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Why Chickpeas & Beer at a Shalom Zachar?
The refreshments almost always include chickpeas (garbanzo beans) and beer. To understand why, we need to understand the main reasons behind the shalom zachar.
The refreshments almost always include chickpeas (garbanzo beans) and beer. To understand why, we need to understand the main reasons behind the shalom zachar.
Why Am I Not Falling in Love?
Love can only blossom in an open heart. When our hearts are closed we cannot feel affection, even when that affection is really there. And what makes a heart close is fear.
Love can only blossom in an open heart. When our hearts are closed we cannot feel affection, even when that affection is really there. And what makes a heart close is fear.
Essay
Letter to My Cremated Father
My hope is that this letter, an artifice to ease my double grief over your death and cremation, will reach other Jews in the same plight, children and parents.
My hope is that this letter, an artifice to ease my double grief over your death and cremation, will reach other Jews in the same plight, children and parents.
The Story of Ezra the Scribe in the Bible
Ezra the Scribe headed the religious revival of the people living in Israel at the beginning of the Second Temple era.
Ezra the Scribe headed the religious revival of the people living in Israel at the beginning of the Second Temple era.
Did You Know that (Some) Stress is Good for You?
Stress is supposed to be one of the harmful things that can shorten our lifespan and even cause death.
Stress is supposed to be one of the harmful things that can shorten our lifespan and even cause death.
Video
Should Toxic Environments Be Avoided at All Costs?
A lesson from Jacob's blessing to his grandson Efraim.
A lesson from Jacob's blessing to his grandson Efraim.
Parshah
Lion, Donkey, or Wolf?
For the first time in Jewish history, all 12 sons of Jacob are tasked with continuing the legacy of Abraham. Each has a specific quality that will contribute critically to the Jewish story.
For the first time in Jewish history, all 12 sons of Jacob are tasked with continuing the legacy of Abraham. Each has a specific quality that will contribute critically to the Jewish story.
Sharing the Secret to Jewish Unity
We share a communal identity and destiny, where we celebrate and mourn as one.
We share a communal identity and destiny, where we celebrate and mourn as one.
Story
The Forgiven Loan
Reb Shalom’s daughter waited to be wed, but without a somewhat respectable dowry her chances of meriting a fine groom were virtually nonexistent.
Reb Shalom’s daughter waited to be wed, but without a somewhat respectable dowry her chances of meriting a fine groom were virtually nonexistent.
"The voice is the voice of Jacob"--no prayer is effective unless the seed of Jacob has a part in it. "The hands are the hands of Esau"--no war is successful unless the seed of Esau has a share in it.
— Talmud
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The ancient Book of Formation teaches that there is more to the universe than time and space. There is a soul.
Whatever is found in the universe’s soul is found somewhere in its space. And whatever is found in space, is found in time.
In the soul of the universe there is a consciousness from which all consciousness exte...
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