Our Sages proclaimed the 15th of Av as one of the two greatest festivals of the year, yet they ordained no special observances or celebrations for it...
By Naftali Silberberg
Examining the events that occurred on the 15th of Av, it seems that none of them – and even the combination of them all – seems to justify the establishment of a holiday that outshines all others!
By Chana Weisberg
The moment that the eye sees something of itself, suddenly its function has deteriorated...
Dovid Taub & Jonathan Goorvich
The Parshah report gets an exclusive interview with one of the original Jews who left Egypt and wandered through the desert
By Moshe Bryski
The definition of greatness and heroism by Judaism is quite different than the way society today looks at them. What makes a hero? Who are your and your children’s heroes? Most importantly, how can you rise from a life of mediocrity and find that hero within?
By Asher Crispe
Rabbi Asher Crispe hosts a series of special on-line lectures explaining the spiritual significance of the technological breakthroughs of our age.
By Asher Crispe
An understanding of G-d's Four-Letter Name offers a possible synthesis of two heretofore irreconcilable theories -- Quantum Theory and the Theory of Relativity.
By Ruvi New
The Talmud relates that on the 15th of Av and Yom Kippur, the eligible young men and women of Jerusalem would go out to the vineyards to find their prospective marriage partner. Why specifically these two days?
By Sarah Azulay
As the sole support of six children, and in the middle of building our house, I couldn't afford any reduction in salary.
She took a thousand slaves and a thousand slave-girls, lined them up in two rows, and announced: "You marry him, and you marry her."
By Tuvia Bolton
A room full of five-year-olds in a Russian cheder learn a new way to read the Alef Bet
By Gutman Locks
He was standing by the side of the road speaking through the open window of my car. "From this moment on," I said to him, "every good deed I do will also be credited to your account..."
By Shaul Wertheimer
"We have many stories showing us the Baal Shem Tov's power to perform miracles," Rabbi DovBer pronounced. "For that, we don't need this story..."
By Yaakov Paley
What you consider monotony, a burden, an obligation, may truly be your soul’s pot of gold...
By Shaul Yosef Leiter
Mitzvot must be performed with utmost enthusiasm to achieve their end.
By Tzvi Freeman
If life is full of meaning, why am I spending it hustling other people for their money?
By Levi Avtzon
What we have is a bunch of leaders who take special courses on how "not to say what you think, rather what is acceptable," and to "never ever verbalize your bigotry for there might be a secret recording device under your chair."
By Rochel Holzkenner
It's the dull and ugly work that cultivates the lowest turf, dragging down the awareness of G‑d to the lowest plane and helping Him to fulfill His desire.
By Mendy Wolf
It is easy to feel that we own our achievements. Charity? It's my money! Gratitude? For what? This is all my work!
By Mendel Kalmenson
Our verse implies that our unconditional connection with G‑d is itself conditional! Can that be right?
In which Moses describes a land of milk and honey, recalls our failings in
our first generation as a people, explains where bread comes from,
introduces us to the World of Because, and refers to the Messianic Age
By Sara Esther Crispe
Two of the most basic of shapes, yet two extremely deep and complex ideas. Feminine and masculine. The circle and the line...
By Rea Bochner
I should have seen it coming when he wouldn’t drive to synagogue with us anymore, or eat at our favorite non-kosher restaurants. One minute, he was just our baseball-cap-sporting patriarch, watching videos with us on Saturday afternoon while we munched on gummy candy. The next minute, he was a bearded, kippah-wearing, Torah-quoting stranger…
By Jamie Geller
Learn how to make this super simple and delicious avocado and tuna steak salad!
By Tzvi Freeman
I found out that my business partner is planning on doing something that is possibly illegal, but in a way that avoids creating any liability for himself. Am I allowed to continue the partnership?
By Naftali Silberberg
Laws and customs pertaining to the wedding band.
Young Chabad emissaries share the experience of their summer assignments all over the world.
By Miriam Adahan
We all know that if children are deprived of certain vitamins during their formative years, such as Vitamins A, B or D, they suffer lifelong problems. Likewise, the lack of vitamin "L" – love – can create emotional handicaps.
When the Roman Emperor Julian ordered the establishment of hostels for transients in every city, he referred to the example of the Jews "in whose midst no stranger goes uncared for."
By Aryeh Citron
When one recites the Shema, he should do so tremulously, with concentration, reverence and awe, as people are wont to do when reading a new communication issued by the king.
Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson was born on the 18th of Nissan in the town of Podrovnah...
By Shmuel Marcus and Avraham D. Vaisfiche
Four NKVD agents appeared at Rabbi Levi Yitzchak's home, to conduct a thorough search, scrutinizing all of the Rabbi’s letters and responsa, as well as many of his personal papers. They left nothing untouched.
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The 15th of Av
Of Holidays and Weddings
My Eye and I
We Whined a Lot!
The Hero In You
"Science and Kabbalah" Trailer
Unified Field Theory
Av 15: Dancing in the Vineyards
The Blue Hats vs. The White Hat
The Ultimate Matchmaker
The Jewish ABC
A Short Story about a Long Life
Pockets Full of Faith
Why Are You Here?
To the Very End
The Meaning of Making Money
Careful What You Think!
Heads or Heels?
Born on Top of the Mountain
The Rhyme of No Reason
In a Nutshell
The Circle and the Line
Family in Flight
Avocado and Seared Tuna Steak Salad
Keeping Out of Unethical Business
The Wedding Band
Roving Rabbis Blog
What If Mommy Didn't Love You?
Hospitality
Laws of Reciting the Shema (Part II)
Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson (1878-1944)
