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By the Numbers
Masada: 10 Facts You Should Know
Discover something you did not know about the site of the last stronghold of Jewish resistance during the 1st-century revolt against the Romans.
Discover something you did not know about the site of the last stronghold of Jewish resistance during the 1st-century revolt against the Romans.
The Freeman Files
How to Avoid Fanaticism, by Rabbi Akiva and His Students
Can you believe you have the truth, be ready to give your life for it, and nevertheless leave space for others?
Can you believe you have the truth, be ready to give your life for it, and nevertheless leave space for others?
Your Questions
Why No “Nun” in Ashrei?
Each verse starts with another letter of the Hebrew Alphabet--except for nun.
Each verse starts with another letter of the Hebrew Alphabet--except for nun.
On the Calendar
Wednesaday Is Pesach Sheni
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.
Sunday Is Lag BaOmer
Lag BaOmer, the 33rd day of the Omer count, is a festive day on the Jewish calendar.
Lag BaOmer, the 33rd day of the Omer count, is a festive day on the Jewish calendar.
History
The Archeology of Tel Be’er Sheva and the Stories It Tells
Be’er Sheva’s Jewish history is almost as old as Jewish history itself. Abraham and Abimelech sealed an oath here, as recorded in the Book of Genesis.
Be’er Sheva’s Jewish history is almost as old as Jewish history itself. Abraham and Abimelech sealed an oath here, as recorded in the Book of Genesis.
Hebrew Word of the Week
Voices
My Husband Was in a Coma and I Turned Our Lives Around
We were nonobservant Russian-speaking Jews. Then a freak accident changed everything.
We were nonobservant Russian-speaking Jews. Then a freak accident changed everything.
Parshah
Lifestyle
The foot will more readily enter a tub of hot water than will the head. Therein lies the supremacy of the simple Jew over the learned scholar -- in his greater readiness for self-sacrifice.
— Rabbi Sholom DovBer of Lubavitch (1860-1920)
Print Magazine
G‑d did not give you light that you may hold it up in the middle of the day.
When you are given light it is in order to accomplish something, to do something difficult and novel.
Go take your light into the dark places and transform them that they may also shine!
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