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3 Tammuz
Insider’s Guide to 3 Tammuz
Customs for the Rebbe’s yahrtzeit, based on a letter he wrote before the previous rebbe’s first yahrtzeit.
The Rebbe's "Exaggerated Love"

Following the established custom, Joseph composed a lengthy letter to the Rebbe.
Your Questions
Why Is Impurity Not Observed?

The Torah contains a complex code of purity laws. Why are Jews not careful about these laws nowadays?
Is Over-Obsessing Okay?

How scrupulous is too scrupulous? At what point does religious observance start to become neurotic?
Parshah
The Four Gifts of the Yiddishe Mama

The lesson of Miriam’s well is clear. The Yiddishe mama has a particular role to play in Jewish life.
Chukat Haftarah Companion

Jephthah sent a message to the king of Ammon demanding an explanation for the ongoing terror.
Women
Woman Warrior Dina Hurwitz on Pain, Faith, Humor, Strength

Many would be tempted to wallow in self-pity or anger. But the couple has heroically risen to the challenge.
The Rebbe's Family and Ours: A History of Devotion

Their first meeting, which was supposed to be just an introductory encounter, lasted seven hours, and went well into the night
Lifestyle
Kohlrabi Slaw

Jewish News
The Rebbe’s Personal Journals Explored at Philadelphia Event

Archival videos contextualize creative readings of Holocaust-era journal.
New Torah Celebrates Three Decades of Binghamton University Chabad

Honoring the multigenerational impact of a thriving campus center.
Industrial Turns Residential in Long Island City, and Jewish Life Thrives

Easing some of the challenges of a growing commuter neighborhood.
It is the manner of a father to have compassion (rachamim), as it is written, "As a father has compassion on children [so does G-d have compassion for those who fear Him]" (Psalms 103:13). It is the manner of a mother to console, as it is written, "As a man whose mother does console him [so shall I console you]" (Isaiah 66:13). Says G-d: I shall do both as father and as mother
— Midrash P’sikta d’Rav Kahana
Print Magazine

Why is Torah compared to light? Because it tells us the place of each thing.

Because, in truth, there is no need to change the world. Everything is here.

Each thing has a place, and in that place it is good. Altogether, it is very good, a beautiful world. All that’s needed is a little light.

What is light? Light...

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