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Toldot
By the Numbers
12 Facts About the Month of Kislev You Should Know
This month, which ends with Chanukah, is a happy time in Chabad tradition.
This month, which ends with Chanukah, is a happy time in Chabad tradition.
Five Conversations Jewish Families Should Have About Burial Wishes
A gentle conversation in ordinary times can give everyone something precious: clarity.
A gentle conversation in ordinary times can give everyone something precious: clarity.
Your Questions
Why Do Some Tear Challah and Others Cut It?
While most slice their bread, there are indeed some who rip on Shabbat, and some do so just on Fridays. Here's why
While most slice their bread, there are indeed some who rip on Shabbat, and some do so just on Fridays. Here's why
On the Calendar
Freeman Files
Why Is Life Always Plan B?
Adam wasn't supposed to eat from that tree. Cain and Abel were supposed to talk things out. Everyone was supposed to get along. That was Plan A
Adam wasn't supposed to eat from that tree. Cain and Abel were supposed to talk things out. Everyone was supposed to get along. That was Plan A
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Podcast
She Used Tanya to Disarm a Burglar
Joanne Zagnoev is a clinical psychologist whose life was transformed by Chassidic teachings.
Joanne Zagnoev is a clinical psychologist whose life was transformed by Chassidic teachings.
Parshah
Video
The Story of Rosh Chodesh Kislev 5738 (1977)
The inside story of the horror and pain felt by Chasidim after the Rebbe's heart attack on Shemini Atzeret, and the jubilant joy at his miraculous recovery and finally returning home on Rosh Chodesh Kislev. This presentation lets you experience the timeline of this fascinating story as it took place.
The inside story of the horror and pain felt by Chasidim after the Rebbe's heart attack on Shemini Atzeret, and the jubilant joy at his miraculous recovery and finally returning home on Rosh Chodesh Kislev. This presentation lets you experience the timeline of this fascinating story as it took place.
See a Rare Early Manuscript of the Tanya at the British Library
An analysis of the manuscript of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi's Tanya early edition, held at the British Library, London.
An analysis of the manuscript of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi's Tanya early edition, held at the British Library, London.
Lifestyle
"I am a stranger and a resident amongst you" (Abraham to Ephron the Hittite, Genesis 23:4). The Jew is a "resident" in the world, for the Torah instructs us not escape the physical reality but to inhabit it and elevate it. At the same time, the Jew feels himself a "stranger" in the material world -- his true home is the world of spirituality, holiness and G-dliness from which his soul has been exiled and to which it yearns to return. Indeed, it is only because we remain a "stranger" that we can maintain the spiritual vision and integrity required to reside in the world and sanctify it as a "dwelling for G-d."
— The Lubavitcher Rebbe
Print Magazine
We all suffer a maddening delusion of being something separate from G‑d. The delusion of “I.”
We cannot heal it, because yes, we exist, for He created us.
We cannot live with it, because this chilling notion of otherness is a denial of the truth.
But we can resolve it in the act of learning Torah. In learning Torah, He...
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