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Having Children: A Woman’s Sole Purpose in This World?
It is remiss to say that either men or women have one sole purpose in this world…
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Infinite Depths: Elevating Our Mitzvot Beyond Obligation
The Gemara reveals that there are 613 commandments in the Torah; however, Rabbeinu Bahya deepens our understanding by highlighting that this count is merely the beginning…
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Explaining The Prohibition of Kol Isha
In Shir Hashirim, the allegorical love song between Hashem and His chosen people, Shlomo Hamelech praises the beauty of the woman’s voice…
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Are Men and Women Equal in the Torah?
Perhaps one of the most heated issues in our modern world is women’s status in Judaism…
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What Is True Jewish Empathy?
Don’t try to give instruction, advice or critique. Just carry the pain with them…
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The Dance between Fear of Heaven and Human Effort
Yosef sits in the dungeons, the lowly prison where Egyptian ‘criminals’ are left to die. He sits with the butler and baker, whose dreams he interprets…
