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Keep Laughing
Why would Abraham and Sarah choose the name “laughter” for their child, who was destined to be a deeply spiritual person and a patriarch of the Jewish people?
Why would Abraham and Sarah choose the name “laughter” for their child, who was destined to be a deeply spiritual person and a patriarch of the Jewish people?
Esau the Transformer
Esau was the bad guy, right? So why did his father, the patriarch Isaac, prefer him over his saintly brother Jacob?
Esau was the bad guy, right? So why did his father, the patriarch Isaac, prefer him over his saintly brother Jacob?
By the Numbers
12 Facts About the Month of Kislev You Should Know
This month, which ends with Chanukah, is a happy time in Chabad tradition.
This month, which ends with Chanukah, is a happy time in Chabad tradition.
6 Steps to Improving Your Relationship With Your Spouse
We have the ability to perceive any person and any situation in a positive way, if we choose to do so.
We have the ability to perceive any person and any situation in a positive way, if we choose to do so.
Advice for Life
Your Questions
Why Is Eating Melaveh Malkah Important?
The sages in the Talmud tell us to “always set the table after Shabbat even to eat small amount of food." Here's why.
The sages in the Talmud tell us to “always set the table after Shabbat even to eat small amount of food." Here's why.
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Two Contradictory Rabbinic Enactments?
Maimonides' Mishneh Torah Week by Week - Article 1 (Mechirah, Chapters 1-8)
Maimonides' Mishneh Torah Week by Week - Article 1 (Mechirah, Chapters 1-8)
Personal Experiences
I Never Knew I Was G-d’s Agent
The congregation was already deep into the Shabbat morning services when a little boy, dressed with a kippah and Shabbat clothing, ran into the synagogue, looked around with confusion, and ran out again.
The congregation was already deep into the Shabbat morning services when a little boy, dressed with a kippah and Shabbat clothing, ran into the synagogue, looked around with confusion, and ran out again.
Free Will and My Uneaten Banana in the Soviet Union
I somehow knew that my inner worth was much more significant than the treat that was offered.
I somehow knew that my inner worth was much more significant than the treat that was offered.
The Smuggler
I am a smuggler. It is a habit that I have developed in my attempt to understand and to communicate the eternal relevance of the sacred.
I am a smuggler. It is a habit that I have developed in my attempt to understand and to communicate the eternal relevance of the sacred.
Story
The Maggid and the Informer
“Now that you mention it,” said the local slowly. “We do have one small problem. His name is Yankel the Informer. That man is too happy to linger around government officials and often betrays us to ingratiate himself with them. I doubt anything you can say will change his mind; he is a lost cause.”
“Now that you mention it,” said the local slowly. “We do have one small problem. His name is Yankel the Informer. That man is too happy to linger around government officials and often betrays us to ingratiate himself with them. I doubt anything you can say will change his mind; he is a lost cause.”
Reporting From the Conference
Lifestyle
Love your fellow as yourself.
— Leviticus 19:18
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There is only one thing that can put you further ahead than success, and that is surviving failure.
When you are successful, you are whole and complete. That is wonderful, but you cannot break out beyond your own universe.
When you fail, you are broken. You look at the pieces of yourself lying on the ground and say,...
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