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Passover: (a) The seven-day festival (eight in the Diaspora) beginning on 15 Nissan, commemorating the Exodus from Egypt; (b) the sacrifice offered on the eve of that holiday during Temple times.
How the Rebbe helps us see the hand of G-d in history
The war in Iran began in spectacular fashion. Just a few weeks ago, a joint American-Israeli attack on Iran’s military capabilities and leadership was launched in the late hours of the morning, neutralizing dozens of dangerous enemies of the Jewish people...
Prayer, counsel, meals and healing during Pesach
In the wake of a deadly shooting at Florida State University on Thursday that left two people dead and six injured, Chabad-Lubavitch of the Panhandle-Tallahassee—which serves university as well as the area Jewish community—has become a place of refuge and...
Statewide initiative brings 'Bread of Faith' to doorsteps across Michigan
This article is being published in collaboration with the Detroit Jewish News. DETROIT—Levi Eber came in from Arizona to deliver matzah. A yeshivah dorm counselor in Scottsdale, he’s spent the week driving around Traverse City, Michigan, and surrounding a...
The famed cardiologist and the ‘food of faith and healing’
There are many reasons for the late cardiologist Dr. Bernard Lown’s fame, any one of which could have been a life’s achievement. Born Baruch Latz in Lithuania in 1921, he immigrated to the United States with his family as a teenager, later going into medi...
Despite blackouts, blockades and bombs, Ukraine's handmade matzah factories are going strong
When Rabbi Yaakov Stambler hit on the idea to make a handmade shmurah matzah bakery in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, in 2002, it seemed like a perfect fit. The city, today known as Dnipro, was home to Ukraine’s largest Jewish community, and his son Mayer had b...
From Antigua to Zimbabwe, 100,000 people sell their chametz via the service
In the weeks before Passover, Rabbi Yosef Landa and the team at Chabad.org face a unique logistical challenge. Like most rabbis, Landa contends with the Passover needs of his community. At the same time, the rabbi orchestrates the sale of leavened goods f...
How a savvy social-media type app helps Jews observe an age-old commandment
For decades, technology companies have been thinking up the best ways to drive user engagement on their platforms. Tech giants have notoriously leveraged various psychological and social hacks to keep people using their applications. Recently, a specific ...
After trial period in Tel Aviv, Super HaTzinor opens its doors permanently to serve a diverse community
Nestled in the desert city of Beersheva’s “Bet” neighborhood is an unassuming piece of real estate that hopes to make waves in Israel’s supermarket industry. Super HaTzinor is a full-fledged supermarket that is the result of an ongoing partnership between...
Packing food boxes for those in need and an outdoor matzah bakery for the kids
A cultural center in the heart of Tel Aviv became a focal point for acts of goodness and kindness last Thursday, when residents and visitors joined together for a common cause—helping those in need before Passover. Throughout the day, neighborhood familie...
‘I asked the rabbi: Why will Passover be so different this year?!?’
SERIES: PART I The people of Mariupol understood they were living on a powder keg. On the Ukraine side of the makeshift border with the separatist Donetsk People’s Republic, Mariupol has been a flashpoint since 2014. That’s why, when Russia invaded Ukrain...
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