ב"ה
Beshalach
Your Questions
Who “Invented” the Holiday on 15 Shevat?
When did Tu Bishvat become a thing, and why specifically now?
When did Tu Bishvat become a thing, and why specifically now?
What Does the Jewish Last Name Horowitz Mean?
Learn the meaning and significance of this famous Jewish surname.
Learn the meaning and significance of this famous Jewish surname.
Parshah
Moses Returns
So let’s say Moses turns up today. What would he liberate us from? What sort of miracles would he make this time around?
So let’s say Moses turns up today. What would he liberate us from? What sort of miracles would he make this time around?
Why We Love Old Songs
And as many times as you hear it, you’re moved all the same. If the tune grabs you from the get-go, it will almost always continue to do so.
And as many times as you hear it, you’re moved all the same. If the tune grabs you from the get-go, it will almost always continue to do so.
15 Shevat
Teaching My Son Multiplication and Myself About Challenges
He plants seeds. Seeds of experience, seeds of challenge, seeds of tears. Seeds that make us think, “Why do I need to go through this experience or meet that person?”
He plants seeds. Seeds of experience, seeds of challenge, seeds of tears. Seeds that make us think, “Why do I need to go through this experience or meet that person?”
Why I Didn’t Come to Your Baby’s Brit
The thought of attending caused me so much anxiety that I decided to be kind to myself and give myself permission not to attend.
The thought of attending caused me so much anxiety that I decided to be kind to myself and give myself permission not to attend.
By the Numbers
Nine Ways to Be Like a Tree
Since the Torah compares man to “a tree of the field,” we’ve collected nine lessons from the mystics that we can learn from trees.
Since the Torah compares man to “a tree of the field,” we’ve collected nine lessons from the mystics that we can learn from trees.
7 Life Lessons I Learned From Yudi Dukes
During his 241-day hospitalization he impacted every single person he came into contact with.
During his 241-day hospitalization he impacted every single person he came into contact with.
Story
The Runaway Convert
"After the Jewish businessman left, the mother called her son and reprimanded him. The child looked at his mother in surprise. His eyes conveyed his thoughts: Mom, what’s the big deal? After all, he is just a Jew"
"After the Jewish businessman left, the mother called her son and reprimanded him. The child looked at his mother in surprise. His eyes conveyed his thoughts: Mom, what’s the big deal? After all, he is just a Jew"
Melachah of the Week
Lifestyle
A brachah (blessing) is like rain. Just as rain benefits only the
plowed and sown field, but a field lying waste, unplowed and unsown, will
benefit from neither soft rain, nor the early or later heavy rains -- so, too, a
blessing will benefit only one who prepares himself to receive it...
— Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov
Print Magazine
Speak like G-d.
G‑d's words are packets of divine energy, articulations of His essence and being.
You, too, can speak from the essence of your heart.
Words that come from your heart will enter the hearts of others. And once there, they will have their effect.
So that the heart they enter cannot help but be moved.
G-...
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