The Hassidim Behind Criminal-Justice Reform

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Editor's Note Feature of the Week: Explore Israel Did you know that you can read all about famous and sacred spots in Israel on Chabad.org? Appropriately titled “Points of Interest in Israel,” this section will give you all you need to know about sites like the Western Wall, Tiberias, Masada and the Dead Sea. Learn 15 facts about Jerusalem and 22 facts about Hebron, watch a documentary, climb the metaphoric walls of Masada, and more at Points of Interest in Israel! Discuss Parshah Why Did G‑d Make Moses Stutter? Moses's stutter was just one manifestation of his unique soul. By Menachem Posner Read A Mini Profile of Pharaoh of the Exodus What do we know of Pharaoh, the evil king of Egypt who played a key role in our formation as a nation, from the enslavement to the Exodus? By Levi Avtzon Read The G‑d Who Acts in History To think of history as an arena of change is terrifying. It means that what happened once may never happen again, that we are embarked on a journey with no assurance that we will ever return to where we began. By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Read Your Questions Why Is Tanya Called “Tanya”? The secret hidden within the title by Yehuda Shurpin Read Video Only the Rebbe Knew Her Secret... Rabbi Yitzchak Wineberg has served as director of Chabad of British Columbia for over four decades. He remembers a particularly interesting story that took place when someone asked him to reach out to the Rebbe for a blessing for his non-Jewish wife. Or so he thought. (1970s) Watch (3:13) Twice the Light The twenty-fourth of Teves marks the passing of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder of Chabad Chassidism. He is famous among Jews today as the author of both the Tanya and a version of the Code of Jewish Law. His name, Schneur, hints to his unique ability to teach and expound on both the revealed and the more esoteric parts of the Torah. Watch (6:33) Jewish News The Hassidim Behind Criminal-Justice Reform Inspired by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, a group saw prison reform through from proposal to law By Dovid Margolin Read Teen Wins Table-Tennis Gold While Observing Jewish Fast Day Estee Ackerman’s success while fasting on 10 Tevet precedes singles’ victory over No. 1 Olympic seed By Faygie Levy Holt Read Story Leaving Haditch: How I Survived the Nazi Killing Fields in Ukraine I quickly came up with a story. I told him I had served as a nurse in the Red Army . . . by Shifra Gansburg Read The "Gentile" Woman Who Lit Shabbat Candles The driver’s mother didn’t say much, but half an hour before sunset she placed two candles on the table and lit them. By Asharon Baltazar Read Feature What to Expect at a Bar Mitzvah The bar mitzvah ceremony celebrates a Jewish boy’s 13th birthday (on the Hebrew calendar) and his elevation to adult status in Judaism. By Menachem Posner Read Women Etched in the Memories of Bubby and Me: ‘Shema Yisrael’ Bubby, who had such trouble articulating any words, would somehow sing along with me. This was the prayer she had learned as a little child back in the alter heim—the old world, the world before the war. By Miriam Cohen Read Lifestyle Chicken Arrabiata By Paula Shoyer Read Art: On the Path to Jerusalem By Sara Schwartz Read This email was sent to: generas...@googlegroups.com Change email address · Manage Subscriptions · Unsubscribe © Copyright Chabad.org · Contact Us · Ask the Rabbi · Privacy Policy · Donate