Vayechi
The light of Chanukah keeps burning ever stronger and brighter. It's just that now, after the actual holiday is over, we must all be the wicks. Chabad.org aims to provide inspiring, informative and entertaining oil to keep those holy flames burning:
Entertainment: Moshe Bryski's hilarious jokes, ingeniously woven into the fabric of a sensitive and practical class on dealing with the anxieties of life. And a great video for kids: "Why I Like Being Jewish"--along with plenty more video watching for those long winter nights.
Information: Yisroel Cotlar lays out the patient and easy path to a kosher kitchen, while Dovid Zaklikowski fills us in on which rooms need mezuzahs--and which do not.
And Inspiration: The Parshah section this week is packed with info, food for thought and tidbits for your Shabbat table, with contributions from Yosef Jacobson, Shimon Posner and Yanki Tauber. Let Tzvi Freeman tickle your mind with a wild and wonderful approach to talking to G‑d. Then take a sniff at The Kabbalah of Smell, and travel along with Penina Taylor, as a former evangelist discovers her Jewish roots.
What happened on Tevet 10? Why do we need the Holy Temple? The positive aspects of a "siege mentality" and more...
The Jewish calendar contains several fast days. Learn how to take advantage of these days of opportunity.
The Rebbe regarded the victory of Tevet 5 as a victory for all Jewish people, a victory for the books themselves.
I want to do it right, and anything short of a 100% kosher kitchen seems like a compromise.
A common misconception is that only the main entrance to the home requires a mezuzah.
If you want to know what people think about life, watch them when death sticks out his calling card.
Why are we made to forget? Because there are certain things we should not know. So why do we know them in the first place?
There is a certain madness to this idea of talking to G‑d, of saying “You” to the Ground of Reality....
Why can I mentally block out images of chaos and disarray but not a foul smell?
I spent twenty years of my life wishing he were "normal." Imagining. Yearning. Wondering about ordinary things like--what would he be like?
We try and make sure that things are fair, and that no one is getting slighted, but it's getting emotionally and physically exhausting for us to keep this up.
How an evangelical Christian leader came full circle and discovered the beauty of her Jewish roots.
The headlines scream, "Madoff's latest victim" and indeed it is. Just hours ago we read how Mark, the married father of two children, hung himself in his apartment while his baby slept in another room...
We all have challenges and struggles in our lives. But how we live with them or through them is what defines the kind of person that we are...
Even before I am aware of my thoughts, He has it all worked out. (Psalms 139:4 according to the Targum)
Trusting in the One Above doesn’t mean waiting for miracles.
It means having confidence in yourself and in what you have decided to do.
Because you trust the One Above has set you on a good path and put the right ide...