From Redemption to Responsibility: Spiritual Introspection During the Omer
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The celebration of Israeli independence is marked each year on the fifth day of the Hebrew month of Iyar.
Establishing a new nation and defending it
With lyrics written in 1886, Hatikva means “the hope.”
From Hitler’s rise to power to the Nuremberg trials, key events of the Shoah.
An overview of the Jewish state and its many accomplishments and challenges.
God describes the restrictions related to priests’ sexuality and marriage. God then describes a variety of holidays, including Passover, Shabbat, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot. God outlines the omer period, asking the Israelites to bring food offerings to the priests for seven weeks.
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An unusual juxtaposition in this Torah portion highlights an oft-overlooked piece of observing the major festivals.
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Teaching sharpens the mind.
Variable wages.
Interest and self-interest.
Living the Jewish calendar is to be bound by Jewish peoplehood and Jewish solidarity
In this moment of crisis, we need to let things arise and evaporate, leaving us unburdened enough to do the work of peace.
Why does Jewish tradition instruct us to endlessly retell the story of our ancestors’ enslavement?
Asenath Barazani (also spelled Asnat or Osnat) led a yeshiva in 17th century Kurdistan.
From cabal to camel, a list of English words that derive from Hebrew.
The Jewish concept of a divinely ordained soulmate dates back at least to the Talmud.
Dreaming was a major source of prophetic insight in the Torah, but Jewish texts also betray a certain anxiety about dreaming.