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Simchat Torah/Bereishit
Parshah
Why G-d Banished Adam and Eve From the Garden of Eden
Why was G-d so afraid that humans would gain eternal life that He was compelled to throw Adam and Eve out of Gan Eden?
Why was G-d so afraid that humans would gain eternal life that He was compelled to throw Adam and Eve out of Gan Eden?
Letting Go to Move Forward: A Lesson From the Mission to Mars
Throughout your life, you will have many missions. What have you completed, and what is there to begin at this new stage of life?
Throughout your life, you will have many missions. What have you completed, and what is there to begin at this new stage of life?
By the Numbers
Take the 6 Days of Creation Quiz
Test your knowledge on the six days of creation with this quick quiz!
Test your knowledge on the six days of creation with this quick quiz!
15 Simchat Torah Facts Every Jew Should Know
Simchat Torah (“The Joy of the Torah”) is the day when we finish the annual Torah-reading cycle and begin anew. Learn 15 facts that you may not have known!
Simchat Torah (“The Joy of the Torah”) is the day when we finish the annual Torah-reading cycle and begin anew. Learn 15 facts that you may not have known!
Video
The Small Luminary
The book of Genesis relates that on the fourth day of creation G-d created the two luminaries; the great luminary, the sun, to shine by day, and the small luminary, the moon, to shine by night.
The book of Genesis relates that on the fourth day of creation G-d created the two luminaries; the great luminary, the sun, to shine by day, and the small luminary, the moon, to shine by night.
Voices
How a Rock Song Started Me on My Journey
thank the Byrds for their introduction to a lesson in Kohelet, Ecclesiastes.
thank the Byrds for their introduction to a lesson in Kohelet, Ecclesiastes.
The Case of the Missing Etrog
On the cosmic mitzvah scale there really is no difference if I make a blessing over my lulav-and-etrog set, or if that same set is used by a Jew on the streets of Brooklyn.... mitzvah = mitzvah, right?
On the cosmic mitzvah scale there really is no difference if I make a blessing over my lulav-and-etrog set, or if that same set is used by a Jew on the streets of Brooklyn.... mitzvah = mitzvah, right?
Lifestyle
Stuffed Cabbage
Meat and rice, rolled up in cabbage and cooked in a decadent sauce - a Simchat Torah classic. With step-by-step photo instructions.
Meat and rice, rolled up in cabbage and cooked in a decadent sauce - a Simchat Torah classic. With step-by-step photo instructions.
Your Questions
Why Can the Sukkah Walls Be Made From (Almost) Anything?
Sukkot reminds us that we are continually in G-d’s warm embrace, enveloped by His infinite love.
Sukkot reminds us that we are continually in G-d’s warm embrace, enveloped by His infinite love.
It is a special kindness that G-d made man to walk upright, so that he looks upon the Heavens; unlike beasts that go on all fours and see only the earth
— Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch (1789-1866)
Print Magazine
Don’t waste a good sin.
“All that G‑d does is good, even the wicked person on the day of his wickedness.” (Proverbs 16:4)
Why did a G‑d who hates evil create a world where evil can take charge of a human being?
Only so that this human being would be driven yet higher than could ever be reached without sin.
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