Dedicated by Moris and Lillian Tabacinic · In loving memory of Menachem Mendel and Shaindel Tabacinic
In the same way others live in space, Jews live in time. It’s all here, all at once.
This Simchat Torah, two Torah scrolls that escaped persecution are being celebrated once again
On Simchat Torah we dance with our feet, not with our heads.
We are celebrating the Torah, and the Torah is something we study with our heads. But we dance with our feet, not with our heads.
If we would dance with our heads, each one would dance a different dance, each in a different space, some with friends but not wit...
Water shows up in all sorts of places in Jewish life, from holiday traditions to everyday practices.
Shaindy Plotzker is a queen of the women-only stage. But she once was too shy to sing and preferred to teach. A medical scare gave her the inspiration she needed to start inspiring others.
‘It is not about how many times the sukkah falls down, but how many times we get to rebuild it’
The Chabad Rebbes were exceedingly meticulous in the mitzvah of sukkah, going beyond the letter of the law to never eat or drink out of the sukkah. Learn why sleep is different.
Refraining from indulging in the pleasures of this world is only a fine preparation for avoda (service of G-d). Avoda itself is transforming the physical into a vehicle for G-dliness.
– Hayom Yom, Sivan 17
Passing of R. Chanoch of Cordova
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