http://www.chabad.org/magazine/default.asp?aid=1011994 The Chabad.org weekly online magazine features articles on current events and events in the Jewish Calendar. It also features a daily thought, daily quote and our acclaimed week at a glance. Copyright 2009, Chabad.org - Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center, all rights reserved. http://www.chabad.org/media/images/50/CtRx507451.gif 130 52 http://www.chabad.org Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=774747 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=774747 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. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1038798 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1038798 A photo gallery of tens of children named Gavriel Noach and Rivkah after the Chabad emissaries to Mumbai. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1042068 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1042068 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. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1036241 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1036241 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. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=769814 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=769814 Two animated stick men trying to maintain balance on a seesaw-like floor. Can you relate to this scene? Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=329624 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=329624 Is a bowl of lentil soup worth selling your birthright for? Find out in this really funny video some guys made! Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=925437 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=925437 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=821030 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=821030 A shocking documentary about a Jewish family being attacked during the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1041651 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1041651 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. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1017980 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1017980 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?!" Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=990087 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=990087 "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?" Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1036150 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1036150 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... Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=987382 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=987382 It is depressing to look across the table and see a large lump of inconsideration, sloppiness, indifference, impatience, selfishness, irritability or whatever... Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1020116 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1020116 How can I fathom G‑d's pain, when <i>He is the cause</i> 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? Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1014792 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1014792 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? Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1036144 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1036144 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. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=36751 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=36751 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?" Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=3178 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=3178 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 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1036961 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1036961 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... Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=218809 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=218809 Esau sold his birthright for a pot of beans. But what did Jacob pay for it? Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=99726 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=99726 Whatever for does Jacob need "the dew of heaven and the fat of the land," anyway? Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=773320 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=773320 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? Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1036428 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1036428 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. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1012489 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1012489 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... Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1024896 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1024896 I have a confession to make. Several years ago, when I went bankrupt, I was too embarrassed to tell you my story... Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=775350 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=775350 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... Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=457451 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=457451 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. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=537409 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=537409 Weaving the humorous and practical, learn down to earth tips to attain happiness in marriage. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST