ב"ה
Yitro
By the Numbers
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Learn about the 15th of Shevat, the "new year" for trees, with these ten fascinating facts.
Learn about the 15th of Shevat, the "new year" for trees, with these ten fascinating facts.
10 Questions: Take the South Africa Jewry Quiz
How much do you know about South African Jewry? Take this quiz to find out!
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Essay
The Existential Exodus
You can hide it enough so it doesn't embarrass you in public. You can pretty it up so that others are not as annoyed with it. You can try to ignore its whelps and howls when it gets out of hand. But can you free yourself of your ego?
You can hide it enough so it doesn't embarrass you in public. You can pretty it up so that others are not as annoyed with it. You can try to ignore its whelps and howls when it gets out of hand. But can you free yourself of your ego?
Your Questions
Halachic Guidance for Gardening (in the Diaspora)
Through following these halachic guidelines, we make our gardens not only physically beautiful but spiritually delightful as well.
Through following these halachic guidelines, we make our gardens not only physically beautiful but spiritually delightful as well.
Biography
Rebbe Shmuel Shmelke of Nikolsburg (1726-1778)
Rebbe Shmuel Shmelke Horowitz was a renowned scholar and leader of the second generation of the Chassidic movement.
Rebbe Shmuel Shmelke Horowitz was a renowned scholar and leader of the second generation of the Chassidic movement.
Parshah
Don't Be a Building in the Desert
Moses wasn’t telling Yitro anything he didn’t know. Rather, he was trying to see if his father-in-law really possessed the mettle to join G‑d’s people.
Moses wasn’t telling Yitro anything he didn’t know. Rather, he was trying to see if his father-in-law really possessed the mettle to join G‑d’s people.
From Generation to Generation
What You Can Do for Your Elderly Parents
By including the nursing assistants in the culture of the residents, I showed that their work was important, appreciated and valued.
By including the nursing assistants in the culture of the residents, I showed that their work was important, appreciated and valued.
The Inheritance That Broke Up a Family
There had never been a particularly warm relationship between the siblings, and in the years that followed, their connections became weaker.
There had never been a particularly warm relationship between the siblings, and in the years that followed, their connections became weaker.
Mount Sinai Cupcakes for Parshat Yitro
Enjoy creating and serving these delicious cupcakes for this week's Torah portion.
Enjoy creating and serving these delicious cupcakes for this week's Torah portion.
The materials donated for the Mishkan correspond to the components of the human being. "Gold" is the soul; "silver," the body; "copper," the voice; "blue," the veins; "purple," the flesh; "red," the blood; "flax," the intestines; "goat hair," the hair; "ram skins dyed red," the skin of the face; "tachash skins," the scalp; "shittim wood," the bones; "oil for lighting," the eyes; "spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense," the nose, mouth and palate; "shoham stones and gemstones for setting," the kidneys and the heart.
— Midrash HaGadol
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Torah is the interface between the Infinite and creation. On the outside, it speaks the language of humankind. On the inside, it is depth without end.
Grasp either end and you have nothing. Grasp both and you have G‑d Himself.
Sefer Hasichot 5751 vol.1, pg. 84.
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