Kapparot – A Lesson in Empathy
Every year there is a huge outcry about the practice of kapparot. This article attempts to reframe the issue.
Author: Editor
Shabbat Shuva – The Repentance of the Tsaddik
This Shabbat is generally referred to as Shabbat Shuva, after the haftarah which discusses repentance.
In This Distant City – A Chassidic Poem
A chassidic poem about feeling G-dliness.
A Question of Strategy
The mistake in strategy of orthodoxy.
Strict About Life
From a conversation of the Lubavitcher Rebbe at the break-fast meal at the conclusion of Yom Kippur.
To Educate and Be Educated
Who is the better educator, an older person or a young man with great acumen?
Chassidus & Kishka
The previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn once made the following analogy about the intellectual pursuit of Chassidic philosophy: [1] The intellectual pursuit of Chassidus was once compared to the Jewish delicacy of...
Liberal, Conservative & Orthodoxy
A quote from the Rebbe, printed in the New York Times 1972:
Rosh HaShanah – Two Points
The Rebbe once encapsulated the entire Rosh HaShanah into two succinct points.
With the Lectern
Once, after Rosh HaShana, the 2nd Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Dovber had a discussion with his father, the Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi:[1] The Alter Rebbe asked his son: “Berele, with what did...
