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By the Numbers
16 Facts You Should Know About the Jews of Lebanon

Not too long ago, it was one of the most favorable Arab countries to live in as a Jew.
10 Questions: Take the "Special Shabbat" Quiz

What is Shabbat Chazon?
Freeman Files
How Does Hell Work?

Hell is real. It’s where you get rid of all that pains you.
Your Questions
Can I Knock Down a Drone That’s Invading My Privacy?

There’s a concept in halachah called hezek re’iyah—“damage by seeing.”
Voices
Abused for Years, She Chose Joy

Despite experiencing abuse and living for some time in a cemetery (oh, the irony), all my memories of Chaya involve her smiling enthusiastically for no reason other than being alive.
Parshah
Closer to G‑d, Closer to Your Spouse

As there are no coincidences, we must ask ourselves: What lesson can we learn here?
History
Underground! Libya's Cave Jews

Learn about the Jewish villages of Troglodytes (“cave dwellers”) who lived in the frontier of Tripolitania.
Learning From the Rebbe
When G-d gave the Torah no bird twittered, no fowl flew, no ox lowed, none of the angels stirred a wing, the seraphim did not say "Holy, Holy," the sea did not roar, the creatures spoke not, the whole world was hushed into breathless silence and the voice went forth: "I am the L-rd your G-d."
— Midrash Rabbah
Print Magazine

People ask, “But how could you see good in the future when so much evil dominates—and it grows day by day?”

But such is the order of things: Darkness was placed in the world only to challenge light. As the light intensifies, the darkness thickens in defiance.

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