By: Larry Domnitch The redemption from Egypt occurred within the confines of one day, but the events which lead to the redemption occurred over the...

It was my mother who taught me how to beat egg whites into “stiff peaks” for baking holiday sponge cakes. By: Naomi Ross Folding chairs lined...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin It’s almost Pesach, so much to plan, so much to prepare. On our to-do list is purchasing wine for the seder....

By: Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb Most of us have experienced a phase earlier in our lives, perhaps in high school, during which we dreamed...

By: Ethel G. Hofman Passover is just a few weeks away; there are signs of it everywhere. Kosher-for-Passover products are prominently displayed in major supermarkets....

By: Nechama Golding So you’ve been invited to share a Seder—the ritual-rich evening that is the highlight of Passover, the Festival of Freedom—with an observant...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Pesach. A night of recalling the miracles of our past, and recognizing the miracles in our lives today. The words “b’chol dor...

By: Shlomo Katz One of the mitzvot in this week’s parashah is Brit Milah / circumcision. In the additional Harachaman prayers recited in Birkat Hamazon...

60 Historic Torah Scrolls from Nazi-Occupied Prague Celebrated At NYC Synagogue  Edited by: Fern Sidman In an emotional display of remembrance and resilience, sixty...

chabad.org Question I have been reading articles about the upcoming solar eclipse. Some claim that eclipses are a bad omen of things to come. What is...

Edited by: Fern Sidman In a remarkable tale of redemption and self-discovery, Frank Meeink, once a notorious neo-Nazi leader whose life served as partial inspiration...

By: Rabbi Shraga Simmons A Jewish man is waiting in line to be knighted by the Queen of England. He is supposed to kneel and...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin “Vayehi bayom hashmini, and it was on the eighth day.” (Vayikra 9:1) The number seven connotes tevah, what is natural, as in...

By Phyllis Chesler (JNS)   Rabbi Hillel Zaltzman has written a remarkable and very moving memoir titled: The Jewish Underground of Samarkand: How Faith Defied Soviet Rule. Reading...

Passover 2024 will be celebrated from April 22-30 By: Chabad.org What Is Passover? The eight-day Jewish holiday of Passover is celebrated in the early spring, from the...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Did morning ever come too early, and you gave yourself “just five more minutes”? You close your eyes… and somehow five...