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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
Throughout the year, we bless each new month in the synagogue on the previous Shabbat, except for on the Shabbat before Rosh Hashanah (which is also the 1st of Tishrei). For the month of Tishrei is blessed by G-d Himself, and with this power, the people of Israel bless the other months eleven times a year.
— Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov
Print Magazine
Looking at your world from Above, all is good.
Looking at your world from within, things don’t always look so nice.
Until you connect your world below to the world above. Then the goodness flows downward without distortion.
How do you make that connection? By clinging tightly above.
By putting all your trust in G‑d.
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