The Rebbe Raised Me Like a Son

Mendel was just seven years old when his father suddenly passed away.

By Mendel Scharf

The Rebbe's 99-Year-Old Cousin

Rebbetzin Hadassah (Schneerson) Carelbach shares about her father's heroism under Communism and during the Holocaust, how they rebuild their lives afterward, and what gives her satisfaction today.

By Hadassah Carelbach

My Mother Spoke to the Rebbe on the Phone

Her mother's warning would echo in her mind for years to come.

By Yitzy Idell

Take the Chabad History Quiz

What do you know about the Chabad Movement?

By Menachem Posner

11 Facts About the Jews of Turkey

Turkey has an ancient, uninterrupted Jewish presence spanning millennia, with communities that once ranked among the largest and most influential in all of Jewish history.

By Yehuda Altein

Korach: The Unresolved Relationship

To love and live across the distance.

By Baila Olidort

Korach's Real Problem

If everything is about action, who needs a Moses?

By Tzvi Freeman

What You Need to Know About Interrupting Prayers

The synagogue is a place of prayer and reverence, and conversation and unnecessary interruptions should therefore be avoided throughout the service.

By Yehuda Shurpin

Why Do Many Hasidic Jews Wear Shtreimels (Fur Hats)?

And why doesn’t Chabad wear them?

By Yehuda Shurpin

More Than 50,000 Visiting Rebbe’s Queens Resting Place This Week

Pilgrims from around the globe descend upon Ohel to mark Rebbe’s 32nd yahrtzeit

By Tzali Reicher

Getting Central Africa’s Rabbis Into One Room Isn’t Easy

As Chabad of Central Africa marks 35 years, emissaries from 11 countries gather in Kinshasa

By Shloimy Galperin

Pocono Raceway Debuts First Kosher Food Stand in NASCAR History

Jews into stock car racing? Times, they are a-changin’

By Dovid Margolin

Her Babies Would Die, and No One Knew Why

“To say we were broken would be an understatement, it felt as though the whole world was against us.”

By Sofya Sara Esther Tamarkin

You Will Not Drown

Parshah for the Anxious

By Eliezer Shemtov

On Jewish Leadership

The verse states: “He gave his own bread to the destitute.” The Talmud explains that this refers to Moses giving the Torah to the Jewish people. But every word of the verse is precise:

Living Torah

The Essential Crown of Torah

Explore Rambam on the three crowns of priesthood, kingship, and Torah—and how the Torah is the greatest of them all. Compare and contrast Rambam’s text sources and uncover our essential relationship with the crown of Torah.

By Shalom Paltiel

Phyllo-Wrapped Salmon