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Shoftim

Hebrew Word of the Week
What Can the Hebrew Word for “Challenges” Teach You?

Your Questions
Why Do Some Chassidic Jews Have Long Sidelocks (Peyot)?

Since many idol-worshipers used to cut off the hair on the sides of their head, we are required to maintain a physical appearance that distinguishes us.
Halachah for Life
What You Need to Know About Sheva Brachot

Jewish weddings extend celebrations with Sheva Brachot: 6 days of feasts and 7 blessings.
Video
Yes, You Can Meet G‑d This Coming Month

The month of Elul is a time of introspection and preparation for the Days of Awe. In an address to children, the Rebbe teaches how we can all infuse these days with greater meaning.
Parenting a Child in Recovery

Rabbi Nechemia and Raizel Schusterman share their tips and experiences on parenting and how they helped their son recover from his addictions.
By the Numbers
15 Facts About the Mishkan That Every Jew Should Know

It was G-d's home, built shortly after the exodus from Egypt, and the precursor to the Holy Temple in Jerusalem built by Solomon.
Three Simple Steps To Disarm an Angry Person

Return bullets with flowers. Lie low. Ponder what you like about this person. And then defuse the whole situation with a smile.
10 Questions: Take the Bithiah Quiz

Do you know who she was?
Parshah
If Your Soul Could Speak, What Would It Say?

Most of us safeguard our computers from contracting harmful viruses, but are we as concerned about our own spiritual contamination?
For Your Shoftim 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.
Voices
Feeling G-d’s Love in the Garlic Garden

How can this be a time of looking honestly at our sins, a time of inner transformation, and also a time of being G-d’s beloved?
A woman of valor is the crown of her husband
— Proverbs 12:4
Print Magazine

On Simchat Torah we dance with our feet, not with our heads.

We are celebrating the Torah, and the Torah is something we study with our heads. But we dance with our feet, not with our heads.

If we would dance with our heads, each one would dance a different dance, each in a different space, some with friends but not wit...