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By the Numbers
10 Facts About the Jews of Brazil
Brazil has an ancient Jewish presence and was home to the first synagogue and rabbi in all of the Americas!
Brazil has an ancient Jewish presence and was home to the first synagogue and rabbi in all of the Americas!
Freeman Files
Pleasure: What It Is and How To Get It
Pleasure is an abandonment of the awareness that you are here, that you exist.
Pleasure is an abandonment of the awareness that you are here, that you exist.
Quiz
Your Questions
Why No Blessing Before Giving Charity?
Tzedakah is not merely an act of kindness; it is a Divine commandment and a cornerstone of Jewish life. Why, then, did the Sages not institute a blessing before its performance?
Tzedakah is not merely an act of kindness; it is a Divine commandment and a cornerstone of Jewish life. Why, then, did the Sages not institute a blessing before its performance?
What Is the Seal of Solomon?
Although the six-pointed star has Kabbalistic significance, its connection to a specific seal belonging to Solomon is dubious at best.
Although the six-pointed star has Kabbalistic significance, its connection to a specific seal belonging to Solomon is dubious at best.
Voices
The Man From Afghanistan
“I’m Muslim,” he said. “I’m from Afghanistan. You’re Jewish. We help each other.”
“I’m Muslim,” he said. “I’m from Afghanistan. You’re Jewish. We help each other.”
How to Align Faith and Reason
Delving deep into the perplexing story of the spies is a perfect template to examine the interplay of a Jew’s unquestioning faith and commitment, with the process of logic to make it your own decision.
Delving deep into the perplexing story of the spies is a perfect template to examine the interplay of a Jew’s unquestioning faith and commitment, with the process of logic to make it your own decision.
History
What Happened When Napoleon Offered a Jewish State in the Land of Israel
“Israelites, unique nation, whom, in thousands of years, lust of conquest and tyranny have been able to be deprived of their ancestral lands, but not of name and national existence!”
“Israelites, unique nation, whom, in thousands of years, lust of conquest and tyranny have been able to be deprived of their ancestral lands, but not of name and national existence!”
The morning prayer was instituted by Abraham, as it is written (Genesis 19:27): "And Abraham arose early in the morning, to the place where he stood before the Face of G-d"... Isaac instituted the afternoon prayer, as it is written (Genesis 24:63): "And Isaac went out to meditate in the field towards evening"... Jacob instituted the evening prayer, as it is written (Genesis 28:11): "And he encountered the Place... for the sun had set."
— Talmud, Berachot 26b
Print Magazine
To one whose self is his body, death of the body is death of the self. But for one whose self is his love, awe and faith, there is no death, only a passing. From a state of confinement in the body, he makes the passage to liberation. He continues to work within this world, and even more so than before.
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