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By the Numbers
15 Historical Facts About Rabbi DovBer of Lubavitch
Join us as we discover the life and times of a Jewish leader and Torah scholar.
Join us as we discover the life and times of a Jewish leader and Torah scholar.
Leah in the Bible
At first Leah appears to be negative, weak and pale. But the more we dig, the more we learn and come to appreciate Leah, her strength, her quiet inspiration and her unending devotion.
At first Leah appears to be negative, weak and pale. But the more we dig, the more we learn and come to appreciate Leah, her strength, her quiet inspiration and her unending devotion.
Parshah
The Answer Is “No.” Would You Like to Know Now or Later?
If Jacob saw that Leah was the one with the blessing of children, why did that not command more of his attention?
If Jacob saw that Leah was the one with the blessing of children, why did that not command more of his attention?
The Story of Bilhah and Zilpah in the Bible
Learn about the mothers of Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher, four of the 12 Tribes of Israel.
Learn about the mothers of Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher, four of the 12 Tribes of Israel.
When Jacob Discovered He Was Israel
Far from home, Jacob now must struggle to maintain his inner spirituality.
Far from home, Jacob now must struggle to maintain his inner spirituality.
Video
A Brother Betrayed
The story of Yosef and his brothers is one of the first great dramas in recorded history. An innocent familial rivalry that blossomed into heartbreaking jealousy, bitter betrayal and a string of miscalculations that became a tale of repentance, reunion and redemption. Join us as we navigate, unpack and learn from the Torah’s longest story with the guidance of the Talmud, the Midrash and great Jewish mystics.
The story of Yosef and his brothers is one of the first great dramas in recorded history. An innocent familial rivalry that blossomed into heartbreaking jealousy, bitter betrayal and a string of miscalculations that became a tale of repentance, reunion and redemption. Join us as we navigate, unpack and learn from the Torah’s longest story with the guidance of the Talmud, the Midrash and great Jewish mystics.
A Whole New Light
The Mitteler Rebbe’s imprisonment came about after the wellsprings of the Baal Shem Tov had already swept the Jewish People, nourishing tens of thousands of souls. Despite all this, there descended a darkness so profound that it challenged even such a great light, and resulted in an imprisonment. But when denser darkness is conquered, the resultant light that shines forth out of the darkness is ever the brighter.
The Mitteler Rebbe’s imprisonment came about after the wellsprings of the Baal Shem Tov had already swept the Jewish People, nourishing tens of thousands of souls. Despite all this, there descended a darkness so profound that it challenged even such a great light, and resulted in an imprisonment. But when denser darkness is conquered, the resultant light that shines forth out of the darkness is ever the brighter.
Essay
Did Abraham Really Invent Monotheism?
One doesn’t have to look hard to find individuals who recognized and served “the one G‑d.”
One doesn’t have to look hard to find individuals who recognized and served “the one G‑d.”
Story
The Holy Shopkeeper
"That night I could not sleep. Early in the morning, I returned to the store to witness with my own eyes how G-d would help."
"That night I could not sleep. Early in the morning, I returned to the store to witness with my own eyes how G-d would help."
Nothing Is Coincidental, Not Even a Set of Sofas
It’s not often that we learn of the complexity of someone’s circumstances or what role we play in seemingly random occurrences.
It’s not often that we learn of the complexity of someone’s circumstances or what role we play in seemingly random occurrences.
Melachah of the Week
Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb, and the fruit of your earth, and the fruit of your beasts; the offspring increase of your cattle, and the young of your sheep. Blessed shall be your basket and your store. Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out
— Deuteronomy 28:3-6
Print Magazine
For hundreds of years, perhaps since the beginning of Creation, a piece of the world has been waiting for your soul to purify and repair it.
And your soul, from the time it was first emanated and conceived, waited above to descend to this world and carry out that mission.
And your footsteps were guided to reach th...
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