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Ethics and character development in the Jewish tradition.
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Does 63 have a numerical equivalent and meaning in Hebrew?
The number 63 has deep significance in Jewish mystical tradition. In gematria (the system of assigning numerical values to Hebrew letters), 63 is most famo...
What is the Jewish prayer for protection?
Jewish tradition contains several prayers and texts used for divine protection, with the most central being Psalm 91 (Tehillim, chapter 91), known as the "...
How many wives did Shlomo HaMelech have?
King Solomon (Shlomo HaMelech) had 700 wives and 300 concubines, for a total of 1,000 women in his household. This is stated explicitly in the Book of King...
What is jewish davening?
What is Jewish Davening? Davening is the Yiddish term for Jewish prayer (tefillah), referring to the structured practice of communicating with God through...
What is the Netilat Yadayim (hand washing) prayer?
The netilat yadayim (ritual hand washing) prayer refers to the blessing recited after washing hands: "Baruch Atah Hashem, Elokeinu Melech HaOlam, asher kid...
What is the Yahrzeit prayer and candle?
The Yahrzeit (yahr-tsayt, Yiddish: "year time") is the annual Jewish observance commemorating the anniversary of a loved one's death, observed on the Hebre...
Explain how the idea of one hour of repentance and good works in this world being more precious than the whole of the World to Come should add urgency to our service of God. Provide a plan for implementing some of that urgency into your lives.
The famous teaching from Pirkei Avot — that a single hour of teshuva (repentance) and good deeds in this world surpasses all of Olam HaBa (the World to Come) —
What is the summary of Parshat Tazria?
Parshat Tazria (Leviticus 12–13) deals with two primary topics: the laws of tumah (ritual impurity) following childbirth, and the laws of tzara'at (a skin...
What is the Kapparot prayer?
The Kapparot (כַּפָּרוֹת) ceremony is a Jewish custom performed on the eve of Yom Kippur in which a person symbolically transfers their sins to a rooster (...
What does the Baal Shem Tov say about divine unity
The Baal Shem Tov on Divine Unity and "Everything is One" The Baal Shem Tov (Rav Yisrael ben Eliezer, founder of Chassidus, 1698–1760) taught that the fundament
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