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Vayishlach
Chanukah Is Approaching
Dear Friend,
Chanukah starts in less than two weeks! As always, our team is making sure our site and staff are primed to help you make this the best Chanukah ever. Here are some handy links to make sure you don’t miss out:
- Menorah lighting instructions and printable blessings
- Recipes for our favorite (and easy) donuts and latkes
- Fun quizzes to make sure you’re up to date
- Candles, gifts and more at our online store
- Stories to savor as the candles burn
- Essays to give spiritual perspective to your holiday
- A guide to hosting your own Chanukah Hakhel celebration
- And a letter from the Rebbe that will set the tone for it all
With wishes for a light-filled, joyous, and spiritually uplifting Chanukah!
Your friends @ Chabad.org
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For Your Vayishlach Study Group (PDF)
This weekly study packet is part of theJewishwoman.org “Be a Leader” initiative. Print it out and learn it with your study group.
This weekly study packet is part of theJewishwoman.org “Be a Leader” initiative. Print it out and learn it with your study group.
Your Questions
Chanukah & Playing Cards, a Complicated History
As early as the 15th century, Jewish people were playing cards on Chanukah and rabbis were decrying the practice.
As early as the 15th century, Jewish people were playing cards on Chanukah and rabbis were decrying the practice.
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Parshah
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We also wrestle with spiritual doubts and conflicts.
We also wrestle with spiritual doubts and conflicts.
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Over the centuries, numerous “reasons” have been advanced to explain the phenomenon of Antisemitism. But perhaps there is no reason!
Over the centuries, numerous “reasons” have been advanced to explain the phenomenon of Antisemitism. But perhaps there is no reason!
Voices
Coming Home: The Power of the Rebbe’s Gaze
When he gazed at me so long ago, did the Rebbe see the long line of my ancestors, clamoring to return through me? By the strength of his gaze, did he give us all the ability to come back?
When he gazed at me so long ago, did the Rebbe see the long line of my ancestors, clamoring to return through me? By the strength of his gaze, did he give us all the ability to come back?
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He saw opportunity where few others did, creating the virtual world of Torah, Judaism, and kindness known as Chabad.org.
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He Cheated the Angel of Death
“I can’t give the evil inclination such a victory,” said Reb Shmaya, “so everyone leave me alone and let me die in peace.”
“I can’t give the evil inclination such a victory,” said Reb Shmaya, “so everyone leave me alone and let me die in peace.”
By the Numbers
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If someone is coming to kill you, rise against him to kill him first
— Talmud, Sanhedrin 72a
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