Jewish Treats
New blog posts each weekday sharing interesting and enjoyable observations about Judaism, called “Juicy Bits of Judaism.” These bite-sized facts and actions are easy to digest and are a great way to make a daily connection to Judaism in about two minutes.
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07/20/2022
Grandmaster R
When Samuel Reshevsky (born Szmul Rzeszewski, 1911-1992) was five years…
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07/20/2022
Checkmate!
In honor of International Chess Day and former Jewish chess master, Samuel…
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07/19/2022
The Great Disputation
Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman (Ramban/Nachmanides c. 1194-1270) was one of the…
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07/19/2022
Learn How to Defend the Jewish Faith
Read books and articles which defend Judaism and Israel from their…
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07/18/2022
Get Out
The history of the Jews in Europe can almost be read as a timeline of…
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07/18/2022
Know Your History
Given the many expulsions that the European Jewry suffered throughout the…
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07/17/2022
The Fast of the 17th of Tammuz
Everyone knows about fasting on Yom Kippur. There are, however, several…
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07/17/2022
Meaningful Fast
Since on the Seventeenth of Tammuz Jews mourn the tragic events which led…
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07/15/2022
Yiddish in Shanghai
During World War II, Japanese-occupied Shanghai, China, became a haven for…
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07/15/2022
Jewish Travel
On a future trip to the area, plan to learn more about the Jewish refugees…
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07/14/2022
Smashing the Tablets
The sages declare that five tragedies occurred on the Seventeenth of…
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07/14/2022
The Three Weeks
This Sunday, the fast of the Seventeenth of Tammuz, is the beginning of a…
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07/13/2022
Goodly Tents
Much of Jewish life is built around community. Jews often live in close…
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07/12/2022
Written for Their Sons
Imagine traveling forward 500 years in time and discovering multitudes of…
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07/12/2022
Plan Ahead
In addition to sumptuous food and playing with friends, it behooves those…
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07/11/2022
Magen David Adom
The opportunity to save a life (hatzalat nefashot) is one of those unique…
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07/11/2022
Save a Life
If you are able, train to become an EMT or paramedic, and if your local…
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07/08/2022
Diplomacy, Prayer, Action
As every diplomat knows, there is a time to talk, a time to pray and a time…
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07/08/2022
Seek Guidance
The decision whether to use diplomacy, prayer or action or all three is not…
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07/07/2022
Anger Management
Rabbi Moses Maimonides (Rambam) writes that a person who becomes angry is…
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07/07/2022
Practice a Relaxed Temperament
Since Maimonides, (Rambam) taught that becoming angry is compared to…
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07/06/2022
Three Steps Forward, Three Steps Back
While Jewish prayer has many aspects that are introspective, prayer is also…
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07/06/2022
Meaningful Steps
When taking three steps forward to begin the Amidah, the silent devotion,…
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07/05/2022
After an Incident
Jewish Treats acknowledges the life-endangering incident that resulted in…
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07/05/2022
Be Thankful
Even if a particular trip, illness or mishap does not require the…
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07/04/2022
Jews and the American Revolution
In honor of July 4th, Independence Day, Jewish Treats would like to share…
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07/01/2022
The Rebbe
Jews worldwide observe the yahrzeit (anniversary of death) of the seventh…
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07/01/2022
Just One Mitzvah
If there's any universal message the Chabad movement would want absorbed in…
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06/30/2022
Free To All
On June 30, 2008, the first Jewish Treat was published. There were fewer…
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