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Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah
By the Numbers
14 Wacky and Wonderful Things Jews Do with Water
Water shows up in all sorts of places in Jewish life, from holiday traditions to everyday practices.
Water shows up in all sorts of places in Jewish life, from holiday traditions to everyday practices.
Freeman Files
Yizkor of the Child Who Would Rather Not Remember
In the same way others live in space, Jews live in time. It’s all here, all at once.
In the same way others live in space, Jews live in time. It’s all here, all at once.
Podcasts
The Singer Who Almost Never Sang
Shaindy Plotzker is a queen of the women-only stage. But she once was too shy to sing and preferred to teach. A medical scare gave her the inspiration she needed to start inspiring others.
Shaindy Plotzker is a queen of the women-only stage. But she once was too shy to sing and preferred to teach. A medical scare gave her the inspiration she needed to start inspiring others.
Voices
A Jew Walks Down the Street in America
A prescient talk from the Previous Rebbe on Simchat Torah, 1944.
A prescient talk from the Previous Rebbe on Simchat Torah, 1944.
The Boy Who Walked Out of the Gas Chamber Alive
Miraculously, just as he finished the Shema, a German officer entered the gas chamber with an abrupt command that he needed 50 boys for labor.
Miraculously, just as he finished the Shema, a German officer entered the gas chamber with an abrupt command that he needed 50 boys for labor.
Ten powerful things were created in the world: mountains are hard, but iron cuts through them; iron is hard, but fire melts it; fire is strong, but water extinguishes it; water is strong, but clouds bear it; clouds are strong, but wind scatters them; wind is strong, but the body contains it; the body is strong, but fear breaks it; fear is potent, but wine dispels it; wine is powerful, but sleep assuages it; and stronger than all these is death. But charity delivers from death.
— Talmud, Bava Batra 10a
Print Magazine
Rabbi Jonah said, “The prophet Jonah ben Amitai was just another pilgrim to the Temple. He walked into the Sukkot celebration, the divine spirit rested upon him, and he became a prophet.”
The Magid of Mezritch taught:
Joy is the path to the divine.
And Sukkot is a time for joy.
A joy that can lift everyone to ...
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