Time

How can a unit of time be defined as a day of rest, the very antithesis of time?

There are certain things, wrote the Rebbe, for which a chassid simply does not have the time

The Previous Rebbe coined the clock “a silent preacher”! It never utters a single word — yet when one looks at it and realizes that the hands of the clock (i.e., the hours and minutes) are moving continuously, this will serve as a lesson in making better ...

How Important is Time? The time for the mitzvah of circumcision is the eighth day after birth, as it is written:Vayikra 12:3. "On the eighth day, you shall circumcise the flesh of his foreskin." If a child is not circumcised on the eighth day, the act may...

Abraham Translator's Note: The following is a translation of an excerpt from a letter written by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, in 1947, to Rabbi Abraham Hecht. Igrot Kodesh, volume 2, letter 283. This excerpt also appears in Lik...

The world consists of various time zones. Consequently, commandments which are dependent on time take place at different times in the various places where Jews live. One region can be celebrating Shabbos, while another is busy at work.

When festivals occur on Shabbat, the rituals are not be practiced by individuals. Why is matzah different?

What is time? And if we understood what time is—and what are the “windows” of timelessness within our existence—what practical difference would this make in our lives?

The mitzvah of counting the Omer is to count the days from Passover until Shavuos, when the Omer offering was brought in the Temple. Each day has a purpose. Whether it leads up to the Omer offering or it is an ordinary day of life, we must look at the clo...

Chances are you are not as busy as Rabbi Adin Even-Israel (Steinsaltz); feeling overwhelmed, he turned to the Rebbe for advice.