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Chukat-Balak
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
Do Jews Believe in Magic or Witchcraft?
The answer seems simple enough: The Torah itself references witchcraft . . .
The answer seems simple enough: The Torah itself references witchcraft . . .
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.
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.
Lifestyle
Groaning by itself won't do a bit of good. A groan is only a key to open the heart and eyes, so as not to sit there with folded arms, but to plan orderly work and activity, each person wherever he can be effective, to campaign for bolstering Torah, spreading Torah and the observance of mitzvot. One person might do this through his writing, another with his oratory, another with his money.
— Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch (quoted in Hayom Yom, Tevet 23)
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We don’t learn Torah to gain knowledge—not even divine knowledge. At the time you are learning Torah, your mind itself is divine.
Your mind wraps itself in divine modalities. Your soul twirls and rises in a divine dance. As you wrestle with divine words, pathways and wisdom, you merge with them, so that your entire being...
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