Shemini
A Listicle That Runs Deep
Dear Friend,
Listicle /ˈlistək(ə)l/ (noun): an article on the Internet presented in the form of a numbered or bullet-pointed list.
You either love them or hate them (or you love to hate them or hate to love them), but you’ve probably viewed your fair share of them. With “17 dog smiles that will make you bark for joy” vying for attention with “23 of the messiest bedrooms of all time,” it’s no wonder that we associate this kind of media with cheap (and somewhat empty) entertainment.
Sometimes, however, we encounter listicles that are so full of deep and empowering truths that we are touched in a way that goes far beyond the shallow skin of our tablet screens and computer monitors.
One such example is “Ten Controversial Affirmations for Those Who Choose to Fight Depression,” which was recently crafted by Tzvi Freeman. Read it, read it again and then post it on your Facebook wall, your refrigerator door and anywhere else where you’ll be sure to see these powerful words.
And then make sure to open the Chabad.org e‑mail again next week, when we share the next batch of affirmations.
Wishing you an empowering week,
The Chabad.org Editorial Team
Words that speak from timeless wisdom, with the power to transform.
The holy Zohar states, “Weeping is lodged in one side of my heart, and joy is lodged in the other.”
So we’ve come to realize the subtle but potentially dire effects on our food, but do we ever consider our food’s spiritual “profiles”? Does the food or drink that we consume affect us on a spiritual plane, on a soul level, influencing our character and natural tendencies?
A condensation of the weekly Torah portion alongside select commentaries culled from the Midrash, Talmud, Chassidic masters, and the broad corpus of Jewish scholarship.
I often see egg matzah for sale, and have been wondering whether we can serve it at the Seder instead of regular matzah. I have always found it so much tastier . . .
The Bible states that Passover is on the 14th of Nissan, yet the Jewish calendar shows Passover starting the following night!
Have you ever strolled on a college campus on a Saturday at eight in the morning? No one is around, no one is up. But I was—because I wasn’t going to get trapped into joining the minyan.
Imagine that a family celebrates their daughter’s birthday at home, and doesn’t even know that three of her child’s classmates will show up to the party in wheelchairs. The issue never once came up in discussions with her child! That’s what happens when a school holds inclusive classes, where children with and without disabilities learn side by side. It is both ordinary and remarkable.
Although parents may feel awkward about insisting that their child thank them, they need to remember that this thanking is not for their own sake, but for the child’s sake.
How did I get to this point? Of not only wanting to have a kosher kitchen, but actually having it koshered?
Whether you're a host or a guest, a guide to making the seder more meaningful.
Rabbi Berl and Chanie Goldman, co-directors of the Tabacinic Lubavitch-Chabad Jewish Student Center at the University of Florida in Gainesville, were recognized for their accomplishments on “behalf of the U.S.-Israel relationship on campus.”
‘We will not bow our spirits in the face of modern-day Hamans,’ says one rabbi.
Sen. Steve Daines applauds the leadership of a young Chabad emissary and her family.
Afterlife is a very rational, natural consequence of the order of things.
After all, nothing is ever lost—even the body only transforms into earth. But nothing is lost.
So too, the person you are is never lost. That person—that soul—only returns to its origin.
If your soul became acutely attached to the material worl...
