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Shavuos
By the Numbers
10 Fundamental Jewish Texts That Aren’t Famous Enough
In honor of Shavuot, the festival of the Giving of the Torah, we present a list of 10 fundamental Torah books that deserve a return to the spotlight.
In honor of Shavuot, the festival of the Giving of the Torah, we present a list of 10 fundamental Torah books that deserve a return to the spotlight.
5 Ways Shavuot 5786 Is Unique
Here are some ways in which this Shavuot, celebrated from Thursday, May 21, to Shabbat, May 23, 2026, is unique.
Here are some ways in which this Shavuot, celebrated from Thursday, May 21, to Shabbat, May 23, 2026, is unique.
Shavuot Reading
Shavuot: Your True Self, Free from Anxiety
Anxiety and depression are often the result of discomfort or confusion about one's own identity.
Anxiety and depression are often the result of discomfort or confusion about one's own identity.
Your Questions
Why Tikkun Over Deep Learning?
Why is it that we read the Tikkun rather than delve deeper into Torah study?
Why is it that we read the Tikkun rather than delve deeper into Torah study?
Halachah for Life
What You Need to Know About Lending and Borrowing
When can permission be assumed? Are mitzvah items treated differently? What happens if an item is damaged?
When can permission be assumed? Are mitzvah items treated differently? What happens if an item is damaged?
Jewish News
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Pre-Shavuot Farbrengen with the Rebbe
Each year, the Rebbe would hold a Farbrengen the night before Shavuot, often touching on topics from Tractate Sotah in the Talmud, which is customarily studied during the Counting of the Omer period, as well as discussing the lessons of the approaching holiday.
Each year, the Rebbe would hold a Farbrengen the night before Shavuot, often touching on topics from Tractate Sotah in the Talmud, which is customarily studied during the Counting of the Omer period, as well as discussing the lessons of the approaching holiday.
Lifestyle
Learning From the Rebbe
Preparing to Receive the Torah Today
The Three Days of Preparation and the Festival of the Giving of our Torah indeed come once a year, but there is a small-scale version of this preparation and of Mattan Torah every day.
The Three Days of Preparation and the Festival of the Giving of our Torah indeed come once a year, but there is a small-scale version of this preparation and of Mattan Torah every day.
No sooner was [Abraham] weaned -- and he was but a small child -- that his mind began to seek and wonder: How do the heavenly bodies orbit without a moving force? Who moves them? They cannot move themselves! Immersed amongst the foolish idol-worshippers of Ur Casdim, he had no one to teach him anything; his father, mother and countrymen, and he amongst them, all worshipped idols. But his heart sought, and came to know that there is one G-d... who created all and that in all existence there is none other than Him. He came to know that the entire world erred...
— Maimonides
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We Jews are a diverse people. We speak many languages. We live in every part of the world. We have different cultures, foods, political views.
But when a Jew’s mind is absorbed within Torah, it is the same Torah within which another Jew is absorbed. And another Jew. And yet another.
We discuss and debate and share and...
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