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 Rabbi Shmuel Kaplan is a noted Torah scholar and lecturer. He is the director of Chabad-Lubavitch of the Maryland Region, a board member of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, the international educational arm of Chabad-Lubavitch, and of the Jewish Learning Institute. Rabbi Kaplan serves as the spiritual leader of The Shul at the Lubavitch Center in Baltimore, Md., and has hosted radio and television shows for more than 35 years, including hosting the acclaimed weekly radio show, "Awake, Alive, and Jewish," and co-hosting the weekly cable program, "Diana, Mike, and the Rabbi."
A special mission to inspire a Jew in the most isolated city in the world.
Isn't it a bit parochial and exclusionary to calim that we are the "chosen" people?
Discover the 6 steps of spiritual preparation the Jewish People observed at Mt. Siani, over a six-day period prior to the Giving of the Torah, and how you can take these spiritual steps today, as our ancestors did more than 3,300 years ago.
Prayer can be one of the most confounding of spiritual practices. If it is a personal, meditative, soul experience, then why is so much of it dictated by formality and structured liturgy?
Contrary to popular perception, the oldest profession in the world is actually farming. The Torah records that Cain, the eldest son of Adam and Eve, “was a tiller of the land.” Even today, when only 4.2 percent of people in the developed world earn a livi...
A Journey Through the Siddur
We spend much time each day reciting the words of the siddur. Join us to enhance your prayers and become more proficient in understanding and mastering the prayer liturgy. This comprehensive series on Tefillah explores the special meaning embedded in the ...
So, young Jews don't want to affiliate? Wonderful! Such a statement in response to the recent Pew report, coming from a rabbi no less, surely sounds absurd. But give me a chance; hear me out.
In effect, democracy is far more dependent on the commonly held belief/value system of the population than it is on the non-establishment of a particular religion.
I was told that I had a special mission, one that should take precedence over everything else I was doing. I was instructed to take as much time off from my studies as necessary.
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