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Can I Lend Out My Credit Card to Earn Points?

Although there are indeed potential halachic issues with borrowing or lending a credit card, earning points off someone else’s purchases is generally not among them. Learn more about this topic.

By Yehuda Shurpin

My Friends Think I'm Ruining Their Fun with My Religious Requirements

By Rosally Saltsman

Try This: No Swearing for One Week

It was at that moment—when she described something as “silly” instead of using a term that was a little saltier—that it struck me. My new friend never swore.

By Yvette Miller

Whose Life Is It, Anyway?

What is the correlation between life's responsibilities and its rewards? If we "do our best" will G-d give us everything we need, or is reward measured by achievement? The law of the "Four Guardians" as a model for the duties and priviliges of man

Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe

Ten Women, One Oven

The Torah that we study must become part of us. It must not remain a distinct intellectual entity just sitting in our minds. The teachings must become part of our bloodstream, part of our character.

By Menachem Feldman