Every Hebrew letter also has a numerical value. The letter "Nun" represents: 50; "Gimel" is 3; "Hay" is 5; "Shin"is 300 - together they add up to 358. → read more

Kaparot is an important tradition of the day of Erev Yom Kippur. → read more

What more can I do to motivate the entire Jewish people to clamor and cry out, and thus actually bring about the coming of Moshiach? → read more

After I was sure that all the kids had done the ‘mitzva’ I turned to my gentile friends who were mumbling possible explanations to one another until finally one of them asked me, ‘what are these boxes etc.’ → read more

All the guests stayed in bungalows in the woods near LakeYamanaka. The scenery was breathtaking. The meals and prayers were held in a big cabin lodge. → read more

In Japan, there is a also a storm happening - but a good one. Over a week ago, the Prime Minister, Naoto Kan made revolutionary statements. He apologized to South Korea for the years of suffering under the Japanese rule. → read more

Doctor Shir, who works at Hadassah, delivered the first healthy baby in the Israeli hospital. The mother told Dr. Shir that she would name her son Israel. → read more

So although the Greeks did have everything, something was still missing and they were trying in vain to wrest from the Jewish people the secret of whatever it was they, the Greeks, were lacking. → read more

Kabbalah — is that a science? Who was the first kabbalist? Where did the monkeys come from? Why is Madonna learning Kabbalah? Why in the past was Kabbalah considered a dangerous thing? Kabbalah and astrology – is there a connection between the two? Did the founder of Christianity have anything to do with Kabbalah? → read more

As an experienced Kung-Fu instructor, and well-versed in its methods of inflicting injury on the human body, Dror felt that he should also know how to repair the damage, so he began to study natural healing. → read more

The Japan Times, featured a fantastic article written by Daniel Robson, about the Chabad House. It describes many of the activities and acts of kindness that Chabad House does on an ongoing basis. → read more

Amazing thing you can see on your computers using Google Earth program. If you look closely at the video, right next to Israel's terrain you can see the figure of a man, supposedly Moses, carefully looking at the Promised Land. → read more

Once again, we are faced with the crucial question: How should we relate to Gimmel Tammuz? In this essay, Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Ginsburg offers a clear perspective on how to approach this day. "It is our fervent desire that the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach be revealed, and that he himself answer all our questions. But if, G-d forbid, Moshiach is delayed for another few moments, we must also be aware of what the Rebbe wants us to do in this contingency". → read more

A Japanese man, called Sakamoto san, stopped them. After finding out, what brought them to his part of town, offered to give an office he wasn't using in Asakusa, for free for 1 year, until Chabad House would find another place. → read more

Two years ago, Moshe Estrik wrote to the Lubavitcher Rebbe King Moshiach through „Igrot Kodesh“ and asked for a blessing to have children. When he opened the book, he saw the words „buy an apartment in Kfar Chabad …changing your place will change your luck“. → read more