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By the Numbers
12 Facts About the Mysterious Red Heifer
One of the Torah’s most enigmatic commandments that left even King Solomon, the wisest of all humans, utterly perplexed.
One of the Torah’s most enigmatic commandments that left even King Solomon, the wisest of all humans, utterly perplexed.
Your Questions
Is Magic Jewish?
The Torah and Talmud both reference--and forbids--it as a fact of life. Maimonides, Nachmanides, and the rabbis of later generations present nuanced views of how it can or cannot exist in a world where G-d reigns supreme.
The Torah and Talmud both reference--and forbids--it as a fact of life. Maimonides, Nachmanides, and the rabbis of later generations present nuanced views of how it can or cannot exist in a world where G-d reigns supreme.
Does Forgiving My Father's Enemy Betray His Memory?
You are not betraying your father by ending a grudge he no longer carries; you are honoring his true wishes.
You are not betraying your father by ending a grudge he no longer carries; you are honoring his true wishes.
Can Jews Own Pets?
Explore some of the most frequently asked questions regarding Judaism and pet ownership.
Explore some of the most frequently asked questions regarding Judaism and pet ownership.
Quiz
Solomon Aben Yaesh: Turkish Statesman Who Publicly Embraced Judaism
Wealthy and well-connected, he was greeted by an official escort upon arriving in the Ottoman Empire. But what he did next surprised everyone.
Wealthy and well-connected, he was greeted by an official escort upon arriving in the Ottoman Empire. But what he did next surprised everyone.
Freeman Files
What Is Chutzpah?
Chutzpah is a Hebrew word that has been adopted into Yiddish and then English. Chutzpah has been defined as audacity, insolence, impudence, gall, brazen nerve, effrontery, incredible guts, presumption and arrogance. Yet something essential about chutzpah is missing from all these words.
Chutzpah is a Hebrew word that has been adopted into Yiddish and then English. Chutzpah has been defined as audacity, insolence, impudence, gall, brazen nerve, effrontery, incredible guts, presumption and arrogance. Yet something essential about chutzpah is missing from all these words.
Podcasts
She Raised Her 7 Orphan Siblings
Now a successful real estate broker and philanthropist, Naomi Streicher shares her personal approach to challenges, charity, setbacks, and faith.
Now a successful real estate broker and philanthropist, Naomi Streicher shares her personal approach to challenges, charity, setbacks, and faith.
Parshah
On Viperous Attitudes and Their Cures
When one manages to master, neutralize, and transform one's own inner serpent, no external serpent or viperous force can touch them.
When one manages to master, neutralize, and transform one's own inner serpent, no external serpent or viperous force can touch them.
Video
The Previous Rebbe’s Dangerous Speech in Moscow, 1927
He spoke about the imperative to provide Jewish children with an authentic Torah education, even under communist rule.
He spoke about the imperative to provide Jewish children with an authentic Torah education, even under communist rule.
Lifestyle
In a single knot I am bound with Him; my soul is united with Him, burns in Him, cleaves to Him.
— Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai on the day of his passing, Lag BaOmer
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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