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By the Numbers
15 Wild and Wonderful Things Jews (Don’t) Do With Fish

For Jews, fish are much more than a scrumptious supper—they play a key role in many cherished, time-honored traditions and customs.
10 Questions: Take the Shapes in Judaism Quiz

Do you know what shape a mezuzah is rolled into?
Your Questions
Ask the Rabbi: Why Do Jews Bury in a Simple Pine Casket?

Long ago the wealthy would be buried in expensive materials, and the poor were embarrassed.
Halachah for Life
What You Need to Know About Unlocking Doors on Shabbat

With advancements of technology, locks and keys have become more sophisticated, posing a host of potential problems.
Podcasts
The Israeli Musician Who Was Born a Russian Gentile

After she saw her Soviet-bred Jewish father embrace Judaism, she and her siblings followed. A performer since childhood, she now sings only for women and inspires audiences all over the world.
The Hostages Are Back. Now What?

The hostages are home. But the story is not over.
Voices
Why Jewish Women Will Bring Moshiach

As human beings, we have compassion and can be empathic. We see someone in pain and want to help. But only very few righteous and holy people are at the level where they would be willing, if they could, to take away that pain and feel it themselves. Yet this is how a mother (or father) feels any time her child is hurt.
Parshah
Should We Forgive the Nazis?

What does the Torah, speaking on behalf of the creator of morals and ethics, have to say about this? If G‑d were confronted, so to speak, with this complex moral query, how would He respond?
Feeling Financial Pressure Can Be a Good Thing

We equate money with security, success, power, comfort or self-esteem. It follows then that when we lack money, it feels like we lack everything that makes life worthwhile and meaningful.
Video
How You Can Tune in, Not Out

How in tune are you with your feelings? Robin Gutman, LMHC (Licensed Mental Health Counselor) helps people create meaningful relationships by understanding how we show up in each one.
How You Can Attain Infinity

Jews must “conquer” the world through increased Torah study – each person according to his own level.
Learning From the Rebbe
He who fulfills one mitzvah, acquires for himself one angel-advocate; he who commits one transgression, acquires against himself one angel-accuser
— Ethics of the Fathers 4:11
Print Magazine

Yesterday, you were inspired.
Today, that is all gone.
And so, you are depressed.

But this is the way the system works: Everything begins with inspiration.
Then the inspiration steps aside
—to make room for you to do something with it.

For fire to become deeds.

Because inspiration without action is like a flame wit...