ב"ה
Pinchas
By the Numbers
10 Ancient Mikvahs, You Didn't Know Existed
Wherever Jews settled, they built mikvahs intended to last, many of which still retain their shape.
Wherever Jews settled, they built mikvahs intended to last, many of which still retain their shape.
6 Tips For Keeping Kosher When You Live Far From Kosher Shops
With some knowledge and planning, you can maintain a kosher kitchen anywhere in the US.
With some knowledge and planning, you can maintain a kosher kitchen anywhere in the US.
Your Questions
Why Do We Wash Hands After a Funeral or Cemetery Visit?
Whenever holiness departs, negative forces try to fill the void.
Whenever holiness departs, negative forces try to fill the void.
What Are the Three Weeks?
A summary of the laws and customs that pertain to the Three Weeks mourning period for the Holy Temples—17 Tammuz through 9 Av.
A summary of the laws and customs that pertain to the Three Weeks mourning period for the Holy Temples—17 Tammuz through 9 Av.
History
Halachah for Life
What You Need to Know About Going to Bed Like a Jew
If we go to sleep with purpose, we’re more likely to wake with clarity, energy, and readiness to serve our Creator.
If we go to sleep with purpose, we’re more likely to wake with clarity, energy, and readiness to serve our Creator.
Voices
Journeys
I did not want to be myself. I did not want to become independent. I wanted to remain enfolded in your warmth, listening to the comforting rhythmic beating of your heart...
I did not want to be myself. I did not want to become independent. I wanted to remain enfolded in your warmth, listening to the comforting rhythmic beating of your heart...
Parshah
What Was the “Covenant of Peace” Granted to Phinehas?
Is this distinct from the “Covenant of Priesthood” mentioned in the subsequent verse?
Is this distinct from the “Covenant of Priesthood” mentioned in the subsequent verse?
Learning From the Rebbe
This is why the Torah is likened to water: just as water descends from a high place to a low place, so does the Torah descend from its place of glory, which is the will and wisdom of G-d, {where) the Torah and the holy One, Blessed Be He are one and no mind can grasp Him at all; and from there it journeys and descends through hidden stages, level after level, until it becomes enclothed in material things and matters of this world, which is [the subject] of virtually all the Torah's commandments.
— Tanya, chapter 4
Print Magazine
Between the brain and the heart lies a narrow strait called the neck.
This neck presents a major challenge, because the brain must ponder very deeply to squeeze its thoughts through such tight passage and reach the heart below.
But it is also a great advantage, because when the heart is thrown to and fro by the migh...
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