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Subscribe Now: Fascinating Jewish Facts
Dear Friend,
As a reader of Chabad.org, you have surely noticed that over the past several years, we have published dozens upon dozens of lists. We have lists of facts about Jewish holidays, facts about people, facts about mitzvahs, facts about historical events … The list (of lists) goes on and on.
And so we are delighted to share with you that we have now created an email list that sends out a new compilation of facts each week: Fascinating Jewish Facts.
Curious to learn 13 facts about the Maccabees, 18 facts about matzah, 12 facts about Rachel or 10 facts about the Hebrew language? This email list is for you!
Enjoy!
Menachem Posner
Staff Editor, Chabad.org
I watched my father, encloaked not in a red cape but in a weathered, white tallit, a joyful Chassidic melody on his lips.
Hasidism is not simply a doctrine or a theory; it’s an experience to be felt, to be lived from within.
Learn about some of the Jewish leaders who were imprisoned throughout our history.
You can take the lead of your own life and start writing better scripts. It’s not easy, but it’s doable.
Life’s challenges are not a punishment, but a means to help us reach our full potential.
Esau said, “I have a lot.”
Jacob said, “I have all.” As in “all I need.”
Esau had a family of six. They were called “six souls.” Plural.
Jacob had a family of seventy. They were called “seventy soul.” Singular.
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