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Articles by My Jewish Learning

Building Yourself One Trait at a Time – A 10-part Spiritual Journey Into Mussar

Watch the recording of this session here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOijFZ6DgOIMitzvot are oftentimes understood as outward-facing actions, but doing the internal work to develop ...

Skepticism 101: How to Think Like a Scientist

Despite our best efforts, we’re all vulnerable to believing things without using logic or having proper evidence—and it doesn’t matter ...

A Time to Work on Ourselves

Ayeka and Pardes Presents: A Time to Work on Ourselves: Loving More, Complaining Less; Wisdom from a Modern Mystic – ...

A Time to Work on Ourselves

Ayeka and Pardes Presents: A Time to Work on Ourselves: Loving More, Complaining Less; Wisdom from a Modern Mystic – ...

A Time to Work on Ourselves

Ayeka and Pardes Presents: A Time to Work on Ourselves: Loving More, Complaining Less; Wisdom from a Modern Mystic – ...

A Time to Work on Ourselves

Ayeka and Pardes Presents: A Time to Work on Ourselves: Loving More, Complaining Less; Wisdom from a Modern Mystic – ...

Rabbinic Responses to the Pandemic

In 1831, the Second Cholera Pandemic struck Posen. Rabbi Akiva Eger was commended by the king of Prussia for his ...

Rabbinic Responses to the Pandemic

In 1831, the Second Cholera Pandemic struck Posen. Rabbi Akiva Eger was commended by the king of Prussia for his ...

Rabbinic Responses to the Pandemic

In 1831, the Second Cholera Pandemic struck Posen. Rabbi Akiva Eger was commended by the king of Prussia for his ...

Rabbinic Responses to the Pandemic

In 1831, the Second Cholera Pandemic struck Posen. Rabbi Akiva Eger was commended by the king of Prussia for his ...