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Devarim
By the Numbers
13 Little-Known Jewish Funeral Traditions
The Jewish funeral is rich with customs and traditions ranging from well known to obscure.
The Jewish funeral is rich with customs and traditions ranging from well known to obscure.
9 Questions: Take the 9 Days Quiz
Here is a quick way to make sure you are up to speed on this special period and its significance.
Here is a quick way to make sure you are up to speed on this special period and its significance.
10 Things I Learned From My Friend Itty Ainsworth
Share the love you have with someone who needs it.
Share the love you have with someone who needs it.
Your Questions
Who Authored the Kinot Said on Tisha B'Av?
Some of the authors are well known, some are known by name only, and others are anonymous.
Some of the authors are well known, some are known by name only, and others are anonymous.
Tisha B’Av That Falls on Shabbat or Sunday
On Shabbat, all public displays of mourning are strictly prohibited. This causes changes in many of the Tisha B’Av laws and customs.
On Shabbat, all public displays of mourning are strictly prohibited. This causes changes in many of the Tisha B’Av laws and customs.
Teaching Self-Control
My ten-year-old is a sweet boy who is usually pleasant and polite. However, he has a habit of calling my daughter names even though he is aware how sensitive she is, and sometimes, when he gets excited, he will grab her around the neck and squeeze her a little too hard.
My ten-year-old is a sweet boy who is usually pleasant and polite. However, he has a habit of calling my daughter names even though he is aware how sensitive she is, and sometimes, when he gets excited, he will grab her around the neck and squeeze her a little too hard.
Parshah
Can You Travel Back in Time? Kind Of…
One of the most powerful tools we humans possess is the ability to rewrite our own past by reframing the story.
One of the most powerful tools we humans possess is the ability to rewrite our own past by reframing the story.
Criticism: Constructive or Counter Productive?
What’s the best way to influence people to modify their behavior?
What’s the best way to influence people to modify their behavior?
Essay
Make It Real
The vision which we see on Shabbat Chazon is to inspire a change so fundamental that we will turn that vision of the Third Temple into actual physical reality . . .
The vision which we see on Shabbat Chazon is to inspire a change so fundamental that we will turn that vision of the Third Temple into actual physical reality . . .
Colorblindness and the Tragedy of Tisha B’Av
Perhaps we were not just mourning the actual physical destruction of both Temples, but also our inability to imagine the world before this tragedy.
Perhaps we were not just mourning the actual physical destruction of both Temples, but also our inability to imagine the world before this tragedy.
Video
From a Mormon in Utah to a Jew in Wisconsin
Basya Edelstein shares her journey, as someone who grew up as a Mormon in Utah, to discover her place in Judaism.
Basya Edelstein shares her journey, as someone who grew up as a Mormon in Utah, to discover her place in Judaism.
Jewish News
Before coming down into this world, a soul is given an oath: "Be a righteous person, and do not be a wicked person!"
— Talmud, Nidah 30b
Print Magazine
In the beginning, a world of twos was created.
Heaven and Earth. Body and soul. Good and evil. Life and death. Light and darkness.
Those who chose Heaven abandoned the earth. Those who chose the body abandoned the soul. Those who chose evil destroyed life.
Those who chose good believed it would only come with death....
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