https://www.chabad.org/search/keyword.asp?kid=31739 Newest articles written by Mendel Hurwitz Copyright 2026, Chabad.org - Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center, all rights reserved. Mon, 01 Jan, 0001 12:00:00 EST Mon, 01 Jan 0001 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=6037867 https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/6037867/jewish/The-Mystery-Convert-of-Jerusalem.htm The Rabbinic Controversy of Warder Cresson's Circumcision. Fri, 04 Aug 2023 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=5971672 https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/5971672/jewish/The-Joke-That-Became-an-International-Scandal.htm In 1710 Caselle, Yedidya's joke of placing a horsehair ring on Gotla's finger led to a serious controversy over potential betrothal. Fri, 02 Jun 2023 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=5969054 https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/5969054/jewish/The-Man-Who-Became-a-Prisoner-to-His-Own-Vow.htm If he would return to his wife, he would not be allowed to cut his hair or drink wine ever again. Thu, 25 May 2023 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=5906614 https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/5906614/jewish/When-a-Dead-Man-in-Syria-Was-Taxed.htm A Safed resident moved to Syria and died, but not before the community tried taxing him in absentia. The city's rabbi ruled on the case. Mon, 17 Apr 2023 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=5866936 https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/5866936/jewish/The-Scandalous-ReMarriage-of-Yakuta-From-Tripoli.htm She had been forced into marriage, enslaved, and exiled. Would she finally be allowed to start a family? Fri, 24 Mar 2023 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=5817723 https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/5817723/jewish/The-1912-Mystery-of-the-Body-on-the-Oklahoma-Tracks.htm Who was Mottel Breslau, and how did he end up on the tracks out in the lands belonging to the Seminole Nation? Fri, 10 Feb 2023 12:00:00 EST