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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?
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What Is the Final Frontier?
Abraham’s mission was to explore the final frontier. Only there would he find his innermost identity. (parsha perks with Dr. Chighel | Lech Lecha)
Abraham’s mission was to explore the final frontier. Only there would he find his innermost identity. (parsha perks with Dr. Chighel | Lech Lecha)
Take the Abraham & Sarah Course
In this course, we will delve into what made Avraham and Sarah so special and what made them so effective as leaders and trailblazers.
In this course, we will delve into what made Avraham and Sarah so special and what made them so effective as leaders and trailblazers.
Why Do Jews Celebrate Circumcisions?
We spend our whole lives trying to elevate ourselves above and beyond the mundaneness of day-to-day material wellbeing. In fact, it’s such an important part of being a Jew, that we demonstrate our commitment to it in the first days of our life.
We spend our whole lives trying to elevate ourselves above and beyond the mundaneness of day-to-day material wellbeing. In fact, it’s such an important part of being a Jew, that we demonstrate our commitment to it in the first days of our life.
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
Should you say: what one sage permits, another prohibits; what Rabbi Eleazar condemns, Rabbi Joshua acquits; what the House of Shammai disqualifies, the House of Hillel declares fit; to whom then shall we listen? Says G-d: Nevertheless, it is all given from one Shepherd...
— Midrash Rabbah
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Each generation has its role in history.
From all the generations before us we inherited a wealth of dreams: philosophy, truths, wisdom and purpose. We are tiny dwarfs standing on the shoulders of their ideas and their noble deeds.
Our generation’s mandate—and destiny—is to make the dream real.
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