Introduction to Kabbalah: Concepts and History to Enhance Your Understanding
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The ancient rabbis forbade clapping on Shabbat — for one very specific reason.
Although it may derive from Islamic or pagan culture, the hamsa today has become a Jewish and Israeli symbol.
In Jewish tradition, gambling is frowned upon, but not prohibited.
The oldest Jewish community in Europe traces its history back more than 2,300 years.
In this Torah portion, Moses tells the Israelites that if they worship idols, they will be punished. Moses explains the laws of kosher food, and he details the three pilgrimage festivals: Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot.
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Why does Moses repeat the history of Israelite people on the eve of crossing into the promised land?
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Do not presume.
A different kind of legacy.
Is this a trick?
The intimate bond between love and memory.
Every act of creativity is a co-creation between the maker and God.
Each of us is a miniature sanctuary.
The rabbis of the Talmud had a lot to say on the World to Come, but little about what it actually is.
Distinguishing between different types of Jewish prayers.
From biblical times to the emergence of Rabbinic Judaism.
The tiny Jewish communities of the Nordic countries have been sustained by regular arrivals of Jews fleeing persecution elsewhere.