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Noach
By the Numbers
15 Wild and Wonderful Things Jews (Don’t) Do With Fish
For Jews, fish are much more than a scrumptious supper—they play a key role in many cherished, time-honored traditions and customs.
For Jews, fish are much more than a scrumptious supper—they play a key role in many cherished, time-honored traditions and customs.
Your Questions
Ask the Rabbi: Why Do Jews Bury in a Simple Pine Casket?
Long ago the wealthy would be buried in expensive materials, and the poor were embarrassed.
Long ago the wealthy would be buried in expensive materials, and the poor were embarrassed.
Halachah for Life
What You Need to Know About Unlocking Doors on Shabbat
With advancements of technology, locks and keys have become more sophisticated, posing a host of potential problems.
With advancements of technology, locks and keys have become more sophisticated, posing a host of potential problems.
Voices
Why Jewish Women Will Bring Moshiach
As human beings, we have compassion and can be empathic. We see someone in pain and want to help. But only very few righteous and holy people are at the level where they would be willing, if they could, to take away that pain and feel it themselves. Yet this is how a mother (or father) feels any time her child is hurt.
As human beings, we have compassion and can be empathic. We see someone in pain and want to help. But only very few righteous and holy people are at the level where they would be willing, if they could, to take away that pain and feel it themselves. Yet this is how a mother (or father) feels any time her child is hurt.
Parshah
Should We Forgive the Nazis?
What does the Torah, speaking on behalf of the creator of morals and ethics, have to say about this? If G‑d were confronted, so to speak, with this complex moral query, how would He respond?
What does the Torah, speaking on behalf of the creator of morals and ethics, have to say about this? If G‑d were confronted, so to speak, with this complex moral query, how would He respond?
Feeling Financial Pressure Can Be a Good Thing
We equate money with security, success, power, comfort or self-esteem. It follows then that when we lack money, it feels like we lack everything that makes life worthwhile and meaningful.
We equate money with security, success, power, comfort or self-esteem. It follows then that when we lack money, it feels like we lack everything that makes life worthwhile and meaningful.
Learning From the Rebbe
A chassidic saying makes the head clear and the heart clean;
a chassidic virtuous practice fills the home with light; a chassidic melody fortifies hope and trust, brings joy, and places the home and family in a state of "light."
a chassidic virtuous practice fills the home with light; a chassidic melody fortifies hope and trust, brings joy, and places the home and family in a state of "light."
— Rabbi Sholom DovBer of Lubavitch (1860-1920)
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We Jews are a diverse people. We speak many languages. We live in every part of the world. We have different cultures, foods, political views.
But when a Jew’s mind is absorbed within Torah, it is the same Torah within which another Jew is absorbed. And another Jew. And yet another.
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