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By the Numbers
10 Menorahs Around the World That Make Us Proud to Be Jewish
Fifty years after the first public menorah lighting, 15,000 public menorahs are being lit in the most extraordinary places.
Fifty years after the first public menorah lighting, 15,000 public menorahs are being lit in the most extraordinary places.
14 Aramaic Words to Know and Use All the Time
As the Jewish vernacular for centuries and the language of the Talmud, Aramaic significantly influences Jewish scholarship and culture.
As the Jewish vernacular for centuries and the language of the Talmud, Aramaic significantly influences Jewish scholarship and culture.
Your Questions
Must I Give Gifts Every Night of Chanukah?
An underlying theme of Chanukah (and Chanukah gelt) is Jewish education.
An underlying theme of Chanukah (and Chanukah gelt) is Jewish education.
History
An Age-Old Mystery: Where Is the Tomb of the Maccabees?
Given its large size and striking design, the tomb should have been easy to locate. Yet, it seems to have been swallowed up by the sands of time.
Given its large size and striking design, the tomb should have been easy to locate. Yet, it seems to have been swallowed up by the sands of time.
Straight Curves? An Old Menorah Debate Takes a New Turn
Many—although by no means all—of the public menorahs on display today feature straight branches extending diagonally from each side of a central shaft. This trend began in the 1980s, but it is rooted in a debate that might stretch back to the Middle Ages and beyond.
Many—although by no means all—of the public menorahs on display today feature straight branches extending diagonally from each side of a central shaft. This trend began in the 1980s, but it is rooted in a debate that might stretch back to the Middle Ages and beyond.
Halachah for Life
What You Need to Know About Hiring Babysitters
Learn how to avoid potential yichud situations, keep your kosher kitchen intact, and make payments in the biblically mandated way.
Learn how to avoid potential yichud situations, keep your kosher kitchen intact, and make payments in the biblically mandated way.
Parshah
Who Were the Daughters of Jacob?
The verse refers to “daughters,” but did he actually have more than one?
The verse refers to “daughters,” but did he actually have more than one?
Jewish News
Lifestyle
Dad Was In Prison, and I Didn't Know If I Was Jewish
On the windowsill stood a silver candelabra large enough to hold nine candles and a box of tall candles. I understood I was being initiated into a rite I hadn’t known existed until that moment.
On the windowsill stood a silver candelabra large enough to hold nine candles and a box of tall candles. I understood I was being initiated into a rite I hadn’t known existed until that moment.
Letters of Light
[We are all one] by virtue of the source of [our] souls in the One G-d; only the bodies are separated. Thus, for those who give major consideration to their bodies while regarding their souls as of secondary importance, there can be no true love and brotherhood among them, but only [a love] which is dependent on a [transitory] thing. This is what Hillel the Elder meant when he said in regard to the fulfillment of this commandment [--love of one's fellow], "This is the entire Torah; the rest is but commentary... " For the basis and root of the entire Torah is to raise and exalt the soul high above the body, reaching unto the Source and Root of all the worlds.
— Tanya, chapter 32
Print Magazine
The origin of all illness is the lovesickness of the soul. She yearns to return to her Beloved Above, and so is repulsed by the human form, her prison of pain.
There are two things, therefore, that you must heal: your body and your soul. You must bring them into peace and harmony with one another.
Your body needs to acc...
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