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16 Facts About the Jews of Iraq

It was once home to one of the oldest and most influential Jewish communities in the world—second only to the Land of Israel.
10 Questions: Take the Jewish Symbols Quiz

Do you know which mitzvah was often depicted on ancient Jewish coins?
Your Questions
Why the Big Deal About the Death of Rabbi Akiva’s Students?

Why do we make such a big deal about this tragedy in particular?
The Freeman Files
Bernie

I learned the best strategy to deal with Bernie: avoid eye contact. Any recognition of his presence was due to invite another frenzied round of lectures, yelling, sobbing, hand-waving, stomping and door-slamming...
Halachah for Life
What You Need to Know About Visiting the Sick

More than just showing care. The Talmud says that a visitor can actually take away 1/60th of the illness.
The Need for Unity

Deep down, our brains are wired to feel connected. And when we don’t, the dissonance is real and often painful.
Parshah
What I Realized When I Was Diagnosed With ALS

It is unbelievable how small and petty differences drive us apart.
Why the Prohibition Against Consuming Blood?

The Torah contains no fewer than six mentions of the prohibition against consuming blood.
Project Purpose
Why Me? The Hidden Blessing in Struggle

The Fifth Installment of Project Purpose
Lifestyle
From the time that I was a child attending cheder, and even before, there began to take form in my mind a picture of the future redemption--the redemption of Israel from its last exile, a redemption such as would explicate the suffering, the decrees and the massacres of galut.
— From a letter by the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Print Magazine

The ego is not to be destroyed. It, too, is a creation of G‑d—and all that He made, He made with divine purpose.

Only this: that the ego must know that it is a creation, and that all He made, He made with divine purpose.

Bati Legani 5711.

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