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15 Facts You Should Know About the Jews of France
The country with the largest Jewish population, after the Land of Israel and the United States, French Jews have experienced both severe persecution and incredible growth.
The country with the largest Jewish population, after the Land of Israel and the United States, French Jews have experienced both severe persecution and incredible growth.
10 Questions: Take the Jewish Kingdoms Quiz
Do you know which Jewish kingdom once flourished in southern Arabia?
Do you know which Jewish kingdom once flourished in southern Arabia?
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How Do We Know There Won't Be Another Exile After This One?
The Jewish people have been redeemed twice before—once from Egyptian servitude and again from Babylonian exile. So what is it about the current dispersion that assures us the next redemption will be a permanent homecoming?
The Jewish people have been redeemed twice before—once from Egyptian servitude and again from Babylonian exile. So what is it about the current dispersion that assures us the next redemption will be a permanent homecoming?
What Does the Name Fruma Mean?
Fruma is a Jewish girls’ name, whose meaning is not as straightforward as you might think!
Fruma is a Jewish girls’ name, whose meaning is not as straightforward as you might think!
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Project Purpose
Project Purpose, an 18-week journey toward discovering and actualizing your unique purpose in life.
Project Purpose, an 18-week journey toward discovering and actualizing your unique purpose in life.
The Freeman Files
The Moon and Us
To an ancient Greek or a Hindu, passive stillness is masculine, activity and motion are feminine. To a Taoist, action is masculine and passiveness is feminine. In other words, if it is a virtue it is masculine. The Jew turns the pyramid on its head
To an ancient Greek or a Hindu, passive stillness is masculine, activity and motion are feminine. To a Taoist, action is masculine and passiveness is feminine. In other words, if it is a virtue it is masculine. The Jew turns the pyramid on its head
Halachah for Life
What You Need to Know About Warming Food on Shabbat
Forgot to put up the cholent before Shabbat—are you stuck with cold food?
Forgot to put up the cholent before Shabbat—are you stuck with cold food?
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Parshah
What Does the Word “Pekudei” Mean?
While it is commonly translated as “numbers” or “accounting” the term also lends itself to other interpretations.
While it is commonly translated as “numbers” or “accounting” the term also lends itself to other interpretations.
Getting to Know You
I find that life has gotten difficult. I wonder why G‑d has chosen to give me ALS.
I find that life has gotten difficult. I wonder why G‑d has chosen to give me ALS.
The Zohar states that "When the tzaddik departs, he is to be found in all worlds, more than during his lifetime." Now this needs to be understood. For, granted that he is to be found increasingly in the supernal worlds, because he ascends to there; but how is he found more in this world?
As is known, the life of a tzaddik is not a physical life but a spiritual life, consisting wholly of faith, awe, and love of G-d... While the tzaddik was alive on earth, these three attributes were contained in their physical vessel and garment on the plane of physical space... his disciples received but a reflection of these attributes, a ray radiating beyond this vessel by means of his holy utterances and thoughts... But after his passing... whoever is close to him can receive a [far loftier dimension] of these three attributes, since they are no longer confined within a [material] vessel, nor bounded by physical space.
As is known, the life of a tzaddik is not a physical life but a spiritual life, consisting wholly of faith, awe, and love of G-d... While the tzaddik was alive on earth, these three attributes were contained in their physical vessel and garment on the plane of physical space... his disciples received but a reflection of these attributes, a ray radiating beyond this vessel by means of his holy utterances and thoughts... But after his passing... whoever is close to him can receive a [far loftier dimension] of these three attributes, since they are no longer confined within a [material] vessel, nor bounded by physical space.
— Rabbi Schneur Zalman (Tanya, Iggeret HaKodesh 27)
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The relationship of a man and a woman is the way our world reflects the relationship of the Creator with His creation. There is nothing more pivotal to the world’s ultimate fulfillment than this.
Therefore, as the world nears closer and closer to its fulfillment, the resistance grows stronger and stronger. By now, ab...
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