ב"ה
Tu BeShevat 5767 - February 3, 2007
Current
Lawsuit City
Should the death of a child be a strong enough motivator for change? Or does it require a lawsuit?
Should the death of a child be a strong enough motivator for change? Or does it require a lawsuit?
Parshah
Beshalach in a Nutshell
Pharaoh changes his mind, and chases the Israelites. Trapped between their pursuers and the Reed Sea, the Israelites panic, and G‑d splits the sea for them. In the desert G‑d provides water, manna and quails. Two portions of manna must be collected on Fridays, enough for Friday and the Sabbath.
Pharaoh changes his mind, and chases the Israelites. Trapped between their pursuers and the Reed Sea, the Israelites panic, and G‑d splits the sea for them. In the desert G‑d provides water, manna and quails. Two portions of manna must be collected on Fridays, enough for Friday and the Sabbath.
Story
The Tree
A man was travelling through the desert, hungry, thirsty, and tired, when he came upon a tree bearing luscious fruit and affording plenty of shade, underneath which ran a spring of water...
A man was travelling through the desert, hungry, thirsty, and tired, when he came upon a tree bearing luscious fruit and affording plenty of shade, underneath which ran a spring of water...
15 Shevat 2026
Tu B'Shevat - the 15th of Shevat on the Jewish calendar - is celebrated as the "New Year for Trees"
Tu B'Shevat - the 15th of Shevat on the Jewish calendar - is celebrated as the "New Year for Trees"
The Rebbe
A Day of Two Rebbes
This day, so relevant to every Jew in our generation, is surely a day for reflection, learning, prayer, positive resolutions and acts of loving-kindness.
This day, so relevant to every Jew in our generation, is surely a day for reflection, learning, prayer, positive resolutions and acts of loving-kindness.
What Is a Rebbe?
A fundamental principle of the Jewish faith is that there are no "intermediaries" between G-d and His world. So what is the role of a rabbi, a rebbe, or - for that matter - a Moses?
A fundamental principle of the Jewish faith is that there are no "intermediaries" between G-d and His world. So what is the role of a rabbi, a rebbe, or - for that matter - a Moses?
The Rebbe and the Rocket Scientist
"There's an old man in Brooklyn," the Rebbe said, "who thinks about you and invites you to come back on your 20th anniversary." To Greene, he seemed more like a loving uncle than the spiritual leader of the Jewish world...
"There's an old man in Brooklyn," the Rebbe said, "who thinks about you and invites you to come back on your 20th anniversary." To Greene, he seemed more like a loving uncle than the spiritual leader of the Jewish world...
Women
Why I'm Not a Rabbi
A pregnant woman was "sick?" She would need to "recover?" I was shocked that something I longed to do was considered an interference...
A pregnant woman was "sick?" She would need to "recover?" I was shocked that something I longed to do was considered an interference...
The day begins with Modeh Ani ("I acknowledge before You, living and eternal King, that You restored my soul to me; great is Your faithfulness"). This is said before the morning washing of the hands, even while the hands are ritually impure (and all other prayers cannot be said). The deeper reason for this is that all the impurities in the world do not defile a Jew's "I acknowledge" before G-d; he might lack one thing or another, but his Modeh Ani remains intact.
— The Lubavitcher Rebbe (Hayom Yom for Shevat 11)
Print Magazine
It’s G-d’s world. Everything He gives is good, the sweetest good.
But it is often a good far too great for us to understand. We imagine it is not good, because that’s the only way to make sense of it with our small minds.
Yet the truth is, He gives us all the good we can handle. If we could take more, He would g...
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