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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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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
[Rabbi Yochanan] said to [his disciples]: Go and see which is the best trait for a person to acquire. Said Rabbi Eliezer: A good eye. Said Rabbi Joshua: A good friend. Said Rabbi Yossei: A good neighbor. Said Rabbi Shimon: To foresee what will be born. Said Rabbi Elazar: A good heart. Said He to them: I prefer the words of Elazar the son of Arach to yours, for his words include all of yours
— Ethics of the Fathers 2:10
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As you treat others here below, so you are treated above.
Perhaps someone once tried to tell you about the ugly deeds of another.
You really wanted to hear. But you knew that’s not right. Gossip is a form of murder, and you did not wish to be an accomplice.
Mustering all your moral strength, you quietly responded, “I...
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