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Navigating Coronavirus
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We've collected Q&A, tutorials, inspiration, tools, and more in one handy spot.
We've collected Q&A, tutorials, inspiration, tools, and more in one handy spot.
How to Talk to Your Kids About Coronavirus
It’s an evolving, ongoing conversation, but it’s important to start now.
It’s an evolving, ongoing conversation, but it’s important to start now.
Has COVID Affected Your Passover Plans?
with coronavirus curtailing travel plans and social interactions, many are facing the prospect of celebrating Passover alone. Here's what you need to know.
with coronavirus curtailing travel plans and social interactions, many are facing the prospect of celebrating Passover alone. Here's what you need to know.
Why I Won’t Zoom My Shabbat Services
A rabbi finds a silver lining in praying alone, at home, apart from his beloved congregation.
A rabbi finds a silver lining in praying alone, at home, apart from his beloved congregation.
By the Numbers
18 Matzah Facts Every Jew Should Know
Many Jews from the Former Soviet Union can attest that their parents and grandparents went to great lengths to procure matzah for Passover.
Many Jews from the Former Soviet Union can attest that their parents and grandparents went to great lengths to procure matzah for Passover.
Your Questions
Are Peanuts Kosher for Passover?
On Passover, Jews of Ashkenazic descent (and some Sefardic communities as well) do not eat anything that is considered “kitniyot.” Does this include the peanut?
On Passover, Jews of Ashkenazic descent (and some Sefardic communities as well) do not eat anything that is considered “kitniyot.” Does this include the peanut?
How Important Is The Second Seder?
I know that in Israel the Seder is only celebrated on the first night. For the rest of us living outside of Israel, is the second Seder as important as the first, or is it just a custom?
I know that in Israel the Seder is only celebrated on the first night. For the rest of us living outside of Israel, is the second Seder as important as the first, or is it just a custom?
Parshah
The Ultimate Mitzvah
Why does the book devoted to mitzvot start with the laws of sacrifices? Perhaps they encapsulate the inner meaning of mitzvot more than any other individual mitzvah . . .
Why does the book devoted to mitzvot start with the laws of sacrifices? Perhaps they encapsulate the inner meaning of mitzvot more than any other individual mitzvah . . .
Essay
Giving Chabad New Life
100 years later, it’s time to revisit the Rebbe Rashab’s obituaries and rewrite the story of his life
100 years later, it’s time to revisit the Rebbe Rashab’s obituaries and rewrite the story of his life
Quizzes
Video
Passover Preparations
All important things need preparation, and education is certainly no exception. We need not wait to respond to our children; by being proactive, we can be sure that they’re properly engaged. This is especially true by the Passover Seder. Much of the ritual that surrounds the Passover Seder involves the participation of our children. By properly preparing, all our children, no matter their personalities, can feel welcome and involved.
All important things need preparation, and education is certainly no exception. We need not wait to respond to our children; by being proactive, we can be sure that they’re properly engaged. This is especially true by the Passover Seder. Much of the ritual that surrounds the Passover Seder involves the participation of our children. By properly preparing, all our children, no matter their personalities, can feel welcome and involved.
Story
Elijah's Cup and the Mysterious Guest
Over time, successive economic downturns diminished the couple’s wealth, and they had to resort to selling their possessions to buy food.
Over time, successive economic downturns diminished the couple’s wealth, and they had to resort to selling their possessions to buy food.
Just as the olive yields light only when it is pounded, so are man's greatest potentials realized only under the pressure of adversity
— The Talmud
Print Magazine
The Baal Shem Tov described life as a spiral staircase, constantly deflecting away from your target in order to attain it.
In Yiddish it’s called a “swindling staircase.” Some wise chassidim have pointed out a connection: Life swindles you into believing you are going in circles when really you are traveling higher e...
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