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Emor
By the Numbers
Ashkenazi Jewish People and Culture
Rooted in France-Germany, Ashkenazim are the largest stream of Jewish people today, with unique customs, culture, language, and history.
Rooted in France-Germany, Ashkenazim are the largest stream of Jewish people today, with unique customs, culture, language, and history.
10 Questions: Take the Pesach Sheni Quiz
How much do you know about this special holiday? Answer these 10 questions to test your Pesach Sheni knowledge!
How much do you know about this special holiday? Answer these 10 questions to test your Pesach Sheni knowledge!
Your Questions
What Is the Septuagint?
The Septuagint refers to the (Koine) Greek translation of Scripture, thus named because Scripture was rendered by a group of seventy (or 72) elders into Greek.
The Septuagint refers to the (Koine) Greek translation of Scripture, thus named because Scripture was rendered by a group of seventy (or 72) elders into Greek.
Why Can't a Convert Marry a Kohen?
If I am a fully fledged Jew like any other, why am I not good enough to marry into the priestly tribe?
If I am a fully fledged Jew like any other, why am I not good enough to marry into the priestly tribe?
What Is Pesach Sheni (the Second Passover)?
The "Second Passover" marks the day when someone who was unable to participate in the Passover offering in the proper time would observe the mitzvah exactly one month later.
The "Second Passover" marks the day when someone who was unable to participate in the Passover offering in the proper time would observe the mitzvah exactly one month later.
Video
Not What I Expected—Abuse Survivor Shares His Story
Utah homegrown Rabbi and Shliach, Avremi Zippel shares his 20-year journey to reclaim his child's voice by prosecuting his abuser, writing a memoir, and becoming an advocate for sexual abuse survivors on his journey to healing.
Utah homegrown Rabbi and Shliach, Avremi Zippel shares his 20-year journey to reclaim his child's voice by prosecuting his abuser, writing a memoir, and becoming an advocate for sexual abuse survivors on his journey to healing.
Parshah
For Your Emor 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.
Do You Say, “Do As I Say”?
This week’s Torah portion teaches a fundamental lesson on leading by example.
This week’s Torah portion teaches a fundamental lesson on leading by example.
Voices
Caressed by the Mikvah’s Waters Month After Month
My experience of going to the mikvah has waxed and waned, much like the phases of the moon.
My experience of going to the mikvah has waxed and waned, much like the phases of the moon.
A Heavenly Message for a Hoarder
Let me share a touching tale of Divine providence that came about as a direct result of my hoarding practices.
Let me share a touching tale of Divine providence that came about as a direct result of my hoarding practices.
Why We Yell
There's lots of "legitimate reasons" for why we yell at our kids. But are the consequences too high a price to pay for gaining of a little cooperation?
There's lots of "legitimate reasons" for why we yell at our kids. But are the consequences too high a price to pay for gaining of a little cooperation?
Story
The Thief and the Deadbeat
The woman who approached the Rebbe was far from honest. But she needed help finding her husband.
The woman who approached the Rebbe was far from honest. But she needed help finding her husband.
When a person is uprooted from his habitual environment... there come to light certain traits of his inner character as they are in their purity, undistorted by the expectations of society. Often, these traits reveal the hidden good in this person, of which perhaps even he himself had been unaware, because they were hidden under the layers of “manners” and social conventions. Fortunate is the person who does not allow these traits to disappear when he subsequently settles down and finds tranquility.
— From a 1944 letter by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, recalling his days as a refugee in Vichy France
Print Magazine
More than Rosh Hashanah is about the One Above, it is about us below.
He created the world. But we drive it to its destiny.
That is why it is called “the beginning of Your works”—even though it is not the anniversary of the creation of the universe, but of the human being. It is the true beginning, as all of time begins ...
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