ב"ה
Bo
Essay
How Do Mezuzahs Work?
How on earth does a parchment scroll with Hebrew inscriptions increase your personal safety? Here is how the great rabbis understood it.
How on earth does a parchment scroll with Hebrew inscriptions increase your personal safety? Here is how the great rabbis understood it.
Why Are Tefillin From Animal Hide?
Here are two explanations that the mystics give as to why tefillin needs to be made of leather.
Here are two explanations that the mystics give as to why tefillin needs to be made of leather.
How Does Prayer Replicate Sacrifices?
There is another purpose to daily prayer that is relevant to everyone.
There is another purpose to daily prayer that is relevant to everyone.
By the Numbers
18 Myths and Facts About Judaism and Jewish People
Here are some of the greatest and most persistent myths about Judaism and the Jewish people. How many of them are new to you?
Here are some of the greatest and most persistent myths about Judaism and the Jewish people. How many of them are new to you?
Parshah
For Your Bo 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.
Why the Rush to Leave Egypt?
Our ancestors had spent 210 years in Egypt. They couldn’t wait a few more hours? Why the mad rush?
Our ancestors had spent 210 years in Egypt. They couldn’t wait a few more hours? Why the mad rush?
Voices
Finding G-d in the Psych Ward
Bashie’s harrowing struggle against anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder is a journey that takes her from the depths of isolation and despair to the profound joy of knowing that a Jew is never alone.
Bashie’s harrowing struggle against anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder is a journey that takes her from the depths of isolation and despair to the profound joy of knowing that a Jew is never alone.
From Rescuing Seals to Reviving Souls
As an exchange student to Germany I knew all about the Berlin Wall, but nothing about the Western Wall.
As an exchange student to Germany I knew all about the Berlin Wall, but nothing about the Western Wall.
A Torah Walks into a Bar
Back then, a good time meant going to bars, trying new drinks, “playing the field”—all the things secular culture told me would make me happy but which just left me feeling alone and alienated.
Back then, a good time meant going to bars, trying new drinks, “playing the field”—all the things secular culture told me would make me happy but which just left me feeling alone and alienated.
Faith Reconfirmed in a First-Time Uber Ride
I awoke that morning with hesitancy; I ended the day with gratification.
I awoke that morning with hesitancy; I ended the day with gratification.
Reflect upon three things and you will not come to the hands of transgression. Know from where you came, where you are going, and before whom you are destined to give a judgement and accounting. From where you came -- from a putrid drop; where you are going -- to a place of dust, maggots and worms; and before whom you are destined to give a judgement and accounting -- before the supreme king of kings, the Holy One, blessed be He.
— Ethics of the Fathers 3:1
Print Magazine
Blind faith believes that which it is told, because it wants to believe.
Intellect believes that which it understands, because it wants to attain understanding.
Wisdom believes that which is true, because it is true.
Wisdom doesn’t have to fit that which some self-serving faith wishes to believe. Neither does it await...
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