But Alex just answered “Just don’t cover that picture!”. Meanwhile the glue made the Peres poster soggy enough that it drooped over his friend’s hand and got all stuck together. → read more

It was a flight from Israel to New York on El Al. I began at the back of the plane with my Tefillin and worked my way forward with fairly good results. → read more

Rabbi Edery took the ambassador to the replica of 770 (Lubavitch World Headquarters) in Kfar Chabad. It was very interesting to see the synagouge and house of learning and the many people who attend daily. → read more

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