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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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Weekly Magazine
Rosh Hashanah isn’t the only time apples get the spotlight. There are plenty of other moments throughout the Jewish year when we enjoy and make use of this natural treat.
By Yehuda Altein
Sometimes the most important reason is the simplest one: We do it because G-d asked us to.
By Mendy Kaminker
We've got a Shabbat Sandwich year: Shabbat at both ends, and all the other days of the year between them.
By Tzvi Freeman
The cemetery is the resting place of the righteous, and prayers offered there are more readily accepted.
By Yehuda Shurpin
What it means when the first day of Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbat.
By Yisrael Deren
This Week's Parshah
Daily Thought
The ancient Book of Formation teaches that there is more to the universe than time and space. There is a soul.
Whatever is found in the universe’s soul is found somewhere in its space. And whatever is found in space, is found in time.
In the soul of the universe there is a consciousness from which all consciousness extends.
In space, there is the Land of Israel, a space from which all space is nurtured.
In time, there is Rosh Hashanah, a time from which all time is renewed.
It is not just a starting point, but a head, a new beginning of time, when a new...


