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Behar-Bechukotai
Your Questions
Where Is Mount Sinai?
The fact is that no one knows for sure. By looking at the story of the last person to visit, we can understand why.
The fact is that no one knows for sure. By looking at the story of the last person to visit, we can understand why.
How to Be Happy
Life is hard. So many painful, disturbing and distressing events occur to us and to the world around us. Can we really be joyful in this kind of environment?
Life is hard. So many painful, disturbing and distressing events occur to us and to the world around us. Can we really be joyful in this kind of environment?
Video
Counting the Omer with Dr Chighel
A fun and informative peek into how and why we count the Omer between Pesach and Shavuot. In the 49-day period of the Omer, each day is another refinement of a particular emotional virtue represented in Kabbalah by the lower seven Sefirot. Each virtue is a sublimation of a corresponding vice.
A fun and informative peek into how and why we count the Omer between Pesach and Shavuot. In the 49-day period of the Omer, each day is another refinement of a particular emotional virtue represented in Kabbalah by the lower seven Sefirot. Each virtue is a sublimation of a corresponding vice.
Jerusalem: The City of Oneness
From all the cities of the world, Jerusalem was chosen as the capital of the Land of Israel. The Talmud relates, that when Jews would arrive in Jerusalem, they all “became united as one.” Indeed, in Psalms, it is called “the city in which all are joined together.” And as we pray today for our true return to Jerusalem the arrival of Moshiach, forever, Jerusalem remains important and meaningful, uniting each and every Jew, man, woman, and child.
From all the cities of the world, Jerusalem was chosen as the capital of the Land of Israel. The Talmud relates, that when Jews would arrive in Jerusalem, they all “became united as one.” Indeed, in Psalms, it is called “the city in which all are joined together.” And as we pray today for our true return to Jerusalem the arrival of Moshiach, forever, Jerusalem remains important and meaningful, uniting each and every Jew, man, woman, and child.
Parshah
The Fiftieth Year
Mundanity, holiness and beyond—a study of the spiritual significance of the Shemittah and Jubilee cycles.
Mundanity, holiness and beyond—a study of the spiritual significance of the Shemittah and Jubilee cycles.
5 Powerful Insights From the Rebbe on the Parshah
Enjoy four short thoughts and a video adapted from the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Parshat Behar and Bechukotai.
Enjoy four short thoughts and a video adapted from the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Parshat Behar and Bechukotai.
Essay
What I Learned From a Crushed Toenail
I figured that with a bit of time and TLC my toenails would heal and I’d be back to my bouncing self.
I figured that with a bit of time and TLC my toenails would heal and I’d be back to my bouncing self.
When a Communist Gives You a Tallit . . . You Keep It!
“When a communist gives you a tallit, you should not be in a hurry to discard it.”
“When a communist gives you a tallit, you should not be in a hurry to discard it.”
"Be Fruitful and Multiply" - The Commandment to Raise Children
The Rabbis of the Talmud and Midrash specify that in the merit of the mitzvah of procreation, especially, we will merit the coming of Moshiach.
The Rabbis of the Talmud and Midrash specify that in the merit of the mitzvah of procreation, especially, we will merit the coming of Moshiach.
Jewish News
High School Girls Record Women’s Untold Stories of the Rebbe
Students interview their relatives and share their stories on WhatsApp.
Students interview their relatives and share their stories on WhatsApp.
Alumni Founders of GoPuff Dedicate Torah Scroll to Drexel Chabad
Two 25-year-old graduates channel their business success.
Two 25-year-old graduates channel their business success.
Rabbi Addresses National Day of Prayer in Rose Garden
Quotes from the Rebbe’s teachings at ceremony.
Quotes from the Rebbe’s teachings at ceremony.
Story
"All her pursuers overtook her between the straits" (Lamentations 1:3)--this refers to the days of trouble and stricture, from the 17th of Tammuz to 9th of Av
— Midrash Rabbah, Eicha 1:29
Print Magazine
The sages say that all is in the hands of heaven except for the awe of heaven.
Which puts all the power in your hands.
Because if there is no awe of heaven, heaven is bankrupt. It owns nothing—not you, not your world, not anything at all.
That being so, the greatest power you have is your ability to surrender the delus...
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