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Who was Yishmael?
Abraham's first son was Yishmael, born from his second wife Hagar. However, G-d rejected Yishmael as the future of Abraham's movement. Later Abraham …
20 hours ago
Abraham's Hidden Years
The Torah opens the story of Abraham when he is 75 years old and G-d commands him to go to the land of Canaan. What happened for the first 75 years o…
1 week ago
Judaism's Message to Humanity
We believe that Judaism is not only about Jews. We Jews have a message to share with the world around us. A universal code of morality and values tha…
2 weeks ago
Overpopulation
Many people are afraid to have more children. They add to a already too large population competing for scarce resources. They increase the pollution …
2 weeks, 6 days ago
The Extraordinary Story of the Etrog
Each year on Sukkot for over 3,000 years, we have taken an Etrog along with three other plants to shake together on the festival. The Etrog is a very…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
Yom Kippur in the Ancient Temple
Today, Yom Kippur is marked by fasting and all-day prayer in the synagogue. when the Holy Temple stood in Jerusalem, Yom Kippur was marked by a uniqu…
1 month ago
The Kol Nidrei Controversy
Kol Nidrei is for many the most important prayer of the year. However the prayer itself was once extremely controversial. Many Jewish scholars and ra…
1 month, 1 week ago
Is G-d also a King?
We believe that G-d is our Creator and in our prayers often refer to Him as our father. However, on Rosh Hashanah, we mostly refer to G-d as our King…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Piyyut - How Jews Invented Poetry
Poetry has always played a central role in Judaism. Jewish poetry began in the Tanach (the Hebrew scriptures), which contain the earliest known poetr…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Freeing Hostages
It is a great Mitzvah to do everything we can to free our fellow Jews who have been captured. Many Jewish communities maintained special funds for fr…
2 months ago