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Raising Funds and Raising Spirits – The Value, Role and Virtues of a Fundraiser $75.00
A central theme in the Rebbe’s Torah is to reveal the soul of the most mundane matters. This relates to fundraising as well, where the Rebbe urged that it be viewed as a means to achieve greater spiritual goals. Explore the Rebbe’s fascinating and insightful perspective on this important and relevant area of our shlichus.
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Father from Far: Respecting a Non-Jewish Father $39.00
A study of the rights and responsibilities of a Jewish child to a gentile parent. Does the prohibition of cursing a parent apply? What are his kibud av obligations? And after the father dies, does the son tear kriah? Does he say kaddish?
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Making the Right Turn Original price was: $75.00.$25.00Current price is: $25.00.
Are you headed in the right direction? Depends who you ask. And when.
Many Jewish practices, such as circling the Bima on various occasions, shaking the Lulav, lighting the Chanukah candles, and others, are associated with particular physical movements in both the right and left directions.
However, the definition of right and left is apparently subject to interpretation. Is “derech yemin” clockwise or counterclockwise?
Read the history of this controversy and its intriguing halachic applications.
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Breaking a Fast Original price was: $75.00.$25.00Current price is: $25.00.
“You shall observe My statutes . . and live by them” (Vayikra 18:5).
What halachic guidelines are invoked to protect the well-being of the ill and infirm on fast days? What medical advice should be sought out in advance, and what questions need to be asked? When ought one resort to ‘shiurim’? How are they calculated?
Reviewed by a Moreh Hora’ah B’Poel
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Blessing the Public Square (Sources) $39.00
One of the the central themes of Chanukah is Pirsumei Nisa, the public display and celebration of the holiday. Around the world, Menorah’s are kindled in Malls, at City Halls and all sorts of public places. May one recite the traditional blessing over the Chaukah lights if they are being lit in the city square and not in the privacy of one’s home or Shul?
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Immersive Torah Education Original price was: $75.00.$25.00Current price is: $25.00.
Providing the highest level of quality Torah education for Jewish children has always been of paramount importance to the Jewish community.
Even amongst Chassidim, the Chabad educational model aspires for unique goals and engages a most rigorous regimen of Torah subjects for the entire duration of the school day.
What lies at the heart of the Gold Standard of Chabad education?
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Women’s Prayer Groups $39.00
What are the halachic issues and ramifications of holding separate women’s prayer groups in Shul?
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The Scribe’s Code Original price was: $39.00.$25.00Current price is: $25.00.
Judaism is a multi-faceted religion with vastly different cultures, but one thing that stays the same throughout all of Judaism is Ksav Ashuri – the script the Torah is written in. This script binds all Jews throughout space and history, dating back, unchanging, for thousands of years – or does it? How far back does it really go? Has it not evolved over time? Study the origins of the Torah’s script.
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Not All Wine Is Fine $75.00
A detailed look at the history and laws of yayin nesech. Can an irreligious Jew render wine yayin nesech? Is pouring wine part of the prohibition? What difference does pasteurization make?
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The Great Religious Cover-up: Tznius – Origins and Applications Original price was: $75.00.$25.00Current price is: $25.00.
How did we get from belief in monotheism to rules about skirt lengths, necklines and singing? This paper cuts to the very heart of tznius and why it is one of Judaism’s unshakable foundations. An analysis of the Torah and halachic source for tznius, and how its ancient laws find modern life.
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Modest Footsteps: The Halachic Definition of Shok $75.00
Tznius demands that legs must be covered. This paper analyzes the definition of that rule. What is the shok- the thigh or the leg? What about feet? And what is the Chabad perspective on all this?
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The Mysticism of Twins Original price was: $39.00.$25.00Current price is: $25.00.
A fascinating exploration of Kabbalistic, Midrashic, and Chassidic teachings about
the significance and spiritual meaning of twins.In stock
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The Morality of Sarah $39.00
The Biblical account of Sarah’s treatment of Hagar is well-known. How do the classic commentators and other authorities understand her behavior? Is she to be criticized or vindicated? What moral defense can be offered for Sarah banishing Yishmael?
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The Law and the Lore of Ascending the Temple Mount $75.00
Once the home of the Beit Hamikdash, the Temple Mount endures as
the holiest place on earth. It has also continued to ignite much passionate
debate in Jewish law. May a Jew climb this sacred mountain? Must he? And if he
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Influencing the Divine $39.00
“If you are righteous, what do you give Him?” (Job 35:7)
It is axiomatic that mortal actions are completely insignificant to an infinite creator. Yet the Torah provides examples of where human actions set off a chain reaction throughout the cosmos, affecting the supernal realms or reality. What are some of these examples, and how should they be understood?
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Tempering the Union $39.00
What are the earliest sources in the Torah for the commandment, purpose and benefit of Taharas Hamishpacha and Mikvah?
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