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Shemot
By the Numbers
10 Questions: The Sons and Daughters in the Torah Quiz
Quiz yourself on your knowledge of children in the Torah!
Quiz yourself on your knowledge of children in the Torah!
Parshah
Hearing the Cry and Acting on It
Seeing beyond the status quo and taking action are characteristics that distinguish great people.
Seeing beyond the status quo and taking action are characteristics that distinguish great people.
How Long Can We Wait?
Miriam shows us how to wait. With bitterness over our suffering but not with despair.
Miriam shows us how to wait. With bitterness over our suffering but not with despair.
My Planner, Our Purpose
Losing my planner taught me that we are not lost and listless, but on a path from a Higher Source.
Losing my planner taught me that we are not lost and listless, but on a path from a Higher Source.
For Your Shemot Study Group (PDF)
This weekly study packet is part of theJewishwoman.org “Be a Leader” initiative. Print it out and learn it with your study group.
This weekly study packet is part of theJewishwoman.org “Be a Leader” initiative. Print it out and learn it with your study group.
Your Questions
Is It Ethical to Regift?
Is it wrong to regift? My uncle just came back from Hong Kong and brought me a very expensive green tie with red zigzags. I would not be caught dead wearing it. But I have a friend with the same taste as my uncle who would love it, and it's his birthday next week. Is there any issue with me passing it on, rather than letting it gather dust in my closet?
Is it wrong to regift? My uncle just came back from Hong Kong and brought me a very expensive green tie with red zigzags. I would not be caught dead wearing it. But I have a friend with the same taste as my uncle who would love it, and it's his birthday next week. Is there any issue with me passing it on, rather than letting it gather dust in my closet?
Story
Neither Sleet Nor Snow...
Why did the rabbi endanger his life to come to synagogue when he could have prayed at home? Why did he lead the service, against his normal practice? And why was he so emotional?
Why did the rabbi endanger his life to come to synagogue when he could have prayed at home? Why did he lead the service, against his normal practice? And why was he so emotional?
Perspectives
Bottling Joy and Appreciating Life’s Goodness, Even in the NICU
Studies show that gratitude has the highest connection to mental health and happiness than any other personality trait studied.
Studies show that gratitude has the highest connection to mental health and happiness than any other personality trait studied.
The Wings of an Angel
There’s a level of loneliness that only someone who’s experienced the daily bliss of married mundanity can relate to.
There’s a level of loneliness that only someone who’s experienced the daily bliss of married mundanity can relate to.
"And [Haman's] wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, 'If this Mordechai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail over him, for you will certainly fall before him.'" She said to him: This nation is compared to the stars, and to the sand [cf. Genesis 13:16 and 15:5). When they fall, they fall all the way to the sand. And when they rise, they rise all the way to the sky and the stars.
— Esther 6:13; Rashi's commentary, ibid.
Print Magazine
Our souls are in exile within our bodies. Our people is in exile within a foreign world.
And so there are two things we must know:
That this is not our place.
And that hidden treasure lies buried here; for G‑d dwells in darkness.
If we remember only that this is not our place, we may remain strong, we may even sh...
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