A True Story of Muslim-Jewish Friendship & Survival: ‘Sevap/Mitzvah’
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The greatest Jewish prophet led the Israelites out of Egypt and received the Torah at Sinai, but he never entered the promised land.
How Judaism regards the man Christians revere as the messiah.
These remarkable Jewish women have shown extraordinary leaders, offered comfort and hope, and injected creativity into the Jewish world.
The territories of the former Russian Empire were the cradle of Jewish modernity, the birthplace of Zionism and Jewish socialism, and a major center of the Hasidic movement.
In 2024, the first Passover seder is on Monday, April 22.
Tips for the overwhelmed, the last-minute and the lazy.
Why Israelis have just one seder, how Gibraltar does haroset and other curiosities of this 8-day holiday.
In this Torah portion, God continues to describe the different laws of sacrifices. A distinction is made between sin offerings, burnt offerings, and homage offerings, with each following its own process. God then commands the priests to make another offering that ordains themselves in their positions.
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Torah Reading
Leviticus 6:1-8:36; Numbers 19:1-22
Haftarah
Shabbat Parah: Ezekiel 36:16-38
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Why does the Torah require that a gratitude offering be accompanied by loads of bread?
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