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Why Stay Awake the Night Before a Brit Millah?
The custom can be traced back to the Zohar, where we read that the sages stayed up learning Torah the night before a circumcision.
The custom can be traced back to the Zohar, where we read that the sages stayed up learning Torah the night before a circumcision.
Patient Autonomy & Right to Refuse Treatment in Jewish Law
The patient adamantly refuses treatment, preferring to die. Would halachah sanction his request?
The patient adamantly refuses treatment, preferring to die. Would halachah sanction his request?
Parshah
Story
The Secret Soviet Circumcision
Jews chose to either continue practicing in secret or simply surrender their heritage altogether.
Jews chose to either continue practicing in secret or simply surrender their heritage altogether.
Women
Three Life Lessons My Israeli Midwives Taught Me
When I first moved to Israel with my husband and three children, I was apprehensive at the thought of giving birth in a new country. Thankfully, I was in for a pleasant surprise.
When I first moved to Israel with my husband and three children, I was apprehensive at the thought of giving birth in a new country. Thankfully, I was in for a pleasant surprise.
Why This Is Not Going to Break You, but Make You!
Within this month exists the potential for bountiful blessings.
Within this month exists the potential for bountiful blessings.
Celebrating My First True Shabbat
The intimacy and grace of this shared Shabbat—my very first true celebration of Shabbat—cannot be adequately expressed. My husband and I were welcomed into this observant household with no preconceived expectations. We were simply welcomed.
The intimacy and grace of this shared Shabbat—my very first true celebration of Shabbat—cannot be adequately expressed. My husband and I were welcomed into this observant household with no preconceived expectations. We were simply welcomed.
Lifestyle
The materials donated for the Mishkan correspond to the components of the human being. "Gold" is the soul; "silver," the body; "copper," the voice; "blue," the veins; "purple," the flesh; "red," the blood; "flax," the intestines; "goat hair," the hair; "ram skins dyed red," the skin of the face; "tachash skins," the scalp; "shittim wood," the bones; "oil for lighting," the eyes; "spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense," the nose, mouth and palate; "shoham stones and gemstones for setting," the kidneys and the heart.
— Midrash HaGadol
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The First Temple, why was it destroyed? Because of idolatry, murder and adultery.
The Second Temple, when they were occupied in studying Torah, doing mitzvahs, and acts of loving-kindness, why was it destroyed?
Because there were those who were intolerant of others without cause. Which teaches us that senseless into...
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