ב"ה
Shemini
Question
Why Is the Day After the Holiday Called Isru Chag?
The name is based on the verse in Psalms, “Bind [the] festival [offering] with cords to the corners of the altar.”
The name is based on the verse in Psalms, “Bind [the] festival [offering] with cords to the corners of the altar.”
Parshah
The Mysterious Death of Nadab and Abihu
The tragic death of Aaron’s two elder sons, Nadav and Avihu; the soul as a striving and as a settling, life as a cycle and as a spiral.
The tragic death of Aaron’s two elder sons, Nadav and Avihu; the soul as a striving and as a settling, life as a cycle and as a spiral.
5 Powerful Insights From the Rebbe - Shemini
Enjoy four short thoughts and a video adapted from the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Parshat Shemini.
Enjoy four short thoughts and a video adapted from the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Parshat Shemini.
Women
A Little Prayer for You, My Husband
“Bring your husband to the hospital,” the doctor said after I told him Adam was having trouble walking because his feet were numb.
“Bring your husband to the hospital,” the doctor said after I told him Adam was having trouble walking because his feet were numb.
Hungry? Or Is That the Soul That’s Grumbling?
But if I am trying to feed my hungry soul, no amount of food will help.
But if I am trying to feed my hungry soul, no amount of food will help.
Story
Hidden and Revealed
The holy beggar's face was transformed. His eyes began to glow with a divine light, and his coarse features assumed a sublime grace...
The holy beggar's face was transformed. His eyes began to glow with a divine light, and his coarse features assumed a sublime grace...
Lifestyle
Life is dependent on the air around us, and the quality of life is dependent on the quality of air. In an atmosphere of Torah and mitzvot there is healthy life. The first general step in healing is to purify the atmosphere, and is effected through the letters of Torah. When speaking words of Torah while in the store or walking in the street or riding the subway, one purifies the air.
— Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch
Print Magazine
Some people think that if they were truly spiritual, they would never eat.
In truth, few acts are as divine as eating food.
Eating is similar to sifting gold. You grasp the divine spark within a food and reject the dross. And then, in the mitzvahs energized by that food, you carry that divine spark back to its origin ...
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