From a letter from the Rebbe to US president Ronald Reagan, May 17, 1987
Once again, dear Mr. President, it is a genuine pleasure to acknowledge your kind felicitations on the occasion of my recent birthday.
From a letter from the Rebbe to US president Ronald Reagan, May 17, 1987
Once again, dear Mr. President, it is a genuine pleasure to acknowledge your kind felicitations on the occasion of my recent birthday.
Universal Morality
The Seven Noahide Laws
According to the sages of the Talmud, there are 70 families with 70 paths within the great Family of Man. And each individual has his or her path within a path. Yet, there is one universal basis for us all.
Morality
Seven Things You Can Do for America
by Mendy Hecht
September 11, 2001: Terrorists tear serenity from America’s soul. Our sense of safety and security is gone. Our towering twin symbols of superiority are gone. And over four thousand moms and dads, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, among them our finest and bravest, are gone.
Prayer
By Chaim Clorfene and Yakov Rogalsky
Sacrifices
By Chaim Clorfene and Yakov Rogalsky
Charity
by Chaim Clorfene and Yakov Rogalsky
It is a positive commandment to give charity, as it says, "The life of your brother is with you" (Lev. 25:36). Anyone who sees a poor person requesting funds and purposely ignores this person and does not give him charity has transgressed, as it says, "You should not harden your heart, nor should you close your hand from your poor brother" (Deut. 15:7).
Courts of Law
Honoring Father & Mother
Why do non-Jews need 7 mitzvot while Jews need 613?
By Tzvi Freeman
Morality: A Catch-22?
By Levi Brackman
"Ninety percent of my students," the president of a local university told me, "are moral relativists."
Replacing Fundamentalism... With What?
By Levi Brackman
Like most people, I am becoming increasingly disturbed by the reports of bombings, kidnappings and beheadings coming out of Iraq. The cities Falluja and Ramadi and much of Anbar Province are now controlled by fundamentalist, Al-Qaeda style militias.
Beyond The Jewish Community
For the longest time, man has been experimenting with a variety of ideologies, ostensibly to establish a truly civilized world in which he can live with purpose and in happiness.
Noah and the Flood
The Wickedness of the People
Methuselah’s wisdom and knowledge were inherited by his grandson Noah, the son of Lemech. Noah was a righteous and pious man.
When Noah was five hundred years old, he had three sons--Shem, Ham, and Japheth. They too were good and pious men, fearing and loving G-d, and unlike all the other inhabitants of the earth, who had gradually become more and more depraved. Yet neither Noah nor Methuselah could change the evil ways of the people around them, in spite of the many warnings G-d sent through them to their fellow-men. Everyone thought only of his own welfare and recognized only the laws that were in his own favor. Mutual respect and cooperation had given way to violence and sin.
Adam's Birthday
By Yanki Tauber
Were Adam and Eve Jewish?
The reason I ask is that the Jewish calendar seems to be exclusively about Jewish history and the Jewish experience: Passover celebrates our liberation from Egypt, Shavout our receiving the Torah at Sinai, Yom Kippur is when G-d forgave us for the sin of the Golden Calf and Sukkot recalls the divine protection during our wanderings through the desert. The list goes on: Simchat Torah, Chanukah, Purim, Lag BaOmer, Tishah B'Av--virtually all our holy days, festivals and special dates are distinctly Jewish affairs, concerned with our lives as Jews.
An Ark of Our Own
By Yeruchem Eilfort
This week's portion is titled Noah, and is named after the famed builder of the ark. It is during this portion that we learn of the cataclysmic flood that destroyed life, save that of Noah, his family, and the animals he brought on board with him.
Morality Without G-d
By Naftali Silberberg
Is it possible to achieve a moral and ethical society while leaving G-d out of the equation? Many today maintain that not only is this eminently possible, but morality which is not predicated on religion is a far better alternative to ethics that stem from blind adherence to a particular canon. The human heart, they argue, inherently possesses a moral compass. Religion all too often warps this inborn sense of right and wrong, and is simply another outdated device that enlightened societies can do without.
The Discovery of Planet Earth
By Tzvi Freeman
I want to tell you about the greatest discovery of the millennium. It wasn't the printing press. It wasn't America. It wasn't even vaccination. The greatest discovery of the millennium happened near its very end.
It was the discovery of Planet Earth.
Noah and the Flood
The Wickedness of the People
By Isaac Jacobs
Methuselah’s wisdom and knowledge were inherited by his grandson Noah, the son of Lemech. Noah was a righteous and pious man.
