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By the Numbers
13 Facts You Should Know About Bukharian Jews

Bukharian Jews have a rich history that spans thousands of years.
10 Questions: Take the European Jewish History Quiz

Which city currently has the largest Jewish population in Europe?
Your Questions
Do We Really Dip Only on Passover Night?

Don’t we dip apples into honey on Rosh Hashanah?
Q&A From Our Chabad.org Inbox (Installment #3)

How Do I Explain G-d to My Grandchildren?
Podcasts
Everything Jewish You Need to Know This Week 

In today’s episode, we’ve got zombie princes, Nehemiah Jones , and a literal holy cow; it’s time for your jewish week.
Blind Justice

Blind from birth, Richard Bernstein is a justice on the Supreme Court of Michigan, a marathon runner, disabilities advocate, and a Jew on a mission to make the world a better place.
Parshah
Why Did the Princes Donate Precious Stones?

Should they have donated more?
Without Guilt, From Their Hearts

Every man, woman and child can now give of themselves from a place of love and closeness.
Video
Heartbeat of the Family

The success of our people’s mission rests on the Jewish woman. She engages her husband and children in what they learn and accomplish each day, thereby preparing them for a future of Torah.
Romance Isn't What You Think

Rabbi Dovid Vigler, director at Chabad of Palm Beach Gardens, brings years of experience guiding couples to a meaningful Jewish marriage. Rabbi Vigler is passionate about sharing the beauty and depth of Judaism in a clear and down-to-earth manner. Tune in as he shares profound wisdom busting the myths of what we think love should look like, what 'soulmates' really means, and the key to building lasting relationships.
History
The Dream and Downfall of the Tyrant of Jerusalem

How the Jewish community of Jerusalem was taken hostage by a cruel tyrant.
Jewish News
What It’s Like to Lead a Community in the Costa Rican Jungle

Santa Teresa is about as remote and exotic as you can possibly get.
Follow the majority . . . [but] do not follow the majority to do evil.
— Exodus 23:2
Print Magazine

Look deeply and you will see that the Torah does not know of man and woman as separate beings.

Each act is performed once through a single body—a body that in our world may appear as two, but which the Torah sees as one.

On the contrary, for both to be assigned the same mitzvah would be redundant, for why should one hal...

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