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Simchat Torah (Bereishit)

Video
A Miracle Girl's Bat Mitzvah Speech
Goldie Shuman was born with FD, a rare genetic disorder, and lives by the grace of G-d and a team of medical professionals. Watch and be inspired by her incredible bat mitzvah speech.
The Rebbe and a Young Man With Autism

“We have another son, who, unfortunately, is not well. He is autistic. He needs a blessing.”
Quizzes
Bereishit Parshah Quiz

Take this quiz to see how well you know the parshah of Bereishit.
Take the Sukkot Quiz
Take these 10 questions to see how well you know the joyous holiday of Sukkot.
Looking Back at Pittsburgh
There is Only One Story

Parshah
Start the Torah Cycle With Shabbat deLights

Delight each week in practical tools for dealing with life’s most pressing challenges
How Adam and Eve Made Peace With Abel's Murder

Adam and Eve were at a loss, not only about what to do with Abel’s body, but they had a much deeper question: how to respond to absolute evil? How could they continue to live after witnessing the depravity of which humanity was capable?
Yes, I Am a Chassidic Feminist

A perspective on the curse of Eve
Lifestyle
Stuffed Cabbage

Meat and rice, rolled up in cabbage and cooked in a decadent sauce - a Simchat Torah classic. With step-by-step photo instructions.
Why was the First Temple destroyed? Because there was idolatry, promiscuity and murder. But the Second Temple, at which time they were occupied in Torah, mitzvot and charity, why was it destroyed? Because there was baseless hatred between them.
— Talmud, Yoma 9b
Print Magazine

Yom Kippur is a day of forgiveness for those who return.

But then, every day is a day of forgiveness for those who return.

Yet Yom Kippur is an entirely different story. 

Because on any other day when a soul returns, her misdeeds are discarded.

On Yom Kippur, when a soul returns, she is held in tight embrace. 

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