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Aren't you glad Chanukah lasts 8 days? 8 days to get our greeting cards out to the world, 8 days to master dreidel spinning, 8 days to figure out how to keep those latkes from crumbling in the frying pan—and 8 days to plunge deeper and deeper into the message of those flames on your menorah at Chabad.org.
Then, come Friday, you can digest the the entire story of Joseph's revelation to his brothers—even if you haven't yet managed to digest those latkes.
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Evacuees Find Food and Shelter After Israel’s Worst Natural Disaster
As fire crews worked the last remnants of the blaze, 17,000 displaced people turned to the formidable task of piecing their lives back together.
As fire crews worked the last remnants of the blaze, 17,000 displaced people turned to the formidable task of piecing their lives back together.
Worst Fire in Israel’s History Rages Out of Control
Hours before the onset of the Jewish Sabbath, fire crews from more than five nations continued to fight the blaze and citizens mourned the death of 40 prison service staff whose bus was overtaken by quickly-moving flames.
Hours before the onset of the Jewish Sabbath, fire crews from more than five nations continued to fight the blaze and citizens mourned the death of 40 prison service staff whose bus was overtaken by quickly-moving flames.
Fighting Fire With Fire
Fire is a powerful thing. It can either warm, illuminate, glow and sustain, or it can burn, disintegrate and destroy...
Fire is a powerful thing. It can either warm, illuminate, glow and sustain, or it can burn, disintegrate and destroy...
Tools
Chanukah Greeting Cards
Send best wishes to family and friends during this festival of light and warmth.
Send best wishes to family and friends during this festival of light and warmth.
Chanukah Recipes
Cook (and fry) up a traditional Hanukkah storm: latkes to applesauce, jelly doughnuts and more recipes for all tastes.
Cook (and fry) up a traditional Hanukkah storm: latkes to applesauce, jelly doughnuts and more recipes for all tastes.
Spirituality
The Menorah’s Transparency
Turn any mitzvah inside out and you'll see a light—an active and energetic light that looks to shine in every black corner.
Turn any mitzvah inside out and you'll see a light—an active and energetic light that looks to shine in every black corner.
Chanukah Again
For the first time in recent history, the vast majority of Jews can practice without oppression. Is the lesson of Chanukah still necessary?
For the first time in recent history, the vast majority of Jews can practice without oppression. Is the lesson of Chanukah still necessary?
Judaism
Why Do We Play With a Dreidel (Top) on Chanukah?
Where did this wonderful game originate? Truth be told, it was a game of life or death.
Where did this wonderful game originate? Truth be told, it was a game of life or death.
Hanukkah 2025 FAQ
What does the holiday of Chanukah celebrate? How is it spelled correctly? Answers to these and more…
What does the holiday of Chanukah celebrate? How is it spelled correctly? Answers to these and more…
Chanukah Guide
The complete how-to guide for kids, from lighting the menorah and playing dreidel to the special foods we eat on Chanukah.
The complete how-to guide for kids, from lighting the menorah and playing dreidel to the special foods we eat on Chanukah.
Women
What Do I Stand For?
It was the twenty-fifth of December. A Jewish girl from Queens had fulfilled her secret dreams, decorating that bright, forbidden tree…
It was the twenty-fifth of December. A Jewish girl from Queens had fulfilled her secret dreams, decorating that bright, forbidden tree…
Can You Define a Jew?
"What is a Jew?" the teacher asked the class. I was at a conference in Los Angeles. Every type of Jew could attend and any attendee could present. This was my first class. His question got me thinking...
"What is a Jew?" the teacher asked the class. I was at a conference in Los Angeles. Every type of Jew could attend and any attendee could present. This was my first class. His question got me thinking...
A Chanukah Miracle: Poland, 1942
I knew then that even if by some miracle I could talk my way out of not having a Gentile document, I could never explain the latkes and doughnuts in my bundle...
I knew then that even if by some miracle I could talk my way out of not having a Gentile document, I could never explain the latkes and doughnuts in my bundle...
Parshah
True Leadership
Joseph is portrayed as a bundle of emotion with tears his constant companion. Is this the Joseph who was appointed viceroy of Egypt?
Joseph is portrayed as a bundle of emotion with tears his constant companion. Is this the Joseph who was appointed viceroy of Egypt?
Do You Know Your Soul?
On a deeper level, the story of Joseph revealing himself describes the moment of self-revelation in which our soul makes itself known to us.
On a deeper level, the story of Joseph revealing himself describes the moment of self-revelation in which our soul makes itself known to us.
Stories
18-Year-Old Matzah
A moment of faith does not separate between long-lost loves. It holds them together…
A moment of faith does not separate between long-lost loves. It holds them together…
Do You Have a Father?
What kind of question did Joseph ask his brothers? Doesn't everybody have a father?
What kind of question did Joseph ask his brothers? Doesn't everybody have a father?
It Should Again See Light
My best friend was a girl of my age named Jeanette. One morning, I saw her family being forced at gunpoint into a truck. I ran home and told my mother. "Don't worry," she said, "Jeanette will be back soon..."
My best friend was a girl of my age named Jeanette. One morning, I saw her family being forced at gunpoint into a truck. I ran home and told my mother. "Don't worry," she said, "Jeanette will be back soon..."
With patience and friendliness we can prevail in all things, with G-d's help. With a denigrating attitude toward others and inflating our own importance we lose everything, G-d forbid.
— Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch (Hayom Yom, Iyar 20)
Print Magazine
In the beginning, a world of twos was created.
Heaven and Earth. Body and soul. Good and evil. Life and death. Light and darkness.
Those who chose Heaven abandoned the earth. Those who chose the body abandoned the soul. Those who chose evil destroyed life.
Those who chose good believed it would only come with death....
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