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G-d is life – absolutely. He is the source of life (Psalms 36:10). Everything alive receives its life-force from Him, in proportion to how much it is connected with G-d.

Eretz Yisrael opens her heart only to those who truly love her.

"The source of blessings is You, Hashem, our A'Mighty, King of the Universe who has kept us alive, sustained us, and brought us to this time."

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In On the Jewish Question, Marx contemptuously criticized Judaism (and, to a lesser extent, Christianity) from the standpoint of social emancipation, regarding Jews as the embodiment of capitalism and the creators of its evils.

You do not have to wait until you win an Academy Award to show hakaras hatov. You can thank people every single day.

His general knowledge drew the ire of many chassidim, and one can find sharp attacks against him in chassidic writings of the day and equally vicious remarks of the Maharatz Chayes towards the chassidim of his era.

Some were sent to labor camps, which were almost like concentration camps except that they got better food. I mean, they were not persecuted, they were not beaten, they were not starving, they were not shot like the Jews were.

Since there is no "happenstance" in our world, we can only say that something of great import is taking place in the Holy Land.

None of this should have been surprising to those who knew him because he was always first and foremost an unrepentant communist who, despite his repeated assertions of standing for peace and mutual cooperation, was actually a great anti-Israel public figure.

The Rebbe always emphasized that the Land of Israel is the heart of the world and the channel through which all Divine blessings flow.

Thus has it ever been. Jews have been vilifying each other and attacking each other for thousands of years. What's new?

People often ask me why do we need another Holocaust center? The story of Isaac Avigdor is the answer.

Young Israel Beth El is more than a beautiful synagogue with unique and unified davening, it is a congregation with a soul.

I asked the guy for the recipe, and he started telling me: "First, you have to dance with the fish, then say a little Tehillim, then go to the mikveh, and then learn Likutei Moharan with the fish."

The idea behind this invention came from Naxon’s mother, Tamara Kaslovski Nachumsohn, who used to tell him stories about how cholent was produced in her town of Vilna, Lithuania.

Sadly, the passengers in the photo were most likely people denied entry to the United States and who were therefore forced to return home to Europe.

He steered refugees to interviewers, found hiding places, delivered messages, and made deals with Marseille gangsters, but perhaps his most interesting contribution was marrying six different Jewish refugees so they could obtain American visas.

Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv zt”l, who passed away on 28 Tammuz, (July18) this year at age 102, spent all of his days and most of his nights learning Torah. He was the paramount leader of our generation, and inspired tremendous awe and reverence in everyone who knew him. Now, every woman has the stunning opportunity to do something in his memory. A Sefer Torah is being written in his memory and women around the world have the chance to dedicate a letter.

Was their recent commitment strong enough to prevail against this dramatic test?

I just acquired a full run of the Yiddish periodical Iddishe Bilder, published in Riga, Latvia, between May 1937 and September 1939.

Lots of people who did things that ultimately led to our world being safer, better, and stronger had to put up with much mockery and criticism.

Called “Vayicha Sham Yisrael Neged Hahar – K’Ish Echad B’Lev Echad,” the event is dedicated to the memory of the Noviminsker Rebbe.

There's a popular saying that wherever there's Coca-Cola, there's Chabad.

Aviad is also working with Beit Daniella to create a religious dormitory. There are 20 secular post-hospitalization dormitories (hostels) and not one overnight dormitory for religious transitioning patients, she says.

Lot’s wife was indeed warned not to look back, a warning she ignored. But when she did, she saw the city she loved, and which she missed dearly, in a state of utter desolation.

Hubby’s moment of adoration with the idea of renewing our vows may have come as a result of a dear friend who is also a Rabbi, who asked if he could look at our religious wedding contract.

Somebody hit me there with a… Blood started streaming down. Whoever was sitting behind me says, ‘Look, you are all bleeding.’ I said, ‘So what.'

Plant into our hearts Your love and Your reverence so that we shall follow Your commands and proceed in Your way.

The hadlakot on Lag Ba’Omer, remind us of the warmth and light of the Torah.