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By the Numbers
9 Surprising and Significant Things Jews Do With Onions
Discover what Jews do with this kitchen staple.
Discover what Jews do with this kitchen staple.
Your Questions
Rabbi: What If I Just Bought the Jewels Stolen from the Louvre?
Buying stolen goods is described by the Sages as a “grave sin,” since doing so supports and encourages theft. But what if I was unaware?
Buying stolen goods is described by the Sages as a “grave sin,” since doing so supports and encourages theft. But what if I was unaware?
Does My Son Really Need a Traditional Bris?
Is there a substantive reason to have a circumcision performed by a mohel, rather than a doctor? What about medical concerns?
Is there a substantive reason to have a circumcision performed by a mohel, rather than a doctor? What about medical concerns?
Is There a Limit to Tolerance?
Why would we want to be shielded from Abraham? He was one of the all-time greats!
Why would we want to be shielded from Abraham? He was one of the all-time greats!
Parshah
Who Was Melchizedek King of Salem?
Melchizedek, identified as Shem, blessed Abraham but lost the priesthood to his descendants for prioritizing Abraham’s blessing over G‑d's.
Melchizedek, identified as Shem, blessed Abraham but lost the priesthood to his descendants for prioritizing Abraham’s blessing over G‑d's.
Learning From the Rebbe
"For they are My servants, whom I took out of the land of Egypt; they cannot be sold into slavery" (Leviticus 25:42). At the time of the Exodus, G-d made freedom the inherent and eternal state of the Jew; From that point on, no power or force on earth can subvert our intrinsic freedom...
— Maharal (Rabbi Judah Lowe of Prague)
Print Magazine
All of Torah is wrapped up in these leather straps and boxes with their finely written parchment scrolls.
Because this is the essence of every mitzvah:
To bind your heart, your mind and your action together into a single wholeness, wrapped up inextricably with the One who spoke and the world came into being.
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