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Va'etchanan
By the Numbers
11 Facts About the Jews of Galicia Everyone Should Know
For centuries, it was home to a thriving Jewish community whose unique identity fused chassidic warmth, Torah scholarship, and strong Jewish values.
For centuries, it was home to a thriving Jewish community whose unique identity fused chassidic warmth, Torah scholarship, and strong Jewish values.
Podcasts
Your Jewish Week: Va'etchanan
In today’s episode, we’ve got Edgar Allan Poe, tribal boycotts, and "trousing" far from home.
In today’s episode, we’ve got Edgar Allan Poe, tribal boycotts, and "trousing" far from home.
I Was 17 When I Escaped
Now a grandmother many times over, Frumma Kulek looks back at how she found hope, acceptance, family, fufilment, and love when she was a teen mom stuck in an abusive relationship.
Now a grandmother many times over, Frumma Kulek looks back at how she found hope, acceptance, family, fufilment, and love when she was a teen mom stuck in an abusive relationship.
Voices
This Preteen Just Schooled the Rabbi in Basic Judaism
By sacrificing our own personal pleasure and time for G-d’s sake, we can accomplish a small part of what our ancestors accomplished by sacrificing their very lives.
By sacrificing our own personal pleasure and time for G-d’s sake, we can accomplish a small part of what our ancestors accomplished by sacrificing their very lives.
Parshah
Video
When the Nights Get Longer
We see that the more necessary something is for survival, the more available it is. For example, a house can be expensive, clothing is more affordable, food even more, and air which we need to breathe, is free. The same is true with Torah and commandments. While commandments have their limitations in time and other requirements, Torah study is something which can always be done, pointing to how necessary it really is for our survival.
We see that the more necessary something is for survival, the more available it is. For example, a house can be expensive, clothing is more affordable, food even more, and air which we need to breathe, is free. The same is true with Torah and commandments. While commandments have their limitations in time and other requirements, Torah study is something which can always be done, pointing to how necessary it really is for our survival.
Learning From the Rebbe
How manifold are Your works, O G-d; You have made them all with wisdom
— Psalms 104:24
Print Magazine
On Simchat Torah we dance with our feet, not with our heads.
We are celebrating the Torah, and the Torah is something we study with our heads. But we dance with our feet, not with our heads.
If we would dance with our heads, each one would dance a different dance, each in a different space, some with friends but not wit...
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