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Category Archives: Chabad
Boca Raton victim says hate crime was ‘nerve-wracking’
It’s rarely a good idea to start a fight just because somebody insulted you. It’s even more rarely a good idea to start a fight over an insult when you are a rabbinical student. I’ve had people flip Heil Hitler … Continue reading
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Visiting The Rebbe
JTR: Secular Jew Howard Jacobson wrote in 1993 about his experiences while waiting to see the famous Orthodox Lubavitcher rabbi, Menachem Schneerson, in New York City. For a decade, the rabbi gave out a dollar (symbolic charity) to each of … Continue reading
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Going Modern Orthodox
A Chabad friend who’s gone Modern Orthodox says the hardest part is all the women (who let themselves go after marriage) want to hug and kiss you. A traditional Jew does not touch women (outside of his wife and family). … Continue reading
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A Torah Perspective on National Borders and Illegal Immigration
By Nochum Mangel and Shmuel Klatzkin: If the heavens and earth and all of mankind are created by one G‑d, what does the Torah, G‑d’s instruction manual, tell us about One World–ism? Does it recognize national boundaries as legitimate? In … Continue reading
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A Lecture On The Seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe
Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff says: “Having spent a lot of time around Gedolei Yisrael (great rabbis), the more intelligence you have, the more critical you are. You have to learn a lot of mussar to remove that negative outlook to be … Continue reading
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