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By the Numbers
12 Facts About the Month of Kislev You Should Know

This month, which ends with Chanukah, is a happy time in Chabad tradition.
Five Conversations Jewish Families Should Have About Burial Wishes

A gentle conversation in ordinary times can give everyone something precious: clarity.
Your Questions
Why Do Some Tear Challah and Others Cut It?

While most slice their bread, there are indeed some who rip on Shabbat, and some do so just on Fridays. Here's why
On the Calendar
Rosh Chodesh Kislev
After a massive heart attack, the Rebbe returned to public life.
Freeman Files
Why Is Life Always Plan B?

Adam wasn't supposed to eat from that tree. Cain and Abel were supposed to talk things out. Everyone was supposed to get along. That was Plan A
Quiz
Take the Nimrod quiz

In which era did Nimrod live?
Podcast
She Used Tanya to Disarm a Burglar

Joanne Zagnoev is a clinical psychologist whose life was transformed by Chassidic teachings.
Borrowed Skin

On identity, impersonation, and the courage to leave the tent.
Parshah
You Are Not a Faliure,You Are Spicy

Anxious Parshah Toldot
Video
The Story of Rosh Chodesh Kislev 5738 (1977)
The inside story of the horror and pain felt by Chasidim after the Rebbe's heart attack on Shemini Atzeret, and the jubilant joy at his miraculous recovery and finally returning home on Rosh Chodesh Kislev. This presentation lets you experience the timeline of this fascinating story as it took place.
See a Rare Early Manuscript of the Tanya at the British Library

An analysis of the manuscript of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi's Tanya early edition, held at the British Library, London.
Lifestyle
Had G-d commanded us to chop wood, we would do it with the same commitment, joy and enthusiasm with which we perform the most meaningful spiritually gratifying mitzvah.
— Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi
Print Magazine

The sages say that all is in the hands of heaven except for the awe of heaven.

Which puts all the power in your hands.

Because if there is no awe of heaven, heaven is bankrupt. It owns nothing—not you, not your world, not anything at all.

That being so, the greatest power you have is your ability to surrender the delus...