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By the Numbers
11 Facts About the Mzab Jews of the Sahara

In the northwestern corner of the Sahara, a Jewish community lived and thrived amid the sand and heat.
Your Questions
Why Do We Hang a Shir Lamalot Card for a Newborn?

Giving birth, and the days immediately afterward, are a sensitive time for the mother and the newborn, hanging a Shir Lamaalot card serves as a safeguard.
What Are Shabbat Candles?
We usher in the peace and sanctity of Shabbat by lighting candles every Friday evening.
Is It OK to Be in a Relationship With AI?

"It took me a while to admit it to myself, but I think the most meaningful relationship I have is with a chatbot."
Quiz
Podcasts
How Two Searching Souls Became One

The tapestry of Rabbi Sholom and Roni Pasternak's journey includes a miraculous encounter with the Rebbe, a stilted music career, a "chance" encounter in a street mall, and now a center of Jewish learning in the mystical city of Tzfat.
The Quarry We Were Cut From

Looking to Sarah when the ground shifts.
Voices
The Father and Son Who Brought Jewish Life Back to Berdichev

Father and son David and Boris Kryss helped revive Jewish life in Berdichev and Zhitomir after the fall of the Iron Curtain.
Parshah
Afraid of Getting Old? Learn to Age Instead

What actually defines human life is the positive impact one has beyond personal survival and self-interest.
Eliezer’s Four Tips for Successful Dating

Personality can make a date exciting and fun. But character is what makes a marriage solid and fulfilling.
Video
Living with Moshiach

While discussing the laws of the Red Heifer, Maimonides goes on to detail by whom each of them were ministered. Maimonides writes that the tenth and final Red Heifer will be ministered by Moshiach, “may he be revealed speedily – Amen, so may it be God’s will.”
There are no “rules of thumb” in serving G‑d, and this, too, is not always true
— “The Holy Jew of Peshischa,” Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak (1766–1814)