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Pinchas
The Three Weeks
What Are the Three Weeks?
A summary of the laws and customs that pertain to the Three Weeks mourning period for the Holy Temples—17 Tammuz through 9 Av.
A summary of the laws and customs that pertain to the Three Weeks mourning period for the Holy Temples—17 Tammuz through 9 Av.
Messiah & the Third Temple
In the 25th year of the Babylonian exile, G‑d showed a vision of the future Temple to the prophet Ezekiel . . .
In the 25th year of the Babylonian exile, G‑d showed a vision of the future Temple to the prophet Ezekiel . . .
Real Life
What I Think About When I’m Afraid of the Dark
I can hear a thief fiddling with the lock, a serial murderer climbing through the window . . .
I can hear a thief fiddling with the lock, a serial murderer climbing through the window . . .
How a Portuguese King Found Solace in the Psalms of His Ancestors
What, if any, possible knowledge of their Jewish heritage or ancestors was transmitted to them? What did they know about being Jews, and did this have anything to do with choosing Jewish wives, or was that simply a “coincidence”?
What, if any, possible knowledge of their Jewish heritage or ancestors was transmitted to them? What did they know about being Jews, and did this have anything to do with choosing Jewish wives, or was that simply a “coincidence”?
Story
The Miser Who Built the Mikvah
“The community is too poor, and cannot shoulder the financial burden of this endeavor. And as for the local gevir, it is a waste of time even to approach him . . .”
“The community is too poor, and cannot shoulder the financial burden of this endeavor. And as for the local gevir, it is a waste of time even to approach him . . .”
Parshah
Who Makes Your Choices?
On which choices will we focus? The “big” ones, over which we have no control, or the “small” ones, which are entirely in our hands?
On which choices will we focus? The “big” ones, over which we have no control, or the “small” ones, which are entirely in our hands?
Pinchas (Three Weeks Period) Haftarah Companion
“Jeremiah was a descendant of one who had a rotten past but later mended her ways. It was fitting for him rebuke the Jews, who came from good descent gone in rotten ways.”
“Jeremiah was a descendant of one who had a rotten past but later mended her ways. It was fitting for him rebuke the Jews, who came from good descent gone in rotten ways.”
Lifestyle
Jewish News
Teens and Mentors From Bangkok to Brazil at Poconos Retreat
“It gave me my voice. It helped me evolve as a person,” says 18-year-old Rachel Wilkes about the Chabad teen network. “It showed me that I can be who I want to be.”
“It gave me my voice. It helped me evolve as a person,” says 18-year-old Rachel Wilkes about the Chabad teen network. “It showed me that I can be who I want to be.”
Belated Bar Mitzvahs for Five College Students in Vienna
Joined by their families from Switzerland, Germany, Hungary and Ukraine—and their friends and fraternity brothers from around the world.
Joined by their families from Switzerland, Germany, Hungary and Ukraine—and their friends and fraternity brothers from around the world.
The mind and heart of man are never empty. If there is no life-nourishing "water," there are "snakes and scorpions in it."
— The Chassidic Masters
Print Magazine
To whom does a Jew pray?
Can He be described? Does He have a name?
No, there is no description with which to imagine Him, no name with which to grasp Him.
Even the pronoun “Him” implies too much to be true—as though He could be a third party, absent or present. Even the title “Infinite Light” misses the mark, as th...
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