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Devarim

By the Numbers
What Was the Second Holy Temple?

Built 70 years after the destruction of the First Temple, it stood for 420 years in Jerusalem.
10 Questions: Take the Book of Devarim Quiz!

Do you know which of the five books it is?
7 Mandarin Phrases for Jewish Visitors to Chinese-Speaking Communities

These terms will help you navigate basic Jewsh llife.
Your Questions
Why We Avoid Danger During the 9 Days

The reason for this is that it is an especially ominous time, as can be seen from the many tragedies that befell the Jewish people
The Freeman Files
Patach Eliyahu

The Zohar on the Ten Sefirot elucidated according to Rabbi Moshe Cordovero and Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi
Letters of Light
Halachah for Life
What You Need to Know About Shabbat in the Hospital

Learn how to successfully navigate common issues that may arise.
Story
The Old Man in the English Village

Sporting a full beard and speaking a fluent Yiddish, the elderly man seemed strangely out of place in this forgotten hamlet.
Parshah
The Old Man in the English Village

Sporting a full beard and speaking a fluent Yiddish, the elderly man seemed strangely out of place in this forgotten hamlet.
Lifestyle
Hearty Cheesy Red Lentil Bake

Perfect for the Nine Days.
If there is no Torah, there is no common decency; if there is no common decency, there is no Torah. If there is no wisdom, there is no fear of G-d; if there is no fear of G-d, there is no wisdom. If there is no applied knowledge, there is no analytical knowledge; if there is no analytical knowledge, there is no applied knowledge. If there is no flour, there is no Torah; if there is no Torah, there is no flour.
— Ethics of the Fathers 3:17
Print Magazine

Naturally, we think of the Jewish people as a conglomerate of many Jews. But the Baal Shem Tov saw the Jewish people as a single, indivisible whole.

Think of a geometrical point. A point is indivisible, but not because it is too hard, too big, or too small to cut up. A point simply has no area to be divided. That’...

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