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Bamidbar

By the Numbers
10 Sivan Facts Every Jew Should Know

Counting from the springtime month of Nisan, Sivan is the third month on the calendar.
Eleven Shavuot Facts Every Jew Should Know

Every year on Shavuot we renew our acceptance of the Torah, and G‑d “re-gives” it to us anew.
Essay
America’s White Militant Neo-Antisemitism

Vital Answers in Simple Words
What It’s Like to Be the Only Rabbi on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast

Young rabbi returned to build Jewish community in area where he was raised
The Prince and the Pretty Maiden

A good teacher is one that can turn a bad trait into a good one.
The Merchants and the Scholar

Shavuot Readings
How to Tap Into the Sounds of Silence

Too much of our world seems dense and impervious to any glimmer or shard of light. But that nucleus remains. In each of our souls. In each kernel of creation.
Video
The Torah – G-d’s Wisdom, for Every Jew

In ancient Egypt, the study of wisdom was limited to an intellectual elite – the sorcerers and astrologers. Ordinary people had no independent access to wisdom. When the Jews left Egypt, however, G-d commanded them to journey to Sinai and receive the Torah. G-d revealed the Ten Commandments, which included the entire Torah, directly to three million Jewish men, women and children together.
Earth: A Multimedia Meditation

If you had made yourself you would be toast. But you didn't.
Lifestyle
The disciples of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi once asked him: Which is greater -- to love G‑d, or to love a fellow Jew? Replied the Rebbe: The love of G‑d and the love of a fellow are equally ingrained in the Jewish soul. G‑d loves every Jew. So to love a fellow is to love what G‑d loves, which is greater than to love Him Himself.
Print Magazine

For hundreds of years, perhaps since the beginning of Creation, a piece of the world has been waiting for your soul to purify and repair it.

And your soul, from the time it was first emanated and conceived, waited above to descend to this world and carry out that mission.

And your footsteps were guided to reach th...