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A presentation of the Lubavitcher Rebbe's views on the Jewish people's connection with the Holy Land, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the so-called "Land for Peace" issue

Timna’s actions seem righteous and altruistic. Why would this result in a child who represents the very paradigm of evil?

The story is told of a follower of R. Menachem Mendel, third Lubavitcher Rebbe, the “Tzemach Tzedek,” whose son was seriously ill. He was advised to travel to the Tzemach Tzedek to ask for a blessing. With a heavy heart, he made the difficult trek to the ...

Current today as when originally provided, this volume is a collection of the Lubavitcher Rebbe's counsel to the bereaved. Whether responding to a widow struggling to explain her husband's death to her children, or to a community whose school was the targ...

Psalm 121... Psalm 130... Psalm 91... Adon Olam... Ana B'choach... V'al Ken Ne'kaveh... The Shema and verses of unity

If only the above arguments were mere abstractions to be bartered about in a political science class or philosophical discussions to be politely shared over the dinner table! Unfortunately, however, they are facts of life, truths have been largely ignored...

At the Core Of the Issue Whoever destroys a Jewish life is considered to have destroyed an entire world. And whoever saves a Jewish life is considered to have saved an entire world.”Tractate Sanhedrin 4:5. In Jewish thought, this construct does not serve ...

An Interactive Possession Our Sages teachResponsa of Rabbeinu Meir ben Baruch, Responsum 536 (in Otzar HaGeonim on Tractate Kiddushin, sec. 146). that every Jew possesses a portion of Eretz Yisrael, the Land of Israel. The converse is also true. The land ...

[8 Shvat, 5791/Jan. 23, 1991] ThereFrom a letter written in response to a question addressed to the Rebbe from Eretz Yisrael in connection with the Iraqi missile attacks during the Gulf War. The Rebbe’s correspondent had asked: “Is there a need to comply ...