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Shelach
By the Numbers
13 Facts About the Mitzvah to Visit the Sick
Let’s take a step back and learn 13 facts about this building block of Jewish life known as bikur cholim.
Let’s take a step back and learn 13 facts about this building block of Jewish life known as bikur cholim.
Women
Infertility Won’t Stop Me From Bringing Life to the World
Granted, the first woman was the mother of all life because from her have eventually come all living beings, but where does that leave the rest of us?
Granted, the first woman was the mother of all life because from her have eventually come all living beings, but where does that leave the rest of us?
Parshah
Scouting a New Path
The sending of the spies represented the critically important ability of the Jewish people to decide that they wanted to enter the land, not because of a commandment alone, but because their own will and desire directed them to do so.
The sending of the spies represented the critically important ability of the Jewish people to decide that they wanted to enter the land, not because of a commandment alone, but because their own will and desire directed them to do so.
Your Questions
Saying Psalms According to Your (Loved One's) Age
Do not underestimate the power and benefit of reciting psalms in general and, more specifically, the psalm corresponding to your age.
Do not underestimate the power and benefit of reciting psalms in general and, more specifically, the psalm corresponding to your age.
What Is Zion?
I keep encountering quotes from the Bible about Zion, but I can’t work it out. Is Zion a specific mountain? So who is the “daughter of Zion”?
I keep encountering quotes from the Bible about Zion, but I can’t work it out. Is Zion a specific mountain? So who is the “daughter of Zion”?
Story
The Burned Store and a Match Made in Heaven
The Rebbe suggested that since we are financially secure, we should close our store on Shabbat and that G‑d will then send our daughter her bashert...
The Rebbe suggested that since we are financially secure, we should close our store on Shabbat and that G‑d will then send our daughter her bashert...
Melacha of the Week
Me’amer - Gathering
Binding or gathering produce, the av melachah of ma’amer, is forbidden on Shabbat.
Binding or gathering produce, the av melachah of ma’amer, is forbidden on Shabbat.
Essay
Nosh on This: Kosher Food Boosts the Body and Soul
The kosher status of the food we eat has a tremendous impact on our spiritual sensitivity.
The kosher status of the food we eat has a tremendous impact on our spiritual sensitivity.
Lifestyle
If you wait until you find the meaning of life, will there be enough life left to live meaningfully?
— The Lubavitcher Rebbe
Print Magazine
Everyone agrees with all the wonderful advice and ethics written in the books of the sages. Everyone agrees that this is the way to run your life.
Yet each of us has our escape route, to avoid bettering our lives by changing ourselves. We ask, “Were those words truly meant for me, or perhaps for someone else in another t...
