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Rosh Hashanah 5766 - October 3, 2005
Adam's Birthday
Some of my best friends are atheists. And I can hear them saying: "You can be a moral and ethical person also if you don't believe in and respect G-d"
Some of my best friends are atheists. And I can hear them saying: "You can be a moral and ethical person also if you don't believe in and respect G-d"
What Is Rosh Hashanah?
The Jewish New Year, anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, a day of judgment and coronation, celebrated with sounding of the shofar, prayer, and eating sweet foods.
The Jewish New Year, anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, a day of judgment and coronation, celebrated with sounding of the shofar, prayer, and eating sweet foods.
Story
In the Land of Obmah
After a month of determined journeying, the elders of Obmah reached the deep caves of Igsirous, the last bastion of loyalty to King Avmal remaining in the kingdom...
After a month of determined journeying, the elders of Obmah reached the deep caves of Igsirous, the last bastion of loyalty to King Avmal remaining in the kingdom...
Sweet Stings
On Rosh Hashanah we eat apples and honey for a sweet new year. Why specifically apples and honey?
On Rosh Hashanah we eat apples and honey for a sweet new year. Why specifically apples and honey?
Torn Together: The Author's Response
Where do you apply your healing to a nation that has succumbed to such a life-threatening disorder? I chose to look for some cells that were still breathing strong...
Where do you apply your healing to a nation that has succumbed to such a life-threatening disorder? I chose to look for some cells that were still breathing strong...
Parshah
Nitzavim in a Nutshell
This short, forty-verse Parshah includes some of the most fundamental principles of the Jewish faith: the diverse unity of Israel, the practicality of Torah, the future redemption, freedom of choice . . .
This short, forty-verse Parshah includes some of the most fundamental principles of the Jewish faith: the diverse unity of Israel, the practicality of Torah, the future redemption, freedom of choice . . .
Rosh Hashanah Torah Readings in a Nutshell
Remembrance and laughter, banishment and benevolence, seven sheep and a well, the ultimate sacrifice and the origin of Jerusalem.
Remembrance and laughter, banishment and benevolence, seven sheep and a well, the ultimate sacrifice and the origin of Jerusalem.
News
President Bush Singles Out Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries for Saving Lives
"He called in folks to help. He didn't say, head away from the storm; he said, let's take it right to the middle of the storm area to help people. They helped rescue stranded people... In the days after Katrina hit, Chabad saved lives." -- President Bush
"He called in folks to help. He didn't say, head away from the storm; he said, let's take it right to the middle of the storm area to help people. They helped rescue stranded people... In the days after Katrina hit, Chabad saved lives." -- President Bush
And the dove returned to him at eventide, and behold it had plucked an olive leaf in its mouth; so Noah knew that the water had abated from upon the earth.
— Genesis 8:11
Print Magazine
It’s G-d’s world. Everything He gives is good, the sweetest good.
But it is often a good far too great for us to understand. We imagine it is not good, because that’s the only way to make sense of it with our small minds.
Yet the truth is, He gives us all the good we can handle. If we could take more, He would g...
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