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Behar

14 Facts About the Zohar

For anyone venturing into Kabbalah, the most important text is often the Zohar.
13 Tips: How to Celebrate Lag BaOmer

Here are the tools and tips you need to have a rip-roaring inspiration-heavy Lag BaOmer celebration like no other.
Take the Tallit Quiz

Do you know the ins and outs of the Jewish prayer shawl? Take this quiz to find out.
Parshah
Aspire Higher!

if we lift ourselves up just a little higher, we can see how small the world really is.
Spiritual Orphanhood

When you’re down in the dumps or trapped in a negative spiral, you can’t climb out by yourself.
Video
The Jewish Woman: Beauty

A Fashion Entrepreneur’s Journey to Shabbat and Faith

As the daughter of Max Azria of the BCBG fashion empire, Joyce's life revolved around the pursuit of materialism until she began her own spiritual journey--to a life imbued with the beauty of Shabbat, mitzvot, and faith in G-d.
Rabbi Shimon’s Joy

On Lag B’omer, Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai proclaimed: “This is the day of my rejoicing!” What was it that made Rabbi Shimon so joyful?
Wanting Love and Approval, and Learning I Didn’t Need It

I was grateful I got to love myself and them and every precious moment of our time together, instead of just needing them to like me.
Story
The Reluctant Rebbe

Many children were sick and dying despite all the efforts of the local doctor, and the townspeople were desperately seeking a spiritual remedy.
Lifestyle
How to Eat Carob (and Why We Eat it on Lag BaOmer)

Technically, you can gnaw on raw carob pods, but it’s hard work and not the most pleasant experience.
Edible Fruit Trees for Parshat Behar

Here's a fun treat for this week's Torah portion!
Send forth your bread upon the surface of the water, for after many days you will find it
— Ecclesiastes 11:1
Print Magazine

People know Yom Kippur as a day of repentance and forgiveness. But Yom Kippur takes you far beyond that.

Because repentance means regretting who you’ve become. Yom Kippur is a day when you are embraced for who you truly are.

You are a pure, divine soul. Today, in that embrace, you experience the bond that divine soul ha...

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