ב"ה

Ki Tisa

By the Numbers
10 Questions: The Jewish Books Quiz

How well do you know the Jewish library? Take this quiz and find out!
The Freeman Files
Toxic Positivity and Real Life

Is happiness stupid?
Halachah for Life
What You Need to Know About Putting On and Taking Off Tefillin

When, where, and how to fulfill the Mitzvah.
History
Rabbi Shimshon of Sens (Rash Mishantz), the Great Redactor of Tosafot

An immense scholar whose leadership bridged the 12th and 13th centuries, he was venerated and influential in his day, and his impact remains equally significant now.
In Our Ancestors’ Footsteps: The Pilgrimage Road in Jerusalem

An ancient road recently opened to the public allows visitors to walk the same path our ancestors trod on their Temple pilgrimages thousands of years ago.
Voices
A Truck Driver's Purim Miracle

I end up in places most people have never heard of, let alone places where you’d expect to find other Jews.
Parshah
Were the First Tablets a Mistake?

Why were the first set of tablets given with such fanfare?
When a father punishes his child, the suffering he inflicts on himself is greater than anything experienced by the child. So it is with G-d: His pain is greater than our pain.
— Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov
Print Magazine

G‑d doesn’t need you to report on the dirt in His world.

He sent you here to search out the jewels hidden in the mud, clean them and polish them until they shine.

And when you bring them to Him, the angels make a crown of them for Him, saying, “Look what Your children have made for You out of the mud!”

New on Chabad.org