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Chukat-Balak
By the Numbers
12 Facts About the Mysterious Red Heifer
One of the Torah’s most enigmatic commandments that left even King Solomon, the wisest of all humans, utterly perplexed.
One of the Torah’s most enigmatic commandments that left even King Solomon, the wisest of all humans, utterly perplexed.
Your Questions
Do Jews Believe in Magic or Witchcraft?
The answer seems simple enough: The Torah itself references witchcraft . . .
The answer seems simple enough: The Torah itself references witchcraft . . .
Does Forgiving My Father's Enemy Betray His Memory?
You are not betraying your father by ending a grudge he no longer carries; you are honoring his true wishes.
You are not betraying your father by ending a grudge he no longer carries; you are honoring his true wishes.
Can Jews Own Pets?
Explore some of the most frequently asked questions regarding Judaism and pet ownership.
Explore some of the most frequently asked questions regarding Judaism and pet ownership.
Quiz
Solomon Aben Yaesh: Turkish Statesman Who Publicly Embraced Judaism
Wealthy and well-connected, he was greeted by an official escort upon arriving in the Ottoman Empire. But what he did next surprised everyone.
Wealthy and well-connected, he was greeted by an official escort upon arriving in the Ottoman Empire. But what he did next surprised everyone.
Freeman Files
What Is Chutzpah?
Chutzpah is a Hebrew word that has been adopted into Yiddish and then English. Chutzpah has been defined as audacity, insolence, impudence, gall, brazen nerve, effrontery, incredible guts, presumption and arrogance. Yet something essential about chutzpah is missing from all these words.
Chutzpah is a Hebrew word that has been adopted into Yiddish and then English. Chutzpah has been defined as audacity, insolence, impudence, gall, brazen nerve, effrontery, incredible guts, presumption and arrogance. Yet something essential about chutzpah is missing from all these words.
Parshah
On Viperous Attitudes and Their Cures
When one manages to master, neutralize, and transform one's own inner serpent, no external serpent or viperous force can touch them.
When one manages to master, neutralize, and transform one's own inner serpent, no external serpent or viperous force can touch them.
Lifestyle
And G‑d said to Abram . . . “Raise your eyes and see, from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward. For all the land that you see I will give to you and to your seed, to eternity . . . Rise, walk in the land, to its length and to its breadth, for I will give it to you.”
— Genesis 13:14–17
Print Magazine
Afterlife is a very rational, natural consequence of the order of things.
After all, nothing is ever lost—even the body only transforms into earth. But nothing is lost.
So too, the person you are is never lost. That person—that soul—only returns to its origin.
If your soul became acutely attached to the material worl...
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