ב"ה
Shemini
Question
Why Is the Day After the Holiday Called Isru Chag?
The name is based on the verse in Psalms, “Bind [the] festival [offering] with cords to the corners of the altar.”
The name is based on the verse in Psalms, “Bind [the] festival [offering] with cords to the corners of the altar.”
Parshah
The Mysterious Death of Nadab and Abihu
The tragic death of Aaron’s two elder sons, Nadav and Avihu; the soul as a striving and as a settling, life as a cycle and as a spiral.
The tragic death of Aaron’s two elder sons, Nadav and Avihu; the soul as a striving and as a settling, life as a cycle and as a spiral.
5 Powerful Insights From the Rebbe - Shemini
Enjoy four short thoughts and a video adapted from the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Parshat Shemini.
Enjoy four short thoughts and a video adapted from the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Parshat Shemini.
Women
A Little Prayer for You, My Husband
“Bring your husband to the hospital,” the doctor said after I told him Adam was having trouble walking because his feet were numb.
“Bring your husband to the hospital,” the doctor said after I told him Adam was having trouble walking because his feet were numb.
Hungry? Or Is That the Soul That’s Grumbling?
But if I am trying to feed my hungry soul, no amount of food will help.
But if I am trying to feed my hungry soul, no amount of food will help.
Story
Hidden and Revealed
The holy beggar's face was transformed. His eyes began to glow with a divine light, and his coarse features assumed a sublime grace...
The holy beggar's face was transformed. His eyes began to glow with a divine light, and his coarse features assumed a sublime grace...
Lifestyle
One must have mesirat nefesh (total self-sacrifice and dedication) for the love of a fellow Jew, even towards a Jew whom one has never seen...
— Baal Shem Tov (quoted in Hayom Yom, Kislev 15)
Print Magazine
To one whose self is his body, death of the body is death of the self. But for one whose self is his love, awe and faith, there is no death, only a passing. From a state of confinement in the body, he makes the passage to liberation. He continues to work within this world, and even more so than before.
The Talmud says th...
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