scholarship and culture.
Your Questions
Must I Give Gifts Every Night of Chanukah?
An underlying theme of Chanukah (and Chanukah gelt) is Jewish education.
An underlying theme of Chanukah (and Chanukah gelt) is Jewish education.
History
An Age-Old Mystery: Where Is the Tomb of the Maccabees?
Given its large size and striking design, the tomb should have been easy to locate. Yet, it seems to have been swallowed up by the sands of time.
Given its large size and striking design, the tomb should have been easy to locate. Yet, it seems to have been swallowed up by the sands of time.
Straight Curves? An Old Menorah Debate Takes a New Turn
Many—although by no means all—of the public menorahs on display today feature straight branches extending diagonally from each side of a central shaft. This trend began in the 1980s, but it is rooted in a debate that might stretch back to the Middle Ages and beyond.
Many—although by no means all—of the public menorahs on display today feature straight branches extending diagonally from each side of a central shaft. This trend began in the 1980s, but it is rooted in a debate that might stretch back to the Middle Ages and beyond.
Halachah for Life
What You Need to Know About Hiring Babysitters
Learn how to avoid potential yichud situations, keep your kosher kitchen intact, and make payments in the biblically mandated way.
Learn how to avoid potential yichud situations, keep your kosher kitchen intact, and make payments in the biblically mandated way.
Parshah
Who Were the Daughters of Jacob?
The verse refers to “daughters,” but did he actually have more than one?
The verse refers to “daughters,” but did he actually have more than one?
Jewish News
Lifestyle
Dad Was In Prison, and I Didn't Know If I Was Jewish
On the windowsill stood a silver candelabra large enough to hold nine candles and a box of tall candles. I understood I was being initiated into a rite I hadn’t known existed until that moment.
On the windowsill stood a silver candelabra large enough to hold nine candles and a box of tall candles. I understood I was being initiated into a rite I hadn’t known existed until that moment.
Letters of Light
One should cast himself into a fiery furnace rather than shame his fellow in public
— Talmud, Sotah 10b
Print Magazine
Afterlife is a very rational, natural consequence of the order of things.
After all, nothing is ever lost—even the body only transforms into earth. But nothing is lost.
So too, the person you are is never lost. That person—that soul—only returns to its origin.
If your soul became acutely attached to the material worl...
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