Readings

Perhaps the wildest, craziest and most outrageous thing the Rebbe did was to launch a mitzvah campaign...

An enigma among human rituals: Black leather boxes containing parchment scrolls inscribed in meticulous accordance to the criterion of an ageless scribal art. Not to be read, but to be worn...

Other studies are means to gain knowledge. Learning Torah is an end in itself. It's the experience of asking questions, searching for answers, getting in synch with the minds of the sages -- the experience of making contact with the Divine Intellect

There are, of course, other ways to give charity. What's so special about the pushkah? Several things: more action, transformed space, elevated time...

Think of it as a dedicated connection putting you online with the Infinite Server of All Things

Ever consider inviting Moses, King David and the sages and prophets of the Great Assembly to come live in your house? And maybe Rabbi Akiva, Maimonides and the Baal Shem Tov while you’re at it?

The most important institution of Jewish life, next to the home, is the mikveh and its cycle of union and separation between husband and wife. Because precious things only stay beautiful when you follow the manufacturer's instructions...

What is unique about the Jewish approach to education? A brief, 3,307-year overview

If we are a religion, then some Jews are more Jewish, others less Jewish and many not at all. Perhaps nothing has been as detrimental to the Jewish People as the modern idea that Judaism is a religion

Some people think Judaism is all about tradition. It's not. It's about making a whole new world