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Rambam Study
Top 10 Reasons to Start Learning Rambam Daily Today

Discover the many advantages of delving into Mishneh Torah.
Webcast: Celebrating the Siyum of Rambam
Marking the completion of the 45th Rambam study cycle, join an online celebration for concluding the works of Maimonides. Explore how a 900-year-old text offers hope to humanity and how its study impacts people today.
By the Numbers
10 Questions About the 10 Commandments

You've seen them everywhere, but do you really know them?
12 Unusual and Unique Things Jews Do With Bread

In Jewish tradition, bread holds a place of honor as the foundation of any meal.
Halacha for Life
What You Need to Know About Washing Hands (Not for Bread)

Throughout the day, there are many situations that require different methods of ritual handwashing.
The Freeman Files
The Kabbalah of Making Money

Meditation, prayer, mindful eating—those are good. But nothing beats the spiritual transformation that can be accomplished by doing business like a mentch.
Ordinary People; Extraordinary Stories
I Was Barely 20, But the Rebbe Believed in Me

Bassie Garelik shares about growing up in a Chassidic home in Pittsburgh and putting down roots with her Soviet-raised husband in far-off Italy, a task in which the Rebbe guided them every step of the way.
Voices
The Kabbalah of 6-7

7-8 as an opportunity for a new coherence
The Caregiver's Struggle

Parshah
Yitro: The Sinai Anticlimax

We expected an other-worldly revelation. What happened was something else entirely.
Video
No Matter Where You May Roam

There’s a lot we can learn from the order and sequence of stories in the Torah. In this week’s Torah portion, we begin with the story of Jethro and go on to read about the Ten Commandments, encompassing all the fundamentals of the Torah.
Tree, o' tree, with what can I bless you? That your fruit should be sweet? Your fruit is sweet. That your shade should be plentiful? Your shade is plentiful. That a stream of water should run beneath you? Water runs beneath you. The one thing left for me to bless you is: May all the plantings from your seed be like you!
— Talmud, Taanit 5b
Print Magazine

A sukkah is an embrace. You sit inside and G‑d is hugging you. All of you, from head to toe.

Whatever you do inside your sukkah—sip a beer, chat with a friend, answer your e‑mail, or just sleep soundly—all is transformed into a mitzvah, a secure and timeless connection with the Infinite.

And then, when you leave the suk...