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Feature of the Week: Biographies in Brief
Do you wish to learn more about the men and women who have shaped Judaism? What was Abraham like as a baby? How did David have the backbone to persevere through all his tribulations? Get into the mind of Og the Giant in a unique diary you’ll only find on Chabad.org.
Impress your family and friends by reading our Biographies in Brief section, filled with 30+ highly researched articles, each focusing on another key figure in Jewish history.
You're right, it shouldn't work that way. The world was not designed this way. The plain truth is: They've hacked the system
Some of the most common Jewish names mean animals, kosher and not kosher…
Aren’t we all looking for greater spirituality in our lives?
A 44-year-old married father of three was in liver failure. On Dec. 20, he received a new liver from Chabad Rabbi Ephraim Simon, one of only a handful of individuals to have ever donated both a kidney and a liver.
“Watching the campers care for each other was uplifting,” relates Friendship Circle's Bassie Moscowitz. “It was incredible to witness how the children looked out for each other and understood their friends’ needs."
Is there an ideal velocity for kicking a bad habit? When the Israelites left Egypt, they did so "in a rush" (behipazon). While the soul could take its own good time in detaching itself from an addictive situation, the body is not so patient.
An interview with Rabbi Yitzchak (“Iza”) Kogan, then known as the “Tzadik of Leningrad.”
Punitive incarceration robs people of their humanity and ability to be productive and live a meaningful life.
What is the significance of the Passover holiday taking place around thetime of the full moon?
Jody’s husband, Ari, came home from a business meeting, and he happily announced that he had brought her a treat: some cheesecake. She thought this was a little unusual, but sweet of him and went to open the fridge. There she found a see-through container with the very small, sunken remains of a piece of cheesecake. Strange, weird, funny, yet also vaguely insulting, even hurtful.
It was an unusual job for a religious Jew, and his success aroused jealousy, even among his own artisans.
On Simchat Torah we dance with our feet, not with our heads.
We are celebrating the Torah, and the Torah is something we study with our heads. But we dance with our feet, not with our heads.
If we would dance with our heads, each one would dance a different dance, each in a different space, some with friends but not wit...
