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May 30, 2022, 10:33 PM

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21 lives snuffed out in a moment, 21 families that will never hug their loved ones again, 21 worlds shattered. The news of another mass-shooting, this time in Uvalde, Texas, with most of the victims again being young school children...

Jan 8, 2021, 1:25 AM

How should we react to events at the US Capitol?

Watching violent mobs attack the U.S. Capitol Building in attempt to tear away at the fabric of our democracy is not something we should have to experience ever again, and yesterday’s events in our nation’s capital should have caused...

Mar 6, 2020, 12:15 AM

Does your vote really matter?

There is a lot of talk about elections these days. Israel just had its third election in less than a year, and the US is in the midst of a heated presidential election set to consume the news at...

Apr 16, 2019, 7:14 AM

A birthday gift for the Rebbe

Today’s Hebrew date is the 11th of Nissan, and it is the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s birthday. As a child and later as a yeshiva student, every year on this date, three days before Passover, my friends and I would celebrate the Rebbe’s birthday by fanning...

Sep 7, 2018, 6:11 PM

Why do people go to High Holiday services?

When was the last time someone said that the reason he or she goes to High Holiday services is because of the rabbi’s sermon? I know some of my colleagues would like to think that their eloquence is what...

Feb 28, 2018, 4:47 PM

Go Big or Go Home

A typical Purim column usually consists of heralding the heroism of Esther and Mordechai, the role they played in standing up for their people and saving the Jews from impending annihilation. It is often about the lessons we can...

Jan 28, 2018, 6:12 AM

Is it spring yet?

The holiday of the 15th of Shevat (AKA Tu B’Shevat), observed this year on January 30-31, is known as the “New Year for Trees.” It is not simply the Jewish version of Arbor Day, but has actual implications in Jewish...

Jan 25, 2018, 11:38 PM

If birds can fly, why can’t we?

Sixty-seven years ago this week, in January 1951, the Lubavitcher Rebbe officially took over the leadership of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. It was at a “farbrengen” marking the one year anniversary of the passing of his father-in-law, the previous Rebbe,...

Nov 17, 2017, 6:46 AM

Will your past catch up with you?

It’s been in the news for the last several weeks. Powerful men who believed they were beyond reproach are suddenly being forced to face the music for their inappropriate actions; some many years ago and others more recently. While...

Jun 18, 2017, 7:31 AM

What I learned from the Rebbe

Countless articles and stories have been written about the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory; about his life, his global impact, his teachings, and his concern for every single Jew. But more than anything else, if you knew the Rebbe,...

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Rabbi Eliezer Zalmanov is co-director, along with his wife Chanie, of Chabad of Northwest Indiana. He is also a member of Chabad.org's Ask the Rabbi and social media teams.

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