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The Chabad Wedding Guide
Clear guidelines for five components of a Chabad wedding to follow Halacha accurately and bring down the desired blessings for the newly married couple, reviewed and endorsed by many Chabad Rabbonim.
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The Power of Mikvah
What is as holy as Yom Kippur, as powerful as prayer and the secret of a spiritually dynamic marriage? You may not believe it, but the answer is The Mikvah. The traditional Jewish observance guiding the intimate relationship between husband and wife.
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Are You Afraid to Surrender? Being Receptive to Another Person
In a relationship, to surrender means unconditional acceptance and total commitment. At Mount Sinai, when the Jewish people received the Torah, they said: "We will do and we will listen" (Exod 24:7), they meant, "We accept You, God, as You are and we surrender to You unconditionally."
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Splitting The Sea
It's not that we don't care about our home. In fact, that's how we got the hole behind the couch in the first place.
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Amazing Challah
Enjoy this entertaining video on the wonderful mitzvah of making Challah.
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Love in a Vacuum
I once gave a brachah to a friend that she should be married for so long that all of the handles should fall off of her pots and pans.
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Who Is Rich?
Can I afford a large family? Should we have a big family and hope for divine assistance to maintain our standard of living?
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Public Displays of Affection?
How will my children understand love if they never see displays of affection between their parents?
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Identity Crisis
Amnesia is a frightening illness. Imagine forgetting who you are -- suddenly you have no family, no history, and no identity. It can happen to an individual and it can happen to a people.
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Yiddishe Nachas
What is of most important to us? What do we truly value? When it comes to our money, everything must be under lock and key, safe and sound, with ironclad securities. Are we as careful with our children?
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Insincerely Yours
Is it charity? Or am I bribing G-d?
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Why No Flowers?
Is there something wrong with placing flowers on a grave? Why do I see stones placed upon the headstones?
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The Pressure Principle
Does security and comfort bring us success? Does challenge and adversity make us stronger, better than before?
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Ask The Rabbi
Why do we need a rabbi? The internet provides answers to everything! What more can one possibly need?!
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Life Existence or Purpose?
When does life actually begin? Conception or birth?
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Priorities
Teaching priorities to our children, learning them for ourselves, can be a challenging task. Torah clearly shows us how to prioritize!
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Purifying Waters
There is nothing more holy in this world, nothing more precious to the Creator, than the union of a man and a woman. It is, after all, the fountain of life. What could be more precious than life - other than the source from which life comes?
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Dear Kallah
It is easier to initially learn the right attitudes and interactions skills than to relearn and retrain herself after she has grown accustomed to various nonproductive patterns.
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Conflict Resolution Over Challah
I noticed on Friday night at the meal that before you blessed the Challah, you made a small cut...
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The Makings of a Man
It is my bar mitzvah this week. I was told this means I am becoming a man.
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The Egg in Exodus
Freedom itself is only half the story. What we do with our freedom - that is the question. We need a purpose in life, and we need a moral, spiritual infrastructure to help guide us
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Life Is A Picture Postcard
We start off young and reckless without a worry in the world and as we get older we realize that life is short.
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Trimming the Wild
What is the idea behind leaving a child's hair uncut until the third birthday?
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Mazel Tov! Its A Girl
Baby girls do not have a bris (circumcision) with its accompanying pomp and festivity. Are they less important? Are we less joyous and thrilled over their birth than over the birth of a baby boy? Not at all...
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Should We Chop Fingers Off?
We had a baby boy and we are very excited. But we are still undecided about the Bris. I have issues with it. I am aware of the spiritual significance of the circumcision, but I have much more practical concerns.
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Sunshine
My family is my Home, an everlasting edifice, Built on a strong foundation of Torah and Chassidus. A Jewish Home is special, catching Light from Up Above,
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Shabbos
I sit at the table, surrounded by all, The silver candlesticks stand so shiny and tall. Father lifts his silver cup, high in his hand, He looks round at us all, and together we stand.
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A Holy Garden
A family is a magnificent garden It must be cultivated with great care, It is the most valuable, holy place A couple may be blessed to share.
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A Mothers Hands
I gazed upon my mother, as she lay so frail and ill, Her hands rested so quietly - they had never been so still.
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A Home of the Heart
She glances round the house, at walls now stripped bare She saw outlines of pictures, now no longer there. She thinks of this house and all it has seen
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Composing A Torah Life
When I was asked what events brought Judaism into the equation of my life, I began the process of composing my life story, retracing my steps to pull together all the seemingly disjointed threads, for storytelling is fundamental to the search for meaning.
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The Torah Outlook On Family Planning
Parshas Nasso touches on one of the most disturbing issues facing our generation. The portion mentions the testing of a Sotah, a woman suspected of adultery.
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Why Is Torah Law So Restrictive of Contact Between the Sexes?
I understand that Torah law forbids all physical contact between a man and a woman -- or even for them to be alone in a room together -- unless they are first-degree relatives or married to each other.
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Naming A Child
In general, the giving of a name should be looked upon as a great responsibility that involves serious consideration by the parents. In many places in Kabbalah and Chassidus it is explained...
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Simcha Breaks The Barriers
Can you remember the last time you had a thoroughly hearty belly laugh? You know, the kind that has you laughing so hard you feel as if your sides could split?
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The Jewish Woman - A Torah View
While I was growing up in the suburbs of America, I never actually knew any Orthodox people, but somehow, I "knew" all about them. A friend, while driving past the home of one of the few observant families in our town, once authoritatively commented that Orthodox people are "dirty and unkempt."
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Do Women Have Something To Hide?
Why does Judaism command women to keep their bodies covered? Is there something shameful or evil about a woman's body? Why should a woman have to hide herself just so others shouldn't be tempted?
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The Balancing Act
We were so excited to reach that day - college graduation - the world was awaiting our valuable contributions, our youthful energy and idealism. We were poised for success as we left the gates of the Ivy League campus.
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Sholom's First Haircut
This past Monday, our son Sholom turned three years old and got his very first haircut. Although, our morning routine will be now be one step shorter...
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Do I Really Need Counselling?
I've been having a problem and someone I respect suggested I get professional help. I don't like the idea of telling my problems to a stranger, and I don't see what good it would do.
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Beginnings: New Opportunities
It was the evening before the first day of school, and I had a conversation with my 7th grade son, Ari. Together, we looked back at his last school year and thought about the changes he could make in his behavior so that this new year would be even better.
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Relationships With A Capital R
We all have relationships at various levels. There are shallow ones. And there are deeper ones. Then there are 'Covenantal' ones. What's a 'Covenantal' relationship? It's an attitude that takes relationships to a whole new level.
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Bridges
I can understand why someone would want to be a rock. Or, for that matter, an island. After all, a rock feels no pain and an island never cries. The thick psychological walls, the hearing-without-listening and speaking-without-communicating, seem to be helpful coping skills.
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The Shiny Project
Saturday night, December 13th, the 17th of Kislev, my daughter, Adelle Shayna went home to HaShem. Adelle Shayna's entire existence is a remarkable one.
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Everyday Blessings
A dear friend of mine out in the blogosphere lost her battle with cancer recently. She was in a lot of pain, but she wanted to defeat it and go on living.
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The Eternal Covenant
A Bris is a covenant and through the millennia, Jews have kept this mitzvah like no other and have thereby maintained their eternal covenant with G-d. There were times when giving one's son a bris was punishable by death.
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The Marshmallow Mentsch
Part of the make-up of the mentsch is the power of self-discipline. A characteristic of our ideal human being is the ability to make decisions based not only on expected short-term satisfaction but also with a view to the long-term.
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Why We Keep Kosher
The Torah's dietary laws are quite specific. Animals must chew their cud and have split hooves to be kosher, fish need fins and scales, and a list of forbidden fowl is enumerated.
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The Three Mitzvot of the Woman
There are three mitzvaot that are especially sacred to the Jewish woman. These are: Shabbat Candles, Lighting, Challah, and Taharat Hamishpacha (Family Sanctity).
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Chana Womans Three Mitzvos
Both man and woman are obliged to fulfill G-d's mitzvos (precepts). The man is obligated to perform all 613 commandments.
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Womens Rights
Do women occupy a position in Judaism inferior to men? Does Torah and the lifestyle it mandates discriminate against women?
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