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By the Numbers
7 Classic Chabad Songs of Sephardic Origin (Lag BaOmer Special)

There is a historical connection between the Chabad movement and the Sephardic world.
10 Facts About Pesach Sheni Every Jew Needs to Know

If someone was unable to participate in the Passover offering at the proper time, they would offer the sacrifice a month later.
10 Questions: Take the Lag BaOmer Quiz
Take the test and see if you are a Lag BaOmer expert
Your Questions
What Happened to the Bar Kochba-Lag BaOmer Connection?

Your Lag BaOmer section has no mention of the wars Bar Kochba waged against the Romans! Why?
He Won't Commit!

He says our relationship is fine as it is and we don’t need to be married.
Parshah
Why G‑d Didn’t Put the Courts Over the Priests

Rashi’s comment at the very beginning of our Torah portion seems over complicated.
Abandoned Mitzvahs

Must the “right” or “good” thing always be hard, or is a quick fix just as good?
Story
What I Didn’t Find in a Tibetan Monastery, I Found at Chabad

“If you are looking for mystical Judaism, I have to send you to Chabad,” said Robert Frazin, rabbi of Temple Solel in Hollywood, Fla., to Paul Sussman.
Healed by the Talmud Class

A Jew in Poland suffered from a lung ailment, which his doctors informed him he would not survive.
A Life of Joy in Spite of Pain: Lessons From My Dear Aunt

When I feel empty in my pain, not capable of uttering a word despite my sincere desire to pray, I think of my beloved Aunt Vera.
Video
Lag B’Omer Parade and Rally
Children gather to celebrate the holiday of Lag B’Omer. Excerpts from a 1984 satellite feed from Lubatvitch World Headquarters, Brooklyn, New York.
The Story of My Kidney Donation
This short video presents the journey of how Mr. Jack Hananya obtained a lifesaving organ donation from Rabbi Zalman Sandhaus. Let's make the world a brighter place with acts of goodness and kindness. A project of Kidney Assist; video production: Yuvla Media.
Journey from Loss to Light

Nechama Laber shares how the untimely death of her father brought her to reach out to create a place of love for others and helped her raise her child with special needs.
Shabbat Law of the Week
Mafshit - Skinning

One may not remove the skin of raw chicken or fish on Shabbat, as this would violate mafshit.
Your fellow is your mirror. If your own face is clean, the image you perceive will also be flawless. But should you look upon your fellow man and see a blemish, it is your own imperfection that you are encountering -- you are being shown what it is that you must correct within yourself.
— Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov
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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