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How much do you know about the brave, wise, faithful and resourceful women who have shaped our nation’s destiny?
How much do you know about the brave, wise, faithful and resourceful women who have shaped our nation’s destiny?
Your Questions
Must One Honor Abusive Parents?
There are many kinds and levels of abuse, and different people can cope with and tolerate different situations and relationships.
There are many kinds and levels of abuse, and different people can cope with and tolerate different situations and relationships.
Parshah
How Did the Mission of the Twelve Spies Go So Wrong?
Moses felt that the Israelites had no reason to fear the inhabitants, as they had all seen the great miracles wrought against the much more powerful Egyptians.
Moses felt that the Israelites had no reason to fear the inhabitants, as they had all seen the great miracles wrought against the much more powerful Egyptians.
Defeating the Inner Defeatist
Who hasn’t been faced with a task and then spent needless amounts of time coming up with creative reasons why it’s going to be too hard?
Who hasn’t been faced with a task and then spent needless amounts of time coming up with creative reasons why it’s going to be too hard?
Spiritual Blockage & Essential Worthiness
A spiritual exploration of the three preconditions for a food item to become ritually impure. The inner dimension of these Temple laws highlights how there is a part of us that is always whole and pure, where nothing – no trauma, no circumstances – can damage. Accessing our deepest connection provides us with our essential worthiness.
A spiritual exploration of the three preconditions for a food item to become ritually impure. The inner dimension of these Temple laws highlights how there is a part of us that is always whole and pure, where nothing – no trauma, no circumstances – can damage. Accessing our deepest connection provides us with our essential worthiness.
Voices
The Unplanned Trip to the Gym That Turned Into a Spiritual Workout
One never knows the twists and turns that life can bring—the chance meetings that turn into lifelong friendships and opportunities beyond measure.
One never knows the twists and turns that life can bring—the chance meetings that turn into lifelong friendships and opportunities beyond measure.
I Chose Shabbat Over a Rocket Launch
We had committed time and money to this event, yet we would have to miss it because driving to watch the launch on Shabbat was not an option.
We had committed time and money to this event, yet we would have to miss it because driving to watch the launch on Shabbat was not an option.
Have I Hit Rock Bottom Yet?
What if I am only partially crushed? Is that enough for the healing and recovery to begin?
What if I am only partially crushed? Is that enough for the healing and recovery to begin?
Story
Summoned by a Soul
Eventually, the stress affected the butcher, and he died broken-hearted and exhausted.
Eventually, the stress affected the butcher, and he died broken-hearted and exhausted.
Shabbat Law of the Week
One should live with the times. (This means that one should "live with" the weekly Torah reading, looking to the week's Parshah for guidance and inspiration in one's daily life.)
— Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi
Print Magazine
Rabbi Jonah said, “The prophet Jonah ben Amitai was just another pilgrim to the Temple. He walked into the Sukkot celebration, the divine spirit rested upon him, and he became a prophet.”
The Magid of Mezritch taught:
Joy is the path to the divine.
And Sukkot is a time for joy.
A joy that can lift everyone to ...
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