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The best forms of charity make the recipient self-sufficient.

What do we do when two Jewish values clash?

Lighting memorial candles is well-established Jewish custom, but not obligatory under Jewish law.

The Bible seeks to guide us to live well, but is animated by a belief in something greater than this world.

Jewish literature flourished in Ukraine in the late 19th and early 20th century.

This chapter from the Book of Proverbs can be read as a roadmap to happiness.

These practices are grounded in the Hasidic insight that all experiences, even difficult ones, are manifestations of the divine.

Moses' final address to the Jewish people takes on added significance because of its proximity to his death.

Though the Torah commands the appointment of "officers" to uphold the law, Jewish tradition does not recognize crime as a legal category.

Jeremiah is commonly seen as a prophet of gloom, but at times he delivered words of comfort that are second to none in their eloquence.