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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...
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
Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb, and the fruit of your earth, and the fruit of your beasts; the offspring increase of your cattle, and the young of your sheep. Blessed shall be your basket and your store. Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out
— Deuteronomy 28:3-6
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We Jews are a diverse people. We speak many languages. We live in every part of the world. We have different cultures, foods, political views.
But when a Jew’s mind is absorbed within Torah, it is the same Torah within which another Jew is absorbed. And another Jew. And yet another.
We discuss and debate and share and...
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