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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!
How well do you know the Jewish library? Take this quiz and find out!
The Freeman Files
Halachah for Life
What You Need to Know About Putting On and Taking Off Tefillin
When, where, and how to fulfill the Mitzvah.
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.
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.
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.
Podcast
How She Overcame Her Mother's Trauma
Rishe Deitsch, longtime editor of Chabad women's magazine, shares about her challenging childhood, her own triumphs, and what she's most proud of in her life.
Rishe Deitsch, longtime editor of Chabad women's magazine, shares about her challenging childhood, her own triumphs, and what she's most proud of in her life.
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.
I end up in places most people have never heard of, let alone places where you’d expect to find other Jews.
Parshah
Ki Tisa: The Kid, the Milk, and the Robot
After the collapse of all boundaries at the Golden Calf, Ki Tissa offers an ancient 'Source Code' for a moral society—and a warning about what happens when humans become interchangeable with machines.
After the collapse of all boundaries at the Golden Calf, Ki Tissa offers an ancient 'Source Code' for a moral society—and a warning about what happens when humans become interchangeable with machines.
Video
On Keeping Clean
As committed Jews in an imperfect world, we’re constantly trying to balance our mundane responsibilities with our spiritual aspirations. We’re even encouraged to engage with the world to transform it into a G-dly place.
As committed Jews in an imperfect world, we’re constantly trying to balance our mundane responsibilities with our spiritual aspirations. We’re even encouraged to engage with the world to transform it into a G-dly place.
One whose wisdom is greater than his deeds, what is he comparable to? To a tree with many branches and few roots; comes a storm and uproots it, and turns it on its face... But one whose deeds are greater than his wisdom, to what is he compared? To a tree with many roots and few branches, whom all the storms in the world cannot budge from its place.
— Ethics of the Fathers 3:17
Print Magazine
Yesterday, you were inspired.
Today, that is all gone.
And so, you are depressed.
But this is the way the system works: Everything begins with inspiration.
Then the inspiration steps aside
—to make room for you to do something with it.
For fire to become deeds.
Because inspiration without action is like a flame wit...
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