Tehillim
The Book of Psalms, one of the Books of the "TANAKH," or the Bible. It is a collection of songs of praise to the Creator, songs that arise from the soul of a person...
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Tzaddik
A righteous man (for the female equivalent, see "Tzidkanit") - based on the Hebrew word "Tzedek," or Justice. The Jewish hero is not the swashbuckling warrior...
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Tzedaka (Charity) – The Work of Giving
Our sages teach: If you see that your livelihood is limited, give tzedaka! All the more so, if you have sufficient income. This is like a shorn and unshorn...
Tefillin
The Torah describes Tefillin as a sign, a public statement of Jewish involvement. By donning Tefillin daily...
Hitbodedut – Personal Prayer
Rebbe Nachman teaches that the main "weapon" of Mashiach–and of every Jew - is prayer. Every tefilah (prayer), every bracha (blessing), every whispered thanks...
Mishkan
Sanctuary, or Portable Temple. This was the first institutionalized mechanism for the presence of God on earth...
Ma’arat Hamachpeila
The Cave of the Patriarchs - "Ma'arat Hamachpeila " means a double cave because its hidden twin caves are the burial place of four "pairs" of important Biblical couples...
Masechet
"Masechet" (alt. Masechta) (Aramaic; plural Masechtot): A "volume;" one of sixty three volumes of the Talmud...
The Melitzer Rebbe of Ashdod
A descendent of Rebbe Yechial Michal of Zlatshov, and the Shotzer Rebbe, the Melitzer Rebbe lives in...
Akeidat Yitzchak
The binding; as in "Akeidat Yitzchak," the "Binding (as a Sacrifice is bound) of Yitzchak, and his offering by Avraham to HaShem, as a sacrifice...
Shaul HaMelech
Shaul, the first King of Israel, anointed by the Prophet "Shmuel," or Samuel. Described in the Bible...
Bereishit – (Genesis)
The first of the Five Books of Moses. It deals with the Creation of the Universe by G-d in Six "Days," and his "rest' on Shabbat...
Rosh Chodesh
"This is the very first commandment given to the nation as a whole, an indication that the concept of Rosh Chodesh, or the New Moon, is very meaningful.
Zohar
Basic Book of Jewish Mysticism; written by Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai in the Galilean Cave, during his period of enforced hiding from the Romans. Bar Yochai...
Gehinnom
Gehinnom refers, generally, to a limited-time experience (Edyos 2:10) in the afterlife where the soul is purged of its blemishes...
Mussar
Mussar refers to a moral movement, based on the study of traditional ethical literature. Probably the classic text in “Mussar” is “Pirkei Avot”, Ethics of the Fathers...