http://www.chabad.org/search/keyword.asp?kid=7658 Newest articles written by Lazer Gurkow Copyright 2005, Chabad.org - Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center, all rights reserved. http://www.chabad.org/media/images/50/CtRx507451.gif 130 52 http://www.chabad.org Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1018423 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1018423 Before Abimelech’s household was cured, G-d remembered Sarah and she conceived with Isaac. From this our sages deduced that those who pray on behalf of others, and are themselves of similar need, are answered first... Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1018111 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1018111 Born to idolatrous parents who raised him without G‑d, Abraham grappled with his faith until he discovered the existence of G‑d. What was effortless and facile for Noah was an arduous climb for Abraham... Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1008267 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1008267 The satellite has been destroyed and we do not yet know whether any water has been found. But as I thought about this tremendous expenditure in the name of finding a tiny bit of water, a few parallels came to mind about our lives as Jews... Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1002638 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1002638 He spoke with pride in the very room that filled his predecessors with fear. His words were a clarion call for Jews who came away feeling that something that needed saying for a long time had just gotten off their chest. Mon, 5 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=984080 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=984080 The link to heaven seemed to pass away with Moses; from here on the people would have to rely on their own analyses... Wed, 9 Sep 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=890747 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=890747 I recently attended a seminar on the Canadian Human Rights Commissions. On the whole, the event amounted to a wholesale "Let's Quash the Human Rights Commissions" extravaganza... Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=943131 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=943131 People often tell me wistfully how they wish they would have been raised in a Torah-observant home. They imagine that I am already at the destination that they are journeying towards... Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=932032 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=932032 As soon as the Tabernacle was erected, G‑d instructed that seven lights be kindled on the candelabra every day. Surprised, Moses asked, "Dear G‑d, You are the Master of light, do You require light from us?" Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=910387 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=910387 The multi-billion dollar bailouts handed to the banks was intended to stimulate the economy, not to shore up the balance sheets of the banks... Wed, 27 May 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=896251 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=896251 Who defied Pharaoh's decree and risked their lives to carry, give birth to and nurse these children? Now that the children are to be counted, the mothers are no longer noteworthy? Sun, 17 May 2009 12:00:00 EST