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Your Questions
Is Fake Pork Kosher?
Even if the Torah forbids a food, one is still permitted to eat kosher food artificially flavored to taste like it. However, if it closely resembles the non-kosher food, it may be necessary to mark it as an imitation.
Even if the Torah forbids a food, one is still permitted to eat kosher food artificially flavored to taste like it. However, if it closely resembles the non-kosher food, it may be necessary to mark it as an imitation.
What Does "Schmatta" ("Schmatte") Mean?
This Yiddish word (of Polish provenance) has taken on meanings in various areas of Jewish life.
This Yiddish word (of Polish provenance) has taken on meanings in various areas of Jewish life.
By the Numbers
8 Facts About the Hebrew Month of Shevat
The sign for the month of Shevat is Aquarius, the waterbearer
The sign for the month of Shevat is Aquarius, the waterbearer
Parshah
Have You Slaughtered Your Sheep Yet?
tie a sheep to your bed and leave it there for four days. It will be there when you go to sleep (good luck with that!) and when you get up.
tie a sheep to your bed and leave it there for four days. It will be there when you go to sleep (good luck with that!) and when you get up.
Inside the Monster
He led them to the very feet of the giant, opened a secret door in the monster's big toe, took them up a winding passageway to its belly, and showed them how the thing works...
He led them to the very feet of the giant, opened a secret door in the monster's big toe, took them up a winding passageway to its belly, and showed them how the thing works...
Story
"You Will Never Be the Czar's Soldier"
Like every eligible male in Czarist Russia, Peretz Chein eventually received a letter stating that he was required to show up at a conscription office.
Like every eligible male in Czarist Russia, Peretz Chein eventually received a letter stating that he was required to show up at a conscription office.
Jewish News
Moshe Holtzberg Returns to Mumbai With Netanyahu to Unveil Living Memorial
New memorial space to educate and inspire visitors from around the world.
New memorial space to educate and inspire visitors from around the world.
Terrorists Killed ‘The Angel Who Touched Me Forever’
The legacy of a 35-year-old rabbi murdered in a drive-by attack in Israel.
The legacy of a 35-year-old rabbi murdered in a drive-by attack in Israel.
The Small Town Where Ukraine’s Jews Go to Gain Strength
In good times and bad, Jews have visited the resting place of Chabad’s founder in Haditch, Ukraine.
In good times and bad, Jews have visited the resting place of Chabad’s founder in Haditch, Ukraine.
Video
Sign Up Now: The Heart of Prayer
Prayer can be one of the most confounding of spiritual practices. If it is a personal, meditative, soul experience, then why is so much of it dictated by formality and structured liturgy?
Prayer can be one of the most confounding of spiritual practices. If it is a personal, meditative, soul experience, then why is so much of it dictated by formality and structured liturgy?
The Rebbe and the Best-Selling Author
The Rebbe vocally and repeatedly called for every individual to utilize his or her unique talents and abilities to help promote a spirit of G-dliness in the world.
The Rebbe vocally and repeatedly called for every individual to utilize his or her unique talents and abilities to help promote a spirit of G-dliness in the world.
Which Animals Are Kosher?
Which species of animals, birds, fish and vermin are kosher, and which are not?
Which species of animals, birds, fish and vermin are kosher, and which are not?
Women
From the Mother of a Young Adult With Down Syndrome
What happens when that absolutely adorable baby becomes a young adult. What then?
What happens when that absolutely adorable baby becomes a young adult. What then?
Lifestyle
There is love like fire, and there is love like water
— The Chassidic Masters
Print Magazine
How can you attain love of an infinite G-d? Through love of your fellow human beings.
As Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa would say, “If people like you, G-d likes you too.”
How did he know?
Because he knew that if people truly like you, it must be that you genuinely like them.
And when you hold genuine love in your heart for ...
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