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Chayei Sarah

By the Numbers
10 Mainstream and Mysterious Torah Works by Anonymous Authors

Some surprisingly famous texts were written without the author’s name attached.
10 Questions: Take the Drinks in Judaism Quiz

Do you know which blessing is made over wine?
The Freeman Files
My 4,000-Year-Old Message to 2,500 Jewish Students in NY

To be a Jew today, you gotta be a leader.
Your Questions
Why Do We Bury Jewish Books?

By honoring these remnants of holiness, we remind ourselves that the Divine is not confined to heaven above.
Voices
I Need a Rabbi?

Imagine my surprise, one sunny summer afternoon, to see two Hassidic young men come into our little place of business. My wife and I had been in Montana for only a few short months. How did they find us? And, more importantly, why did they make the three-hour round trip to visit us?
Parshah
What Was Isaac Doing in the Field?

Does “lasuach” mean prayer?
G-d on Madison Avenue

I tune in to the woman on my left. Apparently, her husband is a work-at-home dad with a knack for blowtorching dinner, and she’s just been informed of his most recent clash with schnitzel. “Oh my G-d!” she shrills.
Lifestyle
How to Make Labneh at Home

Learning From the Rebbe
Ceasefire (Now!)

The second installment of End the Cycle
"Although a fire descended from heaven upon the Altar, it is a mitzvah to add to it a humanly produced fire" (Talmud, Eruvin 63a, as per Leviticus 6). This rule applies to all areas of life: the gifts of life are bestowed upon us from Above, yet it is G-d's desire that we add to them the product of our own initiative.
— The Chassidic Masters