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By the Numbers
10 Facts About the Jews of Brazil
Brazil has an ancient Jewish presence and was home to the first synagogue and rabbi in all of the Americas!
Brazil has an ancient Jewish presence and was home to the first synagogue and rabbi in all of the Americas!
Your Questions
What Is the Seal of Solomon?
Although the six-pointed star has Kabbalistic significance, its connection to a specific seal belonging to Solomon is dubious at best.
Although the six-pointed star has Kabbalistic significance, its connection to a specific seal belonging to Solomon is dubious at best.
Freeman Files
Pleasure: What It Is and How To Get It
Pleasure is an abandonment of the awareness that you are here, that you exist.
Pleasure is an abandonment of the awareness that you are here, that you exist.
Voices
The Man from Afghanistan
“I’m Muslim,” he said. “I’m from Afghanistan. You’re Jewish. We help each other.”
“I’m Muslim,” he said. “I’m from Afghanistan. You’re Jewish. We help each other.”
History
What Happened When Napoleon Offered a Jewish State in the Land of Israel
“Israelites, unique nation, whom, in thousands of years, lust of conquest and tyranny have been able to be deprived of their ancestral lands, but not of name and national existence!”
“Israelites, unique nation, whom, in thousands of years, lust of conquest and tyranny have been able to be deprived of their ancestral lands, but not of name and national existence!”
Why was the Torah given in the desert? For if it were given
in the Land of Israel, the residents of the Land of Israel
would say, "It is ours"; and if it were given in some other
place, the residents of that place would say, "It is ours."
Therefore it was given in the wilderness, so that anyone who
wishes to acquire it may acquire it...
— Mechilta D'Rashbi
Print Magazine
Emunah (eh-moo-na): A knowing, deep in the soul, that there is only one G-d, that He is good, and that He loves you unconditionally.
Simchah (sim-kha): A mighty current of life-energy felt when contemplating emunah.
Bitachon (bi-ta-khon): A surge of invincible confidence that emerges when emunah is challenged by circums...
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