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Mishpatim
By the Numbers
11 Facts About Jews and Flowers
Did you know that flowers also have a special place in Jewish life and tradition?
Did you know that flowers also have a special place in Jewish life and tradition?
10 Questions: Take the Conversion to Judaism Quiz
How much do you know about how people become Jewish? What steps and requirements go into the process?
How much do you know about how people become Jewish? What steps and requirements go into the process?
Watch: 6 Epic Stories Told at the Conference
Throughout the evening, many stories were told. Here are six that will bring tears of joy to your eyes.
Throughout the evening, many stories were told. Here are six that will bring tears of joy to your eyes.
Your Questions
What is a Kezayit?
It translates to “like an olive,” but is used as a noun, meaning “an olive-bulk.”
It translates to “like an olive,” but is used as a noun, meaning “an olive-bulk.”
Why Do We Rise Up During Kedushah?
Kedushah reenacts the angels’ praise as we rise toward G-d and acknowledge His unknowable greatness.
Kedushah reenacts the angels’ praise as we rise toward G-d and acknowledge His unknowable greatness.
The Freeman Files
Women in the Synagogue
The issue is even more baffling than you think. Most of the guidelines for prayer, we learned from a lady named Chana who lived about 3000 years ago. Yet all the dominant roles in communal prayer are given to men!
The issue is even more baffling than you think. Most of the guidelines for prayer, we learned from a lady named Chana who lived about 3000 years ago. Yet all the dominant roles in communal prayer are given to men!
History
A Legacy of Sacrifice and Love
“Why are you asking forgiveness?” the Rebbetzin exclaimed. “My husband and I were sent to this world to serve people in need twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week...”
“Why are you asking forgiveness?” the Rebbetzin exclaimed. “My husband and I were sent to this world to serve people in need twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week...”
Follow the majority . . . [but] do not follow the majority to do evil.
— Exodus 23:2
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Take these words of Mine to your hearts and to your souls…teach them to your children so that this will be what they speak about, when you are sitting at home, walking on your way, lying down to rest, and arising from your sleep. (Deuteronomy 11:18-19)
The simple meaning of this instruction is as follows:
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