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| Lech Lecha: Focus on Circumcision |
| | If He doesn't want us eating pork, why did He make it edible? If he wants men circumcised, why aren't they born that way?
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| | Kabbalistic insights for a sharp new perspective on the brit—the fundamental observance seemingly shrouded in mystery. By Mendel Kaplan |  |
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| | Understand the radically different modes of relating to G‑d that Abraham's two sons represent.
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe | |
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| | The reasons, the significance and the reward.
By Aryeh Citron | |
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| | Abraham begins his journey, Sarah is abducted, Lot relocates to Sodom, the Promised Land is promised, the "Covenant Between the Parts" is formed, Abraham is circumcised . . .
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| Stories of Love |
| | Sara held on to the hope that she would leave that office with those few pieces of paper that would mean a new life for her and her family.
By Alan Magill | |
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| | "Because you helped Reb Shmelke, whomever you will bless during the next twenty-four hours will be blessed . . ."
By Yerachmiel Tilles | |
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| Another Perspective |
| | We wonder how to create unity and cohesion out of chaos and diversity.
By Tuvia Teldon | |
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| | It was dark, cold and icy, the synagogue was without heat or lights, yet nothing could stop these Jews from praying to their G‑d.
By Lazer Gurkow | |
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| | They couldn't believe I was their instructor. "Are you kidding me?" "She looks like she's sixteen!"
By Sara Esther Crispe | |
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| Digging Deeper |
| | When G‑d tells us to leave our laurels of yesterday's accomplishment and take on the new, He is really telling us to be alive today.
By Shimon Posner | |
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| | The Midrash considers Sarah's abduction and liberation a precedent for the Israelites' future sojourn in Egypt.
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe | |
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| | When every last Jew was home on his own land, the entire community of Israel began to pray for rain.
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe | |
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| | "That's not true," she insisted. "The world can continue with or without me, it wouldn't make any difference. It doesn't need me for anything."
By Rochel Pritsker | |
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| Short Videos to Inspire and Inform |
| | Do you stick to what's written in the contract, or do you go "beyond the letter of the law"? By Alan Veingrad | |
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| | A little guy drinking coffee in a soul-crushingly boring little diner where the prevalent philosophy is that the lights are "just on" . . . By Dovid Taub | |
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| | Israel, it seems, is always in the news. Why? What is so unique about the Jewish homeland that draws worldwide interest? with Benny Rapoport | |
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| From our Favorite Speakers |
| | Discover how, when and if to speak up for what's right, when those acting improperly are your own family members. By Mendel Kaplan | |
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| | Firsthand accounts of how the Rebbe's teachings have influenced the world's most powerful men and women. By Levi Shemtov | |
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| Inspired by the Rebbe |
| | What was with the picture of the Rebbe? Who was he?
By Mindy Rubenstein | |
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| | More often than not, our physical selves get all the attention while our spiritual side is neglected.
By Yossy Goldman | |
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| Mitzvah Minute |
| | When parents name a child, they experience a minor prophecy—because, somehow, that child's destiny is wrapped up in the name's combination of Hebrew letters . . .
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| In the News |
| | The writings of Rabbi Meir Chaim Chaikin, who endured Soviet persecution for his clandestine efforts to strengthen Judaism, have for the first time been published.
By Dovid Zaklikowski | |
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| | Jews from three countries gathered at a printing house in Germany, celebrating the first Hebrew/German edition of the Tanya.
By Joshua Runyan | |
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