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A Story of L’Chaim

when Chabad rabbis turn up at bourbon tastings and craft breweries and wine tours, they are not importing something foreign into Jewish life. If anything, they are extending an older instinct outward, and meeting people where they already are.

New Scholarly Publication Explores the Authority of the Zohar and Kabbalah in Halachic Rulings on Beard Growth and Shaving

Drawing upon a wide range of Talmudic sources, writings of the rishonim and acharonim, and foundational Kabbalistic literature, Rabbi Wiener develops a systematic framework showing that Kabbalistic teachings constitute an integral component of Torah shebe’al peh and therefore play a significant role in normative halachic decision-making.

‘Shabbat 250:’ President Proclaims National Shabbat Honoring America’s 250th Birthday

As part of the White House’s Jewish American Heritage Month proclamation, signed on May 4, President Donald Trump designated the period from sundown Friday, May 15, through nightfall Saturday, May 16, as a national Shabbat, dubbed “Shabbat 250.”

Treasures From The Rebbe’s Library: Lag B’omer

Just days earlier, on Pesach Sheini, the Rebbe asked his secretary, Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, about the possibility of minting a special coin for the occasion. Rabbi Krinsky immediately set to work, together with his son, Rabbi Hillel Dovid Krinsky, and his son-in-law, Rabbi Yosef B. Friedman, exploring every possible avenue.