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Our society often judges people by the friends they choose. A good friend can help make life more meaningful and worth living, but most people who we call "friends" are actually only acquaintances, not true friends. How does one discern between who is a true friend

Learning Torah with a chaburah is an amazing experience. It affords many benefits, like providing others to talk with in learning as well as mentors who will elucidate the sugya at hand. Unfortunately, for many Bnei Torah who enter the ranks of Klei Kodesh

The Shabbos Project, when Jews worldwide will experience one complete Shabbos together, is this coming Shabbos – Parshas Vayeira, November 15-16, 2019. For more details see The Shabbos Project website here. Rabbis and educators around the globe

Working for a nonprofit can be rewarding, especially if you turn it into a lifelong career. But there’s a lot more to charity work than the world-changing stuff presented in the media. And it’s not the sort of thing

Chanufah can be liberally translated as the prohibition against undeserved flattering. It includes giving undue compliments and praising transgressors. The prohibition also includes endorsing

You’re at a simcha. You meet someone you don’t know. They ask you "...So what do you do?" Your answer matters. Answer one way and you will open a conversation that can lead to a new connection with new possibilities. Answer another way and it ends the conversation before

One of the most known and recognized Jewish prayers, if not the most well-known prayer of all to both Jews and non-Jews, is the Kaddish. Ask anyone what this prayer is about and they will tell you that it is the prayer for the

Three Goals of Life We know our three primary goals: Torah, Service, and Kindness, Avos 1:2. The Maharal explains that these three goals correspond to avoiding the three worst crimes, Idol worship, the opposite of serving Hashem,

The Shelah refers to tochachah as “a very great mitzvah.” However, the sources for mitzvas tochachah are quite spread out and therefore not easily accessible. In this chapter, we provide background to understand the kiruv applications of the mitzvah of tochachah. Tochachah: It’s All About Caring It is not good enough to be a “tzaddik”... Read more »

Sometimes when we speak with our donors to give an update, to share ‘what's going on,’ we may sense they’re not as interested as we want them to be. Why is this? You may have shared: What makes your project different – Why you’re great at what you do – What’s special about your

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