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Don't Slow Down - Keep Growing
As people age, they tend to slow down. In today's culture, people work for decades towards retirement when they can stop working altogether and just …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Salt in Judaism
Salt is a crucial mineral for human health and for nature. Salt also plays a prominent role in Judaism. We salt meat with salt. Salt was widely used …
7 months, 1 week ago
Finding the 10 Lost Tribes
Jewish traditions teach that 10 of the 12 tribes were exiled from the Land of Israel more than 2,500 years ago and many think that they have since di…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
The Challenge of Assimilation
Over our 3,300 year long history, we have lost more Jews to assimilation than to violence and persecution. Assimilation, rather than persecution, is …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Greeting the Shabbat
Six days a week we work, eat, sleep, exercise and go about our daily lives. When Shabbat arrives, we pause to reconnect with the Creator. On Friday a…
8 months ago
The Temple at Shilo
Before the Holy Temple was built in Jerusalem, there was a Jewish Temple stood at Shilo for 369 years. The Temple at Shilo served Israel at the very …
8 months, 1 week ago
What does the Torah say about dogs?
Dogs are mentioned twice in the torah, both times positively. However, they are not Kosher animals and there are also negative references to dogs in …
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Secrets of the 72-Word Name of G-d
Kabbalah teaches that G-d uses various expressions to impact creation. These expressions sometimes come as Names of G-d. One of G-d's lesser known na…
9 months ago
When Children Convert to Judaism
When adults convert to Judaism, they must convert on their own volition with a commitment to fulfill all of the Torah's commandments that are applica…
9 months, 1 week ago
Philosemitism
We hear a lot about antisemitism, the irrational, obsessive hatred of Jews. Yet is an important flipside to antisemitism - philosemitism, the irratio…
9 months, 2 weeks ago