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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!”
Everything is by Divine Providence. If a leaf is turned over by a breeze, it is only because this has been specifically ordained by G-d to serve a particular function within the purpose of creation.
— Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov
Print Magazine
As a parent and a child, as siblings who remain bonded, as two young people in love, as in any marriage that stays alive—so we are with the One Above.
One chases, the other runs away. One runs away, the other chases in longing pursuit. One initiates, the other responds. The other initiates, the one responds.
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