Toldot 5770 - November 20, 2009 |
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Legacy of Mumbai
Special section in honor of the first anniversary since the cruel murders of Gavriel (Gabi) and Rivky Holtzberg, beloved directors of Chabad of Mumbai. The story of the Holtzbergs' legacy of light. |
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500 Gabis and Rivkys
A photo gallery of tens of children named Gavriel Noach and Rivkah after the Chabad emissaries to Mumbai. |
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Spiritual Army Takes Over New York Military Installation
By Yosef Lewis
The grand banquet of the annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries swapped military vehicles for a veritable army of 5,000 rabbis and lay leaders. |
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The Amidah: Four Meditation Videos
By Tzvi Freeman
The very idea of prayer is absurd--a tiny creature speaking with its Creator, like a figment of your imagination talking back to you. Once you accept that absurdity, you are ready to stand in the awe of prayer. |
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Equilibrium
By Dovid Taub
Two animated stick men trying to maintain balance on a seesaw-like floor. Can you relate to this scene? |
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Jono's Lentil Soup
Dovid Taub & Jonathan Goorvich
Is a bowl of lentil soup worth selling your birthright for? Find out in this really funny video some guys made! |
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Shluchim Conference Banquet - Live Feed
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Moshe's Tale
A shocking documentary about a Jewish family being attacked during the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. |
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Mumbai Memorial - Live Broadcast
A memorial commemorating the first yahrtzeit, anniversary of passing, of Rabbi Gavriel and Rivkah Holtzberg and their four guests who were brutally murdered in the Chabad House in Mumbai. The evening features an address by Rabbi Nachman Holtzberg (Gavriel’s father), and musical presentations by Latino singer Moshe Nunez and the famed chassidic singer Avraham Fried. |
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King of Shabbat
By Zalman Velvel
He pounded until his hands hurt, but still, no answer. He rammed his body into the door until his shoulder ached. Finally, he managed to break the door open. "Yussie?" the rabbi called out. "Yussie, are you here?!" |
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The Yiddles of Nova Scotia and the Titanic
By Judie Fein
"It's Sunday, and the cemetery is closed. The man who has the key is out of town." The rabbi paused for a moment and looked at me, "Would you be willing to jump the wall?" |
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"I Want to See the Priest of this Synagogue"
By Mirish Kiszner
The storm began when, at eighteen, Prasad, emerging from his sheltered childhood, began to question his religious roots. Every home he'd visit boasted several idols... |
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A Good Eye
By Sara Chana Radcliffe
It is depressing to look across the table and see a large lump of inconsideration, sloppiness, indifference, impatience, selfishness, irritability or whatever... |
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Beyond Co-dependency
By Chana Weisberg
How can I fathom G‑d's pain, when He is the cause of our remaining in this bitter exile? Should I feel sorry for someone who in the process of hurting or punishing others gets hurt himself? |
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To a Child of a Jewish Father
By Tzvi Freeman
My mother was Protestant and my father was an atheist Jew. My family survived the holocaust in Europe with great struggle. Am I Jewish or am I a gentile? |
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The Masterpiece of Our Lives
By Frumstepper
On the back, it looks like a mess, with knots and clumps. But on the front, there may be a masterpiece - a
magnificent picture. That's what our lives are like. |
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The Dancing Jews
By Eliezer Steinman
The Baal Shem Tov was once asked: "Why do Chassidim burst into song and
dance at the slightest provocation? Is this the behavior of a sane person?" |
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The Parshah in a Nutshell
Jacob is born clutching Esau's heel; their father favors the hunter, their mother the scholar, and the former sells his birthright to the latter for a pot of red lentil stew. Thus the stage is set for a cosmic struggle which still engulfs us today |
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The Positive Power of Negative Thoughts
By Rochel Holzkenner
An understanding the evil enclination's strategy makes it clear that it's counter-productive to inspect a shameful thought and be disappointed because of it. The key is to simply let it go. In fact we can actually feel pleased by its arrival... |
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Beans and Birthrights
By Yossy Goldman
Esau sold his birthright for a pot of beans. But what did Jacob pay for it? |
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Faking It
By Yanki Tauber
Whatever for does Jacob need "the dew of heaven and the fat of the land," anyway? |
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A Sheep in a Wolf's Clothing
By Elisha Greenbaum
Why didn't Jacob and his mother just march openly into Isaac's room, bring proof of Esau's wickedness and convince Isaac that Jacob was the more worthy candidate in the first place? |
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Show and Tell
By Mendel Kalmenson
They both served G‑d with all their hearts and souls, but they possessed different hearts and different souls. Their roles and destinies, as well, couldn't have been more different. |
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Is My Mirror Telling the Truth?
by Shalvi Weissman
If I could be given any gift to help me in my job as a teacher, I know exactly what I would ask for. I haven't ever seen one, but I know that I need it: a special kind of mirror that I can hold up for my students to gaze into, and instead of seeing themselves as they always do, they would see themselves as I see them... |
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Being Bankrupt
By Anonymous
I have a confession to make. Several years ago, when I went bankrupt, I was too embarrassed to tell you my story... |
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Sandra Samuel: A Heroine in Mumbai
By Sara Esther Crispe
It would have made most sense for Sandra Samuel to get out of there as quickly as possible. But she didn't. She couldn't. Little Moshe'le was calling her name... |
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A Guide to the Afterlife
By Nissan Dovid Dubov
The way the soul will operate when it is not enclosed within the body. The different phases the soul goes through from when it departs the body until it reaches its place in the upper worlds. |
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Marriage Tips
By Yosef Y. Jacobson
Weaving the humorous and practical, learn down to earth tips to attain happiness in marriage. |
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