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Vayigash
By the Numbers
13 Chanukah (Hanukkah) Myths and Misconceptions
Who did the Maccabees fight? Did the Rabbis suppress Chanukah? Find out here!
Who did the Maccabees fight? Did the Rabbis suppress Chanukah? Find out here!
Fighting Carnage With Goodness
Your Questions
(Why) Must a Bar Mitzvah Boy Read From the Torah?
There is a prevalent custom for boys to read the weekly Torah portion when they become a bar mitzvah. Here's why.
There is a prevalent custom for boys to read the weekly Torah portion when they become a bar mitzvah. Here's why.
Parshah
The Estate of Goshen
We may feel that we are enslaved by the lure of the material, that we are trapped by its grip. Yet, the Torah reminds us that we have the power to free ourselves from its gravitational pull.
We may feel that we are enslaved by the lure of the material, that we are trapped by its grip. Yet, the Torah reminds us that we have the power to free ourselves from its gravitational pull.
Jewish News
Story
First-Class Stowaway
“Sir, you have a first-class ticket,” said the conductor. “Why you are lying under a bench in a third-class car?”
“Sir, you have a first-class ticket,” said the conductor. “Why you are lying under a bench in a third-class car?”
Women
A Jewish Life Without Walls
I stumbled a lot just looking for a place to be part of any group that would give me a jumping-off point.
I stumbled a lot just looking for a place to be part of any group that would give me a jumping-off point.
A Journey Back in Time: Visiting the Graves of the Righteous in Ukraine
Time has passed, and so much has happened since I was a child in Soviet Russia, yet I feel an undeniable connection to this land where so many righteous tzadikim are buried.
Time has passed, and so much has happened since I was a child in Soviet Russia, yet I feel an undeniable connection to this land where so many righteous tzadikim are buried.
Be the Good That Someone Else Needs
The ability to see past our own troubles, challenges, and hard days and reach out to another in need is truly exemplary.
The ability to see past our own troubles, challenges, and hard days and reach out to another in need is truly exemplary.
Lifestyle
Rabbi Yossei the son of Judah of Kfar HaBavli would
say: One who learns Torah from youngsters, whom is he comparable to? To one who
eats unripe grapes and drinks [unfermented] wine from the press. One who learns
Torah from the old, whom is he comparable to? To one who eats ripened grapes and
drinks aged wine.
Said Rabbi Meir: Look not at the vessel, but at what it contains. There are new vessels that are filled with old wine, and old vessels that do not even contain new wine.
Said Rabbi Meir: Look not at the vessel, but at what it contains. There are new vessels that are filled with old wine, and old vessels that do not even contain new wine.
— Ethics of the Fathers, 4:20
Print Magazine
Once the promised land was settled, every household brought a sample of their first fruits to the Temple every year and thanked G‑d for the land.
But not until all Jews were safe and settled, each on their own plot of land.
Because that is the way the Jewish nation operates: Like brothers and sisters.
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