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14 Facts You Should Know About the Jews of China

Did you know that China has been home to Jewish communities for centuries?
10 Questions: Take the Villains of the Bible Quiz

Discover some lesser-known troublemakers of the Bible.
The Shluchos Are Gathering in NY This Weekend

In honor of these women, let's take a look at some of the many hats they wear.
Your Questions
Why Wash (Two or) Three Times For Bread?

The halachic and kabbalistic rationale for washing three times.
The Freeman Files
Torah Is Not (Just) a Manual for Life

Torah is the primordial parable. And you are its star.
Podcasts
Everything Jewish You Need to Know This Week

In today’s episode, we’ve got the-Lord-Protector-of-the-Commonwealth-of-England, inside out onesies, and an end to storytime; it’s time for your jewish week.
What I Learned From the Rebbetzin

Having known the Rebbe and Rebbetzin from her childhood, Esther Sternberg had a unique view of the regal woman so few ever met.
Is Dating Outdated?

Join us as we sit down with Rebbetzin Miriam Lipskier, the co-founder and co-director of the Chabad Student Center at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Miriam is passionate about inspiring genuine, happy, and healthy relationships. Hear her address some of the core themes, challenges, and ideas when it comes to meeting and choosing one's partner.
Parshah
Why Pierce a Jewish Servant’s Ear if He Wishes to Stay?

What symbolism does this hold?
Video
A Hug Saved My Life

My life was collapsing and I was at the edge… Here's how it all turned around for the better.
A Tribute to the Rebbetzin

“Thank you to those who have begun new projects and institutions in the Rebbetzin’s memory…The Rebbetzin was educated by her father, the Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn. She merited that many Jewish girls carry her name and are educated in her spirit and by her example.”
History
The Real Armageddon

For most Jews, the word Armageddon conjures up images of wild non-Jewish ideas, far removed from the Jewish notion of a messianic era of G-dly awareness and world peace. While these ideas are entirely not Jewish, the place that gave them their name is very Jewish.
Just as the olive yields oil for light only when it is pounded, so are man's greatest potentials realized only under the pressure of adversity
— The Talmud
Print Magazine

That force that holds electrons in their orbit and planets in theirs, explodes incessantly within the stars above and is the darkness that fills the empty space—that force is a single whole, and it is G‑d.

It is not all of G‑d. It is an expression of G‑d. All of it could disappear in a single instant, and for Him nothin...

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