ב"ה
Yitro
By the Numbers
10 Facts About 15 Shevat, the New Year for Trees
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!
How much do you know about South African Jewry? Take this quiz to find out!
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 number seven represents the cycle of creation; the number eight represents the "circumference" -- that which lies beyond the perimeter of time and space. This is why the Divine Presence came to dwell in the Israelite camp on the eighth day. This is also alluded to in the saying of our sages (Talmud, Erchin 13b) that "The lyre of Moshiach has eight strings"
— Keli Yakar
Print Magazine
Creativity is an exercise in paradox.
On the one hand, creativity is the artist’s expression of self.
Yet, on the other hand, the artist must remove himself from his art, with discipline and with skill, so that his creation will appear real, as though it has a life of its own.
Creation of a universe from the void ...
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