Mishpatim
By the Numbers
17 Facts About the Rebbetzin
Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka shied away from the limelight and rarely appeared in public, where she would undoubtedly be celebrated as the revered rebbetzin.
Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka shied away from the limelight and rarely appeared in public, where she would undoubtedly be celebrated as the revered rebbetzin.
10 Ways to Help an Especially Sensitive Child
How can I help her become stronger so she can survive in a world that’s not always fair and tactful, and so that she’s not constantly suffering a maelstrom of emotion?
How can I help her become stronger so she can survive in a world that’s not always fair and tactful, and so that she’s not constantly suffering a maelstrom of emotion?
Your Questions
Do Rabbis Need to Be Married?
Historically, many communities traditionally included in their bylaws that they would only accept married candidates as their rabbis. Why?
Historically, many communities traditionally included in their bylaws that they would only accept married candidates as their rabbis. Why?
Discovering the Rebbe
The Forgotten File With 200 Years of Chassidic Heritage
The story of a lost-and-found child of Chassidic roots who had become a high-powered American attorney and advocate for Soviet causes.
The story of a lost-and-found child of Chassidic roots who had become a high-powered American attorney and advocate for Soviet causes.
Parshah
What Kind of Guard Are You?
The monetary laws of the Torah are more than just utilitarian laws that allow for a functioning society. Just as with all other parts of the Torah, the monetary laws contain deep psychological and spiritual truths
The monetary laws of the Torah are more than just utilitarian laws that allow for a functioning society. Just as with all other parts of the Torah, the monetary laws contain deep psychological and spiritual truths
1 + 1 = A Holy One
Why a half-shekel? And if a half holy shekel is a regular shekel, why not simply require a shekel?
Why a half-shekel? And if a half holy shekel is a regular shekel, why not simply require a shekel?
Voices
The Abuse Survivor’s Tightrope Walk
There is no cheering. No crowds. No clapping from far down below.
There is no cheering. No crowds. No clapping from far down below.
How I Began to Heal
My pain was heavily compounded by feeling like no one else knew what I was going through or could possibly understand it, so I suffered in solitude.
My pain was heavily compounded by feeling like no one else knew what I was going through or could possibly understand it, so I suffered in solitude.
Story
The Burial Society's Tefillin
An assortment of tefillin—some old and worn, others glossy and new—lay neatly arranged.
An assortment of tefillin—some old and worn, others glossy and new—lay neatly arranged.
Lifestyle
For Israel is a child, and I love him
— Hosea 11:1
Print Magazine
The Rebbe describes the following as a core teaching of the Baal Shem Tov:
Not only are the pirouettes of a leaf as it falls off a tree,
the quivering of a blade of grass in the wind,
and all the details of the world around you
all brought into being, given life and directed every moment from Above—
but beyond...
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