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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!
Podcasts
The Ex-Convict With Real Conviction
Seeking connection, Yehudah fell in with gangs and crime. During his 24-year sentence, he discovered Judaism. Now married, Jewish, and educated, he is a social worker who empowers others to soar.
Seeking connection, Yehudah fell in with gangs and crime. During his 24-year sentence, he discovered Judaism. Now married, Jewish, and educated, he is a social worker who empowers others to soar.
How You Can Find Your Unique Purpose
A candid and enlightening interview with the author of the book “Your Unique Purpose”.
A candid and enlightening interview with the author of the book “Your Unique Purpose”.
Parshah
Mishpatim: Conscience and Consensus
How do we live by consensus without surrendering our conscience?
How do we live by consensus without surrendering our conscience?
Video
Prerequisite to Torah Study
It was taught in the school of Elijah the prophet: “Anyone who studies Jewish law every day is assured a place in the World to Come, as the verse says ‘halichos olam lo’ – the ways of the world are his;’ do not read it ‘halichos – ways of the world,’ but rather ‘halachos – Jewish law.’” – Making Jewish law your own makes the Next World yours as well.
It was taught in the school of Elijah the prophet: “Anyone who studies Jewish law every day is assured a place in the World to Come, as the verse says ‘halichos olam lo’ – the ways of the world are his;’ do not read it ‘halichos – ways of the world,’ but rather ‘halachos – Jewish law.’” – Making Jewish law your own makes the Next World yours as well.
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...”
The study of Zohar exalts the soul; study of Midrash arouses the heart; Psalms with tears scours the vessel [of the soul - i.e., the body.]
— Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch (1789-1866)
Print Magazine
We all suffer a maddening delusion of being something separate from G‑d. The delusion of “I.”
We cannot heal it, because yes, we exist, for He created us.
We cannot live with it, because this chilling notion of otherness is a denial of the truth.
But we can resolve it in the act of learning Torah. In learning Torah, He...
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