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Vayetzei
By the Numbers
9 Exotic and Esoteric Things Jews Do With Garlic
The humble garlic bulb sure packs a punch in flavor, health benefits, and even spiritual powers!
The humble garlic bulb sure packs a punch in flavor, health benefits, and even spiritual powers!
Your Questions
Is the New “Alt-Milk” Kosher Parve?
From a halachic standpoint, would lab-generated milk proteins be considered kosher? And if they are kosher, would they be classified as dairy or pareve?
From a halachic standpoint, would lab-generated milk proteins be considered kosher? And if they are kosher, would they be classified as dairy or pareve?
The Freeman Files
Parshah
Huff, Puff and Stuff
Jacob, the quintessential scholar, finds a "permanent home" with the birth of Zebulun, the archetypal businessman. Such is the reality in a Divinely ordered universe, where some things refuse to rhyme but everything has a reason
Jacob, the quintessential scholar, finds a "permanent home" with the birth of Zebulun, the archetypal businessman. Such is the reality in a Divinely ordered universe, where some things refuse to rhyme but everything has a reason
How Could Jacob Marry Two Sisters?
We know that Jacob, and all the patriarchs, kept the commandments of the Torah that would be later given to their descendants. Why, then, did Jacob marry sisters, a direct prohibition?
We know that Jacob, and all the patriarchs, kept the commandments of the Torah that would be later given to their descendants. Why, then, did Jacob marry sisters, a direct prohibition?
History
Ri Hazaken: The Great Developer of Tosafot
Beginning in France, Tosafot represented a sea change in the study of Talmud.
Beginning in France, Tosafot represented a sea change in the study of Talmud.
Why Reb Nochum Fell from His Horse
Informed that his son was in grave danger, the rebbe merely motioned with his hand to continue the festivities.
Informed that his son was in grave danger, the rebbe merely motioned with his hand to continue the festivities.
Lifestyle
Learning From the Rebbe
No matter how hard a person works, no matter how much time or ingenuity he invests in his career or business, he will not earn a single cent more than what has been ordained for him from Above. Everything we do is merely the fashioning of the channel through which the divine blessing would flow and the vessels in which to receive them.
— The Chassidic Masters
Print Magazine
Why must we have jobs? Why can’t our bread fall from heaven?
It does. Everything you earn is manna from heaven. But you can't eat manna direct from heaven.
Rather, that manna has to be converted, step by difficult step, from its heavenly state into an earthly form.
It's final, most difficult step, to become a part of...
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