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Parsha

Our Parsha - Vaera Text of Parshah (Hebrew with English translation) - Parshas Vaera.

To the Point of Self-Sacrifice At a gathering on July 1 1985 marking the 105th anniversary of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneerson's birth2, the Lubavitcher Rebbe related the...

Magazine

The Throw-Away Generation We live in a throw-away generation. Per capita, each person in the US produces 760 kilograms, or almost one ton of garbage per year...

In the Light of Rabbi Shimon The group of sages gathered around the bed of their mentor, listening avidly to the words of wisdom emitting from his lips. His final request of...

Prayers Will the format of our prayers change in the time of Redemption?

When the Child Becomes Bar Mitzva On the eve of 20 Elul 5760 (2000), the bar mitzva of Yosef Sorotzkin was celebrated. It was an especially moving occasion because Yosef, a sweet...

Holidays

Your Chanukah Guide This Chanukah Guide is designed to provide the practical details as well as some insights into the "inner dimension" of Chanukah observance.

How to Celebrate Chanukah Menorah, Dreidel, Recipies and Customs

The History of Chanukah It was in the time of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, nearly twenty-two centuries ago, that the events took place which we commemorate each year at...

Chanukah Stories Channa and her Seven Sons * To Merit the Menorah * The Menorah in Union Square * Saving a Jewish Life * A Coachmans View * Yosefa on Chanuka * The...