The mitzvah of sounding the shofar is very special. It is a once-a-year mitzvah, which has so many symbolic meanings. The shofar is an arousal call to teshuvah, it is a proclamation of the sovereignty of G-d, and it is a reminder of the total devotion of

As a member of the Machne Israel Special Development Fund — a special fund established to build new Chabad centers around the world, Mr. George Rohr had the privilege to meet the Rebbe on one occasion just after Rosh Hashanah. Mr. Rohr thought that instea

The Rabbi of Rozadov had a dedicated chassid who was childless, and who frequently begged the Rabbi for a bracha (blessing) that he have a child. The Rabbi often blessed him, but the blessing did not materialize.

In Israel, where fertile land is at a premium and there are no fields for grazing cattle, beef is a scarce commodity and must be imported from South America. Much of Israel’s beef comes in fact from Paraguay, and it was to that country that three Israeli

It was during the time of the Polish "Povstanie" (Uprising) against the Russians. A band of some three thousand Polish patriots gathered in the woods near Kamen, and captured the town from the Russians. The Poles began to terrorize the Jewish inhabitants.

One day, a New York City high school teacher called up each of her senior students, one by one, to the front of the class. She proceeded to tell them...