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15 Facts You Should Know About Jonah

The protagonist in the famous biblical story in which he is thrown off a storm-tossed ship and swallowed by a fish.
10 Questions: Take the Sodom Quiz

The city that sinned against G-d and was destroyed as a result.
Letters of Life
Voices
The Evolution of a Darwinist

When I spoke about the possibility of Darwin being wrong, only one student objected.
Parshah
Believing Again

Walking the paths of Auschwitz, I began to doubt humanity and its Creator. I felt suspended in a world I could not comprehend...
The Step Beyond Self

There are many examples of people giving up their lives in order to achieve a certain goal for themselves. The case of Abraham is different: it was a step of surrender of self.
The Freeman Files
The Ultimate Test of Abraham

Why does an all-knowing G-d need to test anybody? Shouldn't He know what is in our hearts? And why is Abraham's test of faith "the entire glory of Israel and their merit before their Father in Heaven"?
No tribe was more prestigious than Judah and none more lowly than Dan... Said G-d: "Let the one come and be associated with the other [i.e., Betzalel from the tribe of Judah, and Ahaliav from the tribe of Dan, who were charged with the building of the Sanctuary] so that no man may despise [his fellow] or be arrogant, for both great and small are equal in G-d's sight"
— Midrash Tanchuma
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