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Acharei-Kedoshim
By the Numbers
14 Facts About Jews and Chess
Played across cultures and continents by children, grandmasters, and everyone in between, it has captured the attention of Jewish minds across the ages.
Played across cultures and continents by children, grandmasters, and everyone in between, it has captured the attention of Jewish minds across the ages.
Blog
Mazel Tov! The 12 Pesukim Turn 50
This week marks 50 years since the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, launched the “12 Pesukim” initiative.
This week marks 50 years since the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, launched the “12 Pesukim” initiative.
Your Questions
Why Do We Face East When Praying? Or Do We?
Even when our compass or map shows that Jerusalem is to the east of our location, we still may end up facing another direction. Sounds confusing? Let’s start from the beginning.
Even when our compass or map shows that Jerusalem is to the east of our location, we still may end up facing another direction. Sounds confusing? Let’s start from the beginning.
The Freeman Files
Because We’re All One
If we are a religion, then some Jews are more Jewish, others less Jewish, and many not at all. Perhaps nothing has been as detrimental to the Jewish people as the modern idea that Judaism is a religion.
If we are a religion, then some Jews are more Jewish, others less Jewish, and many not at all. Perhaps nothing has been as detrimental to the Jewish people as the modern idea that Judaism is a religion.
Halachah for Life
What a Kohen Needs to Know About Ritual Impurity
Practically, a Kohen must be careful not to become ritually impure through exposure to a dead body.
Practically, a Kohen must be careful not to become ritually impure through exposure to a dead body.
Podcasts
Miracle After Miracle Saved My Husband
When her husband felt chest pains, Lieba knew something was off. Little did she know how her faith in G-d would play a major role in helping him survive what would come their way.
When her husband felt chest pains, Lieba knew something was off. Little did she know how her faith in G-d would play a major role in helping him survive what would come their way.
Voices
The Day I Chose Shabbat and Kosher Over My Baseball Career
In the days leading up to the game, I felt backed into a corner, forced to choose between keeping Shabbat and being there for my team during the first away game of the season.
In the days leading up to the game, I felt backed into a corner, forced to choose between keeping Shabbat and being there for my team during the first away game of the season.
The Boy From Moscow
The tefillin he once put on in hiding, he now checked and treasured for a new generation of committed young men.
The tefillin he once put on in hiding, he now checked and treasured for a new generation of committed young men.
Parshah
Where Do Ethics Come From?
Should we clone people? Is there such a thing as a life not worth living? When is it correct to go to war? But the real question is: on what biases do we answer these ethical dilemmas?
Should we clone people? Is there such a thing as a life not worth living? When is it correct to go to war? But the real question is: on what biases do we answer these ethical dilemmas?
What Is Improper Advice?
Learn why Rashi interprets the mitzvah of not placing an obstacle before the blind, as a metaphor for not giving improper advice.
Learn why Rashi interprets the mitzvah of not placing an obstacle before the blind, as a metaphor for not giving improper advice.
Video
Counting the Days
The days between Passover and Shavuos correspond to the Israelites’ journey from Egypt in the lead up to receiving the Torah at Sinai. The closer they came to their goal, the more their anticipation grew.
The days between Passover and Shavuos correspond to the Israelites’ journey from Egypt in the lead up to receiving the Torah at Sinai. The closer they came to their goal, the more their anticipation grew.
Are There 'Secular' Soldiers in the IDF?
When Shmuel Blizinsky served in the Israel Defense Forces in the early 1950s, he was only able to find twelve religious soldiers on his entire base. As it turned out, the Rebbe was able to find three thousand. (1951)
When Shmuel Blizinsky served in the Israel Defense Forces in the early 1950s, he was only able to find twelve religious soldiers on his entire base. As it turned out, the Rebbe was able to find three thousand. (1951)
If there be a prophet among you, I, G-d, make myself known to him in a vision, and speak to him in a dream. Not so My servant Moses; for he is the trusted one in all My house. With him I speak mouth to mouth, manifestly, and not in riddles; and the similitude of G-d does he behold. Why, then, were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
— Numbers 12:6-8
Print Magazine
Noah was a tzadik, a very great man. He saved the entire world. But he didn't approach Abraham's greatness.
When G‑d told Noah to build an ark before the world would be destroyed, Noah built an ark.
But when G‑d told Abraham He was about to destroy the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah—cities corrupt and evil to the core—...
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