Chessed
An act of kindness. It was said by Shimon HaTzaddik (Simon the Righteous) that the world continues to exist because of...
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Mitzvah
"Mitzvah" - (pl. "Mitzvot"); a Command of G-d. There are several types, including the following...
Tzaddik
A righteous man (a righteous woman is called "Tzaddikah") - based on the Hebrew word "Tzedek," or Justice. The Jewish hero is not the swashbuckling warrior...
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...
Beit HaMikdash
Holy Temple, spiritual center of the Jewish People. Three "Batei Mikdash" have played or, we believe, will soon play important...
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 tefillah (prayer), every brachah (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...
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...