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Vayeishev

Get Set for Chanukah
What Does "Maccabee" Mean?

The word has become synonymous with the small band of Jewish freedom fighters who freed Judea from the Syrian-Greek occupiers…
13 Hanukkah Facts Every Jew Should Know

Become an expert on this widely celebrated but barely understood Jewish festival.
19 Kislev: Celebrating Chassidism
Chassidic Story: Saved From the Monastery

The landlady on the floor wailing hysterically. Her only son, she sobbed, had agreed to convert to Christianity, and was being held in a locked room in a monastery.
A Lingering Love Story

Nearly eight years ago, when Rachel began to lose her balance, she was diagnosed with atypical Parkinson’s disease . . .
The Woman Who Adopted Two Infants With Down Syndrome

She is a prolific author of both whimsical children’s and more reflective adult books. And some 24 years ago, she and her husband adopted and raised two infants with Down syndrome only 4½ months apart in age.
Parshah
How to Change the World

Each of us knows that there is only one of us, and that there are seven billion others in the world today. What conceivable difference can we make?
5 Powerful Insights From the Rebbe

Enjoy four short thoughts and a video adapted from the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Parshat Vayeishev.
Jewish News
Completing the Talmud on 19 Kislev

Harnessing smart technology to finish the entire Talmud in a year
Lifestyle
Art: The Love of a Mother

Light attracts. Where a lantern is placed, those who seek light gather around.
— Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn of Lubavitch (1880-1950)
Print Magazine

Nothing is greater than peace. Even when you are 100% right, and you know your spouse is 100% wrong, you can still give in for the sake of peace.

Better a difficult peace than an easy quarrel.

See Igrot Kodesh volume 9, page 100.

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