Prayer In 180 Words
I was born to a family of deep Chasidic roots, and I have been davening [praying] for 45 years. As a child, I read the siddur closely, I sang the melodies with the cantor...
Guinness World Records Certifies World’s Most Valuable Dreidel
In anticipation of Chanukah 2015, the world’s most valuable dreidel was officially certified by the Guinness World Records last week, November 13, 2015.
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Innovative Israeli Model Guides Families Out of Poverty
Recognizing Chasdei Lev’s economic empowerment model, Bank Hapoalim, Israel’s largest bank, called upon the organization to assist clients with large overdrafts towards financial solvency.
Old Wells, Fresh Water
The secret is out. The invitation is an open one, offered by the Rebbe's shluchim round the world: before you go looking far afield and end up far astray, come and draw from these wellsprings, for they are yours, and their yield is infinite.
Chabad Turns the Lens on Jewish Teens, Young Jewish Professionals
Some 75 young Chabad couples were appointed emissaries to communities around the globe over the past 12 months with the intention of cultivating two particular […]
PROFILE IN COURAGE: The Tzadik of Leningrad
Rabbi Yitzchak Kogan knows the lay of the land in a land where knowing was dangerous. He did what needed to be done even when doing was verboten. A crackerjack on the KGB playing fields, he learned early to tell the good from the bad
Alan Dershowitz Defeats BDS Proponent in Debate at Oxford
Professor Dershowitz debated Australian-born human rights activist Peter Tatchell over the BDS movement against Israel, defeating Tatchell by 133-101.
New Synagogue Edition of the Kehot Chumash (Pentateuch)
The single-volume edition includes the acclaimed five-volume interpolated translation Kehot Chumash
Sober and Spiritual
Some 100 Americans die every day from drug overdose. According to the Center for Disease Control, drug abuse is now the leading cause of fatalities in the U.S., surpassing death from car accidents,
Where BDS Threatens, Jewish Pride Beckons
As a direct response to the rising anti-Semitism and anti-Israel sentiment nationwide, Chabad on Campus headquarters will be opening 19 new campus centers across North America this fall.
Superior Ultimate Origin
There is a certain beauty, perhaps even intimacy, in tracing a person’s train of thought as he pursues and examines a matter of intellectual depth. A modern audience has been given just such an opportunity with a satisfying and intriguing collection of three discourses from a seriesof discourses delivered in 1898 by the fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Shalom DovBer.
Shabbat for A Million? International Project Gains Traction
The Shabbos Project anticipates the participation this weekend, October 23-24, by possibly a million Jewish individuals and families worldwide in the observance and celebration of a traditional Shabbat experience.
Oprah’s Belief Series Features Wedding of Chabad HQ’s Own Staff Writer
Lubavitch International’s staff writer is followed by Oprah's OWN crew as she prepares for her wedding and gets married by Chasidic tradition at Chabad Headquarters in Brooklyn.
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S. Petersburg’s Oldest Synagogue Reopens
The oldest prayer hall of Petersburg, Russia, known as the "Small Synagogue," opened its doors to the public after four years of renovations in the days following Rosh Hashanah.
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Netanyahu to Chief Rabbi Lazar: Some of our friends are naïve
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Sunday with a delegation of representatives of the Russian Jewish Community, headed by the chief rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar and Mr. Lev Leviev, President of the Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS (FJC).
By Staff Writer
Safed Educational Pioneer Aaron Leizer Ceitlin, 62
Rabbi Aaron Leizer Ceitlin was an unstoppable force on behalf of Jewish education in Safed, Israel. He passed away this morning in New York after battling a terminal illness.
Defying Religious Stereotypes on Israel’s College Campuses
By the time Zehavit Mohager, a psychology student, began her studies at the University of Haifa at age 23, she had already completed her army service, done her share of partying and traveled to Mexico. Mature and worldly beyond her years as is so often the case with Israeli university students, she had ambitions, a sense of responsibility and focus.
USA vs Florida: Kosher Food Now Ensured for Inmates
After years of court battles concerning inmates religious rights, Judge Patricia A. Seitz, of the United States District Court, ordered federal monitors to oversee that Jewish inmates in the Florida system be ensured to receive kosher food.
Like the Students of Aaron
Shabbat Bereishit marks the beginning of a new cycle of weekly Torah readings. With it comes the invitation to study Torah anew, to “turn it this way and that” and take away fresh lessons hidden within its infinite layers.
A Chabad Campus Welcome: Mezuzah Season
As students move back into their dorms on campuses nationwide, Chabad is doing its thing, welcoming them with opportunities to make it a spiritually enriching year.
For Donetsk’s Jews A New Year Begins With Hope But Not Enough Help
Dina Vishedski and her six children fled the war-torn city a year ago, at the end of August, when the bombing and gunfire made it dangerous to remain at home.
Rare Manuscripts from 19th-Century Chabad Leader in New Exhibit
Chabad Library exhibits manuscripts from the life of Rabbi Menachem Mendel, known as the Tzemach Tzedek
A Better World for Our Children?
Iran has made it clear that Israel is its primary target, but it has been just as emphatic in insisting that it is not its only one; thus, none of us, Jewish or not, can afford to bury our heads in the sand wishing the impending evil will go away.
Chabad of VA Installs Accessible Bimah So All May Participate
Chabad of Virginia is welcoming the New Year with the installation of a brand new accessible bimah, friendly to people who use wheelchairs.
By Staff Writer
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Holocaust survivor Helga Melmed is giving her time, energy, and priceless life experience to educate and care for Jewish children at Chabad of Venice, Florida’s Camp Gan Israel.
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Mitzvahs at the World Cup
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Mitzvahs at the ADL Never Is Now Summit in New York City
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As 90,000 fans descend on Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara for this year’s Super Bowl, Chabad is welcoming hundreds of Jewish visitors with kosher food, prayer services, and mitzvah opportunities throughout the weekend.
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New Chabad Center in Buckeye — The Gateway to Arizona’s West
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Chabad Young Professionals Rabbis Gather For Convention in Raleigh
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Texas Chabad Brings Aid To Flood Victims
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Chabad Brings Kosher Food To Wimbeldon


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