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Bereishit
By the Numbers
12 Women of the Talmud
Read about the remarkable women who earned the respect of the Sages for their erudition, sharp wit, kindness, modesty, or high standing.
Read about the remarkable women who earned the respect of the Sages for their erudition, sharp wit, kindness, modesty, or high standing.
Your Questions
Why Did Eve Listen to the Snake?
Eve had just one commandment: not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge. Yet she ate and invited Adam to do the same. The classic commentators discuss why she ever listened to the snake.
Eve had just one commandment: not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge. Yet she ate and invited Adam to do the same. The classic commentators discuss why she ever listened to the snake.
Freeman Files
Getting Past the Mind
In this swamp of confusion, darkness becomes evil, for it entraps the light. When we tug to fissure their bond, an iron resistance opposes us. In the final release, a burst of energy shakes the cosmos....
In this swamp of confusion, darkness becomes evil, for it entraps the light. When we tug to fissure their bond, an iron resistance opposes us. In the final release, a burst of energy shakes the cosmos....
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Podcast
When Terrorists Shot Her Dad, She Found Her Voice
The daughter of Bondi hero Reuven Morrison, Sheina Gutnick tells about her miraculous birth, how her father lived with joy and faith, and how she's become a fearless warrior against antisemitism and misinformation.
The daughter of Bondi hero Reuven Morrison, Sheina Gutnick tells about her miraculous birth, how her father lived with joy and faith, and how she's become a fearless warrior against antisemitism and misinformation.
Parshah
Why Hashem Created the World With Ten Utterances
A fascinating look at the passage in Pirkei Avot on why Hashem spoke ten sentences to create the world, instead of just one. The mishnah’s explanation seems mysteriously negative. Also, why no mention of the Ten Commandments in the list of special tens.
A fascinating look at the passage in Pirkei Avot on why Hashem spoke ten sentences to create the world, instead of just one. The mishnah’s explanation seems mysteriously negative. Also, why no mention of the Ten Commandments in the list of special tens.
Video
What Is Our Right to the Land?
Torah is replete with references about the special connection of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel. Yet Rashi, the foremost commentator of Torah, sees it in the very first words of the book of Genesis: “In the beginning G-d created the heavens and the Earth.”
Torah is replete with references about the special connection of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel. Yet Rashi, the foremost commentator of Torah, sees it in the very first words of the book of Genesis: “In the beginning G-d created the heavens and the Earth.”
Are you as careful with what comes out of your mouth as you are with what enters into it?
— Chassidic saying
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Adam trudged past the gates of Eden, his head low, his heart heavy with the pain of remorse.
Suddenly he stopped. A thought had struck him.
He turned to the heavens and exclaimed, “You had this planned! You put that fruit there knowing I would choose to eat from it!”
“But tell me: Why?
The heavens were silent.
But ...
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