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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 Failure, 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
Master of the Universe! The sages of the Talmud pleaded before You to bring the Moshiach, but You chose not to do so. The holy Kabbalists of Tzfat begged You to bring Moshiach -- again You were unwilling. We have reached the point where it is left to someone of my ilk to ask for the Redeemer. Still You are holding out.... Mark my words! There will come a generation who will have no interest in You or Your Moshiach. Then You will have no choice but to bring him.
— Chassidic master Rabbi Leib, the "Grandfather of Shpoli" (1725-1811)
Print Magazine

We all suffer a maddening delusion of being something separate from G‑d. The delusion of “I.”

We cannot heal it, because yes, we exist, for He created us.

We cannot live with it, because this chilling notion of otherness is a denial of the truth.

But we can resolve it in the act of learning Torah. In learning Torah, He...