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Yitro
By the Numbers
10 Facts About the 10 Commandments
While the 10 Commandments were given with the most fanfare, they are really just a sampling of the 613 commandments G‑d communicated to Moses at Sinai.
While the 10 Commandments were given with the most fanfare, they are really just a sampling of the 613 commandments G‑d communicated to Moses at Sinai.
10 Questions: Take the Conversion to Judaism Quiz
How much do you know about how people become Jewish? What steps and requirements go into the process?
How much do you know about how people become Jewish? What steps and requirements go into the process?
Essay
The Last Two Mitzvahs
Why were we given the command to gather every seven years right when Moses was about to pass away?
Why were we given the command to gather every seven years right when Moses was about to pass away?
How to Get Your Animal Soul to Buy In
When the animal soul’s true essence is revealed, it can disengage from physical pleasures and pine after spirituality.
When the animal soul’s true essence is revealed, it can disengage from physical pleasures and pine after spirituality.
Who Were the Khazars?
An overview of the history and mystery of the warrior tribe whose leaders chose to adopt Judaism
An overview of the history and mystery of the warrior tribe whose leaders chose to adopt Judaism
Jewish News
Henya Federman, 40, Devoted Her Life to Locals and Visitors on the Virgin Islands
Inspired thousands to increase their connection to G-d and spread goodness and kindness across the globe
Inspired thousands to increase their connection to G-d and spread goodness and kindness across the globe
Parshah
“Be Prepared!”
We learn from the Giving of the Torah at Sinai that every spiritual or special occasion requires preparation.
We learn from the Giving of the Torah at Sinai that every spiritual or special occasion requires preparation.
For Your Yitro Hakhel 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.
Voices
Separated by the Holocaust, a Family Reunites
A lifetime after their ancestors had been separated by the Holocaust, a Jewish family in the US and Israel reunites.
A lifetime after their ancestors had been separated by the Holocaust, a Jewish family in the US and Israel reunites.
When You Can Be Grateful for a Power Outage
We sit on the porch steps—the night birds singing, the sounds of the cicadas punctuating the air.
We sit on the porch steps—the night birds singing, the sounds of the cicadas punctuating the air.
Your Questions
When People Kvetch About Things You Wish You Had
Most people aren’t looking for solutions for their problems; they are looking for understanding and validation of their pain.
Most people aren’t looking for solutions for their problems; they are looking for understanding and validation of their pain.
Story
The Unwilling Cantor
The whole program fell apart, the communal prayer was canceled, and everyone ended up praying as usual in their respective synagogues.
The whole program fell apart, the communal prayer was canceled, and everyone ended up praying as usual in their respective synagogues.
A brachah (blessing) is like rain. Just as rain benefits only the
plowed and sown field, but a field lying waste, unplowed and unsown, will
benefit from neither soft rain, nor the early or later heavy rains -- so, too, a
blessing will benefit only one who prepares himself to receive it...
— Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov
Print Magazine
Between the brain and the heart lies a narrow strait called the neck.
This neck presents a major challenge, because the brain must ponder very deeply to squeeze its thoughts through such tight passage and reach the heart below.
But it is also a great advantage, because when the heart is thrown to and fro by the migh...
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