Thanksgiving

As Jewish citizens of this land, we always look to the Torah for a deeper perspective and additional insight. What light does the Torah shed on the wonderful trait of thankfulness?

Imprisoned in Czarist Russia, the Alter Rebbe’s case was at the mercy of the most anti-Semitic officials of the most powerful country in the world. Miraculously, his acquittal was ordered by the Czar himself, and he was freed on Yud-Tes Kislev.

Gratitude happens when I go out of my comfort zone and into my growing zone.

A man is obligated to be grateful for the negative events in his life, in the same manner that he is grateful for the positive events. - The Talmud

Chabad-Lubavitch of California’s Share the Warmth initiative fed more than 600 needy people for Thanksgiving. The shared feast was held at the Hard Rock Café at Universal Studios.

More than 40 girls from public high schools all across the East Coast spent last weekend exploring their Jewish identities at a retreat in Morristown, N.J.