Dedicated by Moris and Lillian Tabacinic · In loving memory of Menachem Mendel and Shaindel Tabacinic
A visit to the zoo is an opportunity to reflect on the wonders of G-d’s creation.
The Baal Shem Tov described life as a spiral staircase, constantly deflecting away from your target in order to attain it.
In Yiddish it’s called a “swindling staircase.” Some wise chassidim have pointed out a connection: Life swindles you into believing you are going in circles when really you are traveling higher e...
Abuse drove Danit to the edge. A bad relationship led her to a Passover Seder, where she discovered Judaism and a healthy relationship with G-d and herself.
Gift caps friendship spanning four generations of Kraft family, and joins community effort led by longtime supporters David and Tracey Frankel
A candid and enlightening interview with the author of the book “Your Unique Purpose”.
Take a journey into the world of Noah with the Talmudic sages, Chassidic masters and Kabbalists as your guides, as we navigate the events that unfold in what was a literal watershed moment in the deve...
"And the Breastplate shall not budge from the Apron" (Exodus 28:28) -- a person's most sublime spiritual feelings (symbolized by the High Priest's Breastplate, worn over the heart) must form an inseparable continuum with his or her most ordinary actions (represented by the Apron, worn in back, over the lower part of the body.)
– The Lubavitcher Rebbe
Last Jew comes home
(2nd Temple Era)
During the Second Temple Era (circa 230 BCE), Cheshvan 7 was the date on which the Jew most distant fr... Read More »
Passing of R. Meir Shapiro
(1933)
Passing of Rabbi Meir Shapiro of Lublin, founder of the daily "page a day" regimen of Talmudic study k... Read More »
In the Land of Israel, prayers for rain (i.e., adding the
words v'ten tal u'matar to the appropriate b... Read More »
Once a month, as the moon waxes in the sky, we recite a special blessing called Kiddush Levanah, "the... Read More »
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