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On the Calendar
How to Observe Tisha B'Av
Why do we mourn on Tisha b'Av? A historical overview and a digest of the day's laws.
Why do we mourn on Tisha b'Av? A historical overview and a digest of the day's laws.
Your Questions
Why Make a Siyum During the Nine Days?
Isn’t this counterintuitive? Shouldn’t we be sad during this time, not seeking out different ways to celebrate and rejoice?
Isn’t this counterintuitive? Shouldn’t we be sad during this time, not seeking out different ways to celebrate and rejoice?
Where Is G‑d?
How can G-d be in the Holy Temple, where do mitzvahs, where we learn Torah, everywhere, and nowhere all at once?
How can G-d be in the Holy Temple, where do mitzvahs, where we learn Torah, everywhere, and nowhere all at once?
Essay
The Subterranean Temple
Had the Temple not been initially constructed with the knowledge of, and the provision for, what was to happen on the ninth of Av, no mortal could have moved a single stone from its place.
Had the Temple not been initially constructed with the knowledge of, and the provision for, what was to happen on the ninth of Av, no mortal could have moved a single stone from its place.
3 Lessons You Can Learn From My Stutter
You know what to say, your listener is waiting patiently, but you simply cannot … Get. The. Words. Out.
You know what to say, your listener is waiting patiently, but you simply cannot … Get. The. Words. Out.
Parshah
On the Haftarah: The Vision of Isaiah
The question is: Who or what is Zion? And who are the captives?
The question is: Who or what is Zion? And who are the captives?
Story
The Urchins' Revenge
They were burning with an urge for revenge. “Let us ambush the new rabbi at night and beat him to a pulp,” one suggested.
They were burning with an urge for revenge. “Let us ambush the new rabbi at night and beat him to a pulp,” one suggested.
A Soul at Sinai: From a Life in Germany to a Life in Israel
When I joined my mother for the weekly visits to the church, I felt something wasn’t right.
When I joined my mother for the weekly visits to the church, I felt something wasn’t right.
Jewish News
Wilderness Rabbi Leads Teens From Rugged Yosemite Trails to Pacific High Seas
Helping high school boys grow physically, mentally and spiritually.
Helping high school boys grow physically, mentally and spiritually.
Knesset Speaker ‘Repays Debt’ to Soviet-Era Chassidic Outlaws
With an eye to the future, Yuli Edelstein relives his story of religious persecution in Russia.
With an eye to the future, Yuli Edelstein relives his story of religious persecution in Russia.
Lifestyle
Money is fire: it can destroy and annihilate, or illuminate and warm, depending on how it is used
— Chassidic master Rabbi Elimelech of Lizensk
Print Magazine
A gift is a gift, but a gift to one in need is an investment, a seed planted in the ground.
Hidden beneath the earth, a seed decays to nothingness. Yet out of that nothingness it unlocks the endless, transformative power of the earth: The power to reproduce.
The seed germinates. A delicate sprout breaks through the ear...
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