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Terumah
By the Numbers
13 Dazzling Facts About Jews and Jewels
Beyond the world of business, what role do jewels play in Jewish life?
Beyond the world of business, what role do jewels play in Jewish life?
10 Questions: Take the Month of Adar Quiz
Here’s a fun way to see how much you know about this joyful month.
Here’s a fun way to see how much you know about this joyful month.
30 Jewish Quotes You Will Love
The list includes life advice, instructions, deep insights into the human psyche, and important Jewish values.
The list includes life advice, instructions, deep insights into the human psyche, and important Jewish values.
The Freeman Files
Humility & Happiness
We may be somewhat surprised to discover that not only is there no conflict between the two, but in truth happiness and humility make a marvelous pair.
We may be somewhat surprised to discover that not only is there no conflict between the two, but in truth happiness and humility make a marvelous pair.
Halachah for Life
What You Need to Know About Getting an Aliyah
Getting an aliyah consists of being called to the Torah, saying a blessing, standing near the reader while the Torah is read, and then saying a concluding blessing.
Getting an aliyah consists of being called to the Torah, saying a blessing, standing near the reader while the Torah is read, and then saying a concluding blessing.
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.”
In the News
The day begins with Modeh Ani ("I acknowledge before You, living and eternal King, that You restored my soul to me; great is Your faithfulness"). This is said before the morning washing of the hands, even while the hands are ritually impure (and all other prayers cannot be said). The deeper reason for this is that all the impurities in the world do not defile a Jew's "I acknowledge" before G-d; he might lack one thing or another, but his Modeh Ani remains intact.
The Lubavitcher Rebbe (Hayom Yom for Shevat 11)
Print Magazine
Speak like G-d.
G‑d's words are packets of divine energy, articulations of His essence and being.
You, too, can speak from the essence of your heart.
Words that come from your heart will enter the hearts of others. And once there, they will have their effect.
So that the heart they enter cannot help but be moved.
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