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Leb'n Mit Moshiach
 Printing Tanyas Hastens the Geulah 
It has recently been suggested with a suggestion and bakosha nafshis (soul-request) to print he sefer haTanya – the Written Torah of Chassidus (Chabad) – everywhere in each and every place where Jews are living, as this brings Torah in all these places ■ more
    
 
Leb'n Mit Moshiach
 A New Thrust in Hafotzas HaMaayonos 
When the Rebbe and the Rebbetzin arrived to the USA, on the 28th of Sivan, began a new thrust in the spreading of Torah, yiddishkeit and the fountains of Chassidus in the lower hemisphere, although, physically, Mattan Torah was not in this hemisphere ■ more
    
 
Leb'n Mit Moshiach
 Two Periods in the Era of Moshiach 
The Rambam writes in Hilchos Melochim ch. 12: “One is not to presume that in the Era of Moshiach anything of the world’s natural order will be nullified or that there will be any innovation in the order of creation; Rather the world will continue according to its natural pattern ■ more
    
 
Leb'n Mit Moshiach
 Nissan: Month of Redemption 
Nissan has a special relationship to Geulah, as our Sages tell us ■ Nissan is also associated with Nesius. On the first day of Nissan the Nesiim began to bring their offerings, one Nassi each day. When these two characteristics of Nissan, Geulah and Nesius combine - this is the Nesius of “Dovid Malka Meshicha ■ more
    
 
Leb'n Mit Moshiach
 Parshas Vayera: No Despair, Moshiach is Almost Here 
When we see that there are individuals who are Torah observant in many respects, but they taunt and ridicule any Moshiach-related issue – one may sometimes become discouraged, disheartened and despondent ■ more
    
 
Chabad at UW
 Being Jewish at UW-Madison 
Photograph: Chabad at UW
There is upwards of 5,000 Jewish students on the UW campus. What does it mean for these students who identify themselves as Jews? Jordan Soffer, the Student President of the Chabad Jewish Student Association, said the university provides a generally comfortable atmosphere for Jews ■ more
    
 
Op - Ed:
 A Silent Killer Among Us 
How would you react upon discovering a force within your midst that has been slowly but surely planting doubt and cultivating disinterest in the things that a Jew holds most dear and meaningful? Outrage, disgust, horror ■ more
    
 
From the Press
 What About Chabad? 
However, since Rosenblatt acknowledges (albeit not till halfway through the article) that Chabad has successfully pioneered this very model at universities around the world, and that Hillel is now applying Chabad’s example to their own efforts, it seems that the column implies something deeper ■ more
    
 
28th Siyum
 Maimonides Celebrates Siyum HaRambam 
Photograph: Shturem Archives
In honor of the 28th Siyum HaRambam, the Maimonides School of Albany, New York, presents
the Rambam's view of Science with Torah ■ more
    
 
Shabbos Bamidbar
 Achdus Farbrengens The World Over 
Photograph: Avner Institute
Lubavitcher kehilos the world over will be conducting Achdus farbrengens iy"H this coming Shabbos, Parshas Bamidbar.  An "Achdus farbrengen" is one which the Rebbe strongly urged (bakosho nafshis) to take place on Shabbos Bamidbar ■ for the Sicha in English
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 At the Threshold 
Photograph: S. Kranz

In any field of inquiry, the most interesting aspect is always thresholds. Interfaces between two systems.

To an ecologist, mountains are interesting for their alpine forests and vertically oriented fauna. Plains are interesting for their grasses and swamps. But nothing is as fascinating as the foothills, where two ecosystems meet.

    
 
 In G-d we trust 
E Pluribus Unum: "Out Of The Many, One"
    
   

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