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By the Numbers
16 Facts About the Jews of Georgia
Discover the vibrant Jewish community at the crossroads of Europe and Asia.
Discover the vibrant Jewish community at the crossroads of Europe and Asia.
8 Ways to Make Shavuot 2026 Amazing
Perhaps less known than Passover, the High Holidays and Sukkot, Shavuot is a Biblical Holiday celebrating the giving of the Torah at Sinai.
Perhaps less known than Passover, the High Holidays and Sukkot, Shavuot is a Biblical Holiday celebrating the giving of the Torah at Sinai.
Your Questions
What Blessing Do You Make on Pizza?
Is it Mezonot, like cake or crackers, or Hamotzi, like regular bread?
Is it Mezonot, like cake or crackers, or Hamotzi, like regular bread?
What to Expect at Shavuot Services
While much of the synagogue services are similar to those on any other holiday, there are certain key events that take place only during Shavuot.
While much of the synagogue services are similar to those on any other holiday, there are certain key events that take place only during Shavuot.
What Does the Name Tzipporah Mean?
The Midrash explains that just as a bird is admired for its beauty, Tzipporah was admired for her loveliness.
The Midrash explains that just as a bird is admired for its beauty, Tzipporah was admired for her loveliness.
Podcasts
A Chinese Convert’s Global Odyssey of Faith
How a Jewish woman’s whirlwind journey—through six countries, guided by her mother’s quiet strength—led her from rural China to Israel and Europe.
How a Jewish woman’s whirlwind journey—through six countries, guided by her mother’s quiet strength—led her from rural China to Israel and Europe.
Everything Jewish You Need to Know This Week
In today’s episode, we’ve got the bread and salt diet, oddly timed haircuts, and an insufficient blurb; it’s time for your jewish week.
In today’s episode, we’ve got the bread and salt diet, oddly timed haircuts, and an insufficient blurb; it’s time for your jewish week.
Voices
One Year On, Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky’s Loss is Deeply Personal
Marking the first yahrtzeit of Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky.
Marking the first yahrtzeit of Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky.
The Freeman Files
G-d’s Ego
Philosophers and mystics are fond of pondering G-d’s oneness, perfectness, goodness, omniscience and amazingness. War, disease, school classrooms and the view from the New Jersey Turnpike get blamed on us.
Philosophers and mystics are fond of pondering G-d’s oneness, perfectness, goodness, omniscience and amazingness. War, disease, school classrooms and the view from the New Jersey Turnpike get blamed on us.
Parshah
Video
49 Pages for 49 Days--Is It Just a Coincidence?
On each day of the 49 days between Passover and Shavuos, it is customary to study a page of the Talmudic tractate Sotah, which consists of 49 pages. But the origins of this custom are immediately called into question: The Talmud existed well before the age of printing, and no two copies had the same format; the pages are always different. Additionally, the first prints of Talmud didn’t have an identical typeface either. Later, one format became common in which Tractate Sotah happens to have forty nine folios. Why then, do we associate Tractate Sotah with the 49 days between Passover and Shavuot?
On each day of the 49 days between Passover and Shavuos, it is customary to study a page of the Talmudic tractate Sotah, which consists of 49 pages. But the origins of this custom are immediately called into question: The Talmud existed well before the age of printing, and no two copies had the same format; the pages are always different. Additionally, the first prints of Talmud didn’t have an identical typeface either. Later, one format became common in which Tractate Sotah happens to have forty nine folios. Why then, do we associate Tractate Sotah with the 49 days between Passover and Shavuot?
Lifestyle
Project Purpose
I heard from my masters, that if an angel were to stand in the presence of a gathering of ten Jews... such a boundless and infinite terror and dread would then befall him on account of the Divine Presence that abides over them, that he would become utterly nullified.
— Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (Tanya IV:23)
Print Magazine
What does fasting on Yom Kippur achieve?
That even our physical bodies can feel the precious closeness of this day.
Yom Kippur is such a holy day, the body receives life from fasting.
Likutei Torah, Song of Songs, 14b
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