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Balak
Your Questions
Why Do We Wash Hands After a Funeral or Cemetery Visit?
Whenever holiness departs, negative forces try to fill the void.
Whenever holiness departs, negative forces try to fill the void.
By the Numbers
14 Facts About Jews and Judaism That Every Person Should Know
Learn the basics of what Judaism and being Jewish is all about!
Learn the basics of what Judaism and being Jewish is all about!
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Observe the Fast of 17 Tammuz on Sunday
The fast of the 17th of Tammuz commemorates five tragic events. The first dates back to the times of Moses . . .
The fast of the 17th of Tammuz commemorates five tragic events. The first dates back to the times of Moses . . .
The Prohibition Against Physical Violence
Surely we don’t need G‑d to tell us that physical violence is not allowed?
Surely we don’t need G‑d to tell us that physical violence is not allowed?
Parshah
The Evolution of Pleasure
What attraction could the idol Peor, and the particularly repulsive rituals associated with it, possibly hold for the Israelites who succumbed to its influence?
What attraction could the idol Peor, and the particularly repulsive rituals associated with it, possibly hold for the Israelites who succumbed to its influence?
Balak's Bad Day
Balak was having a bad day. The Moab State Department has just sent him a memo that two mighty kings in the region had being defeated and killed by the invading Hebrews. Consumed with panic, he called a press conference...
Balak was having a bad day. The Moab State Department has just sent him a memo that two mighty kings in the region had being defeated and killed by the invading Hebrews. Consumed with panic, he called a press conference...
Video
How to Help Children Alleviate Their Anxiety
Here's how to help children rationalize their emotions and work on solutions.
Here's how to help children rationalize their emotions and work on solutions.
Women
Pearls Back in Style? Their Preciousness Never Left!
The natural process that forms pearls is something many of us can relate to.
The natural process that forms pearls is something many of us can relate to.
Story
The Reply That Was Never Sent
“I was some miles away from here when I began walking in the direction of Dvinsk for no particular reason.”
“I was some miles away from here when I began walking in the direction of Dvinsk for no particular reason.”
Lifestyle
One does not tire of counting diamonds.
— The Lubavitcher Rebbe, when asked how he could stand on his feet for hours greeting the thousands who came to see him
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G‑d said to Abram, “Go to yourself, from your land, from your birthplace and from your father’s house, to the land which I will show you.”—Genesis 12:1
If you were not you, if you saw yourself from the eyes of another, how would you see your journeys through life?
You would see how each journey leads away from home. A...
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