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...
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The Prophet Isaiah, considered by Chazal as the greatest of the prophets, after Moshe. He prophesied during the reign of the four Judean Kings Uzziah...
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Chassidut
Founded by the "Baal Shem Tov" in 1736, Chassidut emphasizes prayer and joy and infused European Jewry with...
Masechet
"Masechet" (alt. Masechta) (Aramaic; plural Masechtot): A "volume;" one of sixty three volumes of the Talmud...
Mordechai
The hero of the Purim story, who risked his life by refusing to bow to the evil Haman, who would go on to formulate a genocidal plot against the...
Bilaam
A renowned sorcerer. When Balak, king of Moav, summons Bilaam to curse the Jews, God appears to Bilaam and forbids him to go...
Yehudah
Yehudah is the fourth son of Yaakov and Leah. His mother, who is less-loved than her sister and co-wife, Rachel...
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...
Rosh HaShanah
Start of the Year; The "Day of Judgment" for all individuals and for all nations. One of the Mitzvot, or Commandments associated with this holiday is the blowing of the Shofar...
Judah Maccabee
Second leader of the Judean revolt against the Greco-Syrian Empire [166 BCE]. Westerners have traditionally referred to the third son of Mattathias...
Leah
One of the "Founding Mothers" of the Jewish People; older sister of Rachel, daughter of Lavan, wife of Yaakov, described in Megillat Ruth...
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...
Yosef
Often known as Yosef the tzaddik, since he remained a tzaddik in the most trying of circumstances, Yosef was one of...
Esav
Yitzchak (Isaac) and Rivka's (Rebecca) son, and Yaakov's (Jacob) older twin brother. Esav's name is derived from...
Haman
The evil Persian megalomaniac, who saw in the Jewish People and in Mordechai, in particular, the block in his path to the throne of Persia...
Yitzchak
One of the "Avot," the "Founding Fathers" of the Jewish People. The beloved son of Avraham and Sarah...