Dedicated by Moris and Lillian Tabacinic · In loving memory of Menachem Mendel and Shaindel Tabacinic
What is the likelihood of an Orthodox woman born
in Brooklyn donating a kidney to a non-observant man from Ukraine in a hospital
in Tel Aviv?
Both of Joseph’s dreams came true: Eleven brothers prostrated themselves to Joseph, and they bowed again after Jacob and Bilha joined them.
Water and oil both represent wisdom.
Water represents the wisdom of life in this world, a wisdom that flows from the tallest mountain to the lowest valley, from the highest cloud to the deepest ocean floor. In all things, that wisdom breathes, telling us how to live, how to bring harmony into this world.
Oil...
When we kindle our Chanukah candles each year, the light that glows is the spirit of faith and determination of the Maccabees.
The dreidel teaches us how to break out of preconceived notions in how we view our world, ourselves, and others.
Even in Egypt, Joseph remained committed to the religion of his youth and the G‑d of his forefathers. What was his secret?
"Thirteen years ago, my parents made two big announcements..." Yakov Danzinger shares what life is like in Rostov, Russia – offering an inside view as the son of the Chabad emissaries there. This...
Jewish wealth is not houses and gold. The everlasting Jewish wealth is: Being Jews who keep Torah and Mitzvot, and bringing into the world children and grandchildren who keep Torah and Mitzvot
– Hayom Yom, Nissan 9
Flood rains cease
(2105 BCE)
The forty days and nights of rainfall which covered
the face of earth with water in Noah's time ended... Read More »
3rd Day of Chanukah Miracle
(139 BCE)
On the 25th of Kislev in the year 3622 from creation, the Maccabees liberated the Holy Temple in... Read More »
Passing of R. Chaim of Tchernovitz
(1817)
Rabbi Chaim of Tchernovitz (1760-1817) was a disciple of the
Maggid of Mezritch and of Rabbi Yechiel... Read More »
2nd liberation of R. Schneur Zalman of Liadi
(1800)
Two years after his arrest and liberation in 1798
(see entries for "Kislev 19"
and here),
Rabbi... Read More »
In commemoration of the miracle of Chanukah we kindle the Chanukah lights—oil lamps or candles—each... Read More »
Special prayers of thanksgiving -- Hallel (in its full version) and V'Al HaNissim
-- are added to the... Read More »
On Chanukah we eat foods fried in oil—such as latkes (potato pancakes) and
sufganiot (doughnuts) ... Read More »
It is customary to play dreidel—a game played with a spinning top inscribed with the Hebrew
letters... Read More »
It is an age-old custom to distribute gifts of Chanukah gelt ("Chanukah money") to children on... Read More »
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