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By the Numbers
15 Facts You Should Know About the Sale of Chametz
One of the most important steps in getting ready for Passover is selling your chametz (leavened food) to a non-Jew. But why do we do this, and how does it actually work?
One of the most important steps in getting ready for Passover is selling your chametz (leavened food) to a non-Jew. But why do we do this, and how does it actually work?
Your Questions
Why Does Chabad Prefer Onion (and Potato) for Karpas?
The Talmud does not specify which vegetable to use for karpas—any vegetable is acceptable, except those used for maror.
The Talmud does not specify which vegetable to use for karpas—any vegetable is acceptable, except those used for maror.
Q&A From Our Chabad.org Inbox—Passover Edition
Can I use vinegar to clean non-food items during Passover?
Can I use vinegar to clean non-food items during Passover?
Podcasts
The Secret to Your Life Mission
Creator of Project Purpose shares practical tips and philosophical signposts for your personal journey toward self-actualization and purposeful living based on the teachings of the Rebbe.
Creator of Project Purpose shares practical tips and philosophical signposts for your personal journey toward self-actualization and purposeful living based on the teachings of the Rebbe.
Everything Jewish You Need to Know This Week
In today’s episode, we’ve got wearable spaghetti, ritualariums, and 4:00 AM Slurpee sessions; it’s time for your jewish week.
In today’s episode, we’ve got wearable spaghetti, ritualariums, and 4:00 AM Slurpee sessions; it’s time for your jewish week.
Project Purpose
Parshah
Why Lean on a Sacrifice Before Offering It?
How semichah turns animal sacrifice into an individual experience.
How semichah turns animal sacrifice into an individual experience.
The Meal Offering and Me
With nothing to give of my talents, I was left with raw love and joy towards the visitors, and that apparently came through more powerfully than all of the talents combined.
With nothing to give of my talents, I was left with raw love and joy towards the visitors, and that apparently came through more powerfully than all of the talents combined.
Video
Be a Lamplighter
When a chassid asked the Rebbe Rashab, “What is a chassid?” the Rebbe Rashab answered him, “A chassid is a lamplighter.” He has an obligation to ignite the spark in his fellow Jew’s G-dly soul.
When a chassid asked the Rebbe Rashab, “What is a chassid?” the Rebbe Rashab answered him, “A chassid is a lamplighter.” He has an obligation to ignite the spark in his fellow Jew’s G-dly soul.
History
The Chinese Matzah Campaign of 1905
During the Russo-Japanese War, tens of thousands of Jewish conscripts found themselves in China. Collaborating with the imperial Russian government, the fifth rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch instigated a campaign to provide them with Passover matzah.
During the Russo-Japanese War, tens of thousands of Jewish conscripts found themselves in China. Collaborating with the imperial Russian government, the fifth rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch instigated a campaign to provide them with Passover matzah.
Jewish News
A person should always learn Torah even if it is for ulterior motives, because from learning for ulterior motives, one comes to learn it for its own sake...
— Talmud, Pesachim 50b
Print Magazine
The sound of the shofar
is not the cry of a human voice.
It is the howl of an animal’s horn.
It is a cry so primal, so raw,
that the mind ceases to ponder,
the heart suspends its throb.
With the fury of a beast pent up in its cage,
the naked essence of the soul bursts out,
howling, ripping through heaven’s c...
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