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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.