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Your Questions
Why Add a Light Each Night of Chanukah?
The Talmud gives two reasons: to indicate the night and because we always ascend rather than descend.
The Talmud gives two reasons: to indicate the night and because we always ascend rather than descend.
‘Why Did G-d Make Us Need to Eat?’
A Mother Responds to Her Children (and their cravings for mac-and-cheese)
A Mother Responds to Her Children (and their cravings for mac-and-cheese)
By the Numbers
16 Menorah Facts Every Jew Should Know
The word menorah is Hebrew for “lamp,” and generally refers to the eight-branched candelabra that we light on the Jewish holiday of Chanukah.
The word menorah is Hebrew for “lamp,” and generally refers to the eight-branched candelabra that we light on the Jewish holiday of Chanukah.
Parshah
The Kiss
Twenty years after Jacob stole the blessing, he was about to meet Esau once more. There was much at stake, not only for Jacob and his family, but for all of the cosmos.
Twenty years after Jacob stole the blessing, he was about to meet Esau once more. There was much at stake, not only for Jacob and his family, but for all of the cosmos.
Who Wants to Be Jewish?
The “child” and the “servant” exist in all relationships: in the family, in the workplace, and in our divine service.
The “child” and the “servant” exist in all relationships: in the family, in the workplace, and in our divine service.
Real Lessons From Real Life
How My Daughter’s Heartbeat Monitor Showed Me Life’s High and Lows
There is a hollow feeling of déja vu, one that I haven’t felt in a while.
There is a hollow feeling of déja vu, one that I haven’t felt in a while.
Leaning Into Yiddishkeit: A Short Story of Jewish Growth
In the light of that small shining candle, I saw his smile, which came easily, and often, and lit up the lives of those around him.
In the light of that small shining candle, I saw his smile, which came easily, and often, and lit up the lives of those around him.
Story
The Rabbi Who Rode Lionback
When the first Friday approached, Rabbi Masoud informed his friends that it was time to stop and take a rest …
When the first Friday approached, Rabbi Masoud informed his friends that it was time to stop and take a rest …
The Simple Vintner of Slonim
Scrunching his face with concentration, Ephraim enunciated each word again and again. He appeared to be begging for his life.
Scrunching his face with concentration, Ephraim enunciated each word again and again. He appeared to be begging for his life.
Lifestyle
In heaven they sense the preciousness of this lowly world. Not only the ministering angels, but even the earliest divine emanations would forego everything for one Amein, y'hei sh'mei raba... said by a Jew with all his might.
— Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (quoted in Hayom Yom for 17 Adar I)
Print Magazine
Everything about the Rebbe was pure kindness. Even his idea of “hell” was as kind and generous as could be:
People have a misconception of Hell. Let me tell you what Hell really is.
Hell is a spiritual place where everything that exists in our world exists, but in an infinite way. So, whatever you chased after in this...
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