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Bereishit
Your Questions
Why Did Eve Listen to the Snake?
Eve had just one commandment: not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge. Yet she ate and invited Adam to do the same. The classic commentators discuss why she ever listened to the snake.
Eve had just one commandment: not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge. Yet she ate and invited Adam to do the same. The classic commentators discuss why she ever listened to the snake.
Take the Shabbat Services Quiz
This quiz will help you know how well you know the traditional Shabbat synagogue services.
This quiz will help you know how well you know the traditional Shabbat synagogue services.
Voices
Battling My Eating Disorder, Day by Day
I have an eating disorder.The doctors call it anorexia nervosa, but I resent being put in a box with a nice little label.
I have an eating disorder.The doctors call it anorexia nervosa, but I resent being put in a box with a nice little label.
Parshah
The Moment After You Do Something Terrible
How are we supposed to live with ourselves in the aftermath?
How are we supposed to live with ourselves in the aftermath?
Video
How to Paint a Torah
Watch an art video showing how to make a beautiful painting of a Sefer Torah (a Torah scroll).
Watch an art video showing how to make a beautiful painting of a Sefer Torah (a Torah scroll).
With whom did G-d consult (when He said "Let us make man")? He consulted with the souls of the righteous
— Midrash Rabbah, Bereishit 8:7
Print Magazine
A Jew entered the Alter Rebbe’s study and said, “Rebbe, I am a simple man. Please explain to me: What is this holiday of Shemini Atzeret?”
The Alter Rebbe held his head in his hands for a moment. Then he answered:
“For a long journey, you might make a concentrate of the food and drink you will need for the way. At every...
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