God’s ways are beyond our human logic. He separates to Himself, as Jacob divided the flocks of Laban, those who are called ...

A growing wave of Jews from all backgrounds, many newly or not yet even observant, are independently taking on daily Chitas and Rambam through Chayenu, creating a quiet revolution in Torah learning.

Torah in Seven, hosted by Lubavitch International's editor-in-chief, Baila Olidort, distills each week’s parsha into a clear, ...

Yiddish World Blog ties weekly Torah portion with works of Yiddish writers For last week’s portion, the blog matches the story of Jacob’s daughter Dina with a poem about her by the poet Itsik Manger.

On this special Shabbat, Shabbat HaChodesh, the new month, we read from two Torahs. The additional special reading reminds us that we are entering the “first of months” and is apropos because it is ...

Last week, our communities gathered to mark the one-year yahrzeit observance of the tragedy of Oct. 7. While each communal event was different, there were common themes. Foremost, of course, was the ...

A question Pirkei Avot asks is: Who is wise? To which the answer is: one who learns from every person. Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb is a very wise man, and there is a lot we can learn from him. In his ...

Join us for YLD Mini LEARN: Torah in Dark Times with Base Logan Square. Together through the four sessions of this learning series we will reflect on the questions: When tragedy strikes how do ...

Moses seemed conflicted in the last weekly portion (Exodus 5:21–23). He asks why the Lord did “so much evil to this people” and wonders again why he was sent to liberate them. Why were the Israelites ...

The people in our story build a tower whose top is in the sky. It was common to build large temples (representing where the human and the divine realms meet) in ancient Mesopotamia. We know that the ...