Recent Articles from Chabad.org

• While In-Person Chametz Sales Return in Some Places, They Also Grow Online - Rabbis and websites partner to make an important obligation easy March 18, 2021
  When she was growing up in South London, Laura Liss and her family didn’t follow the Jewish tradition of selling their chametz (leavened foods) for Passover. That changed after her brother became more Torah observant and explained this important mitzvah to her, urging her to do it each year. Now married, she and her husband, […]
• In Frigid, Blacked-Out Texas, Chabad Houses Are a Lifeline - Opening homes with warmth and concern February 18, 2021
  Phyllis and her friend Mary Alice were at home in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Monday afternoon, and they were cold. Like millions of other Texans, they had no power and no means to get warm as the temperatures outside continued to drop. “It was very difficult to deal with,” the 73-year-old Phyllis, a member of […]
• Rabbi Elie Cohen, 79, Torah Scholar and Mathematician - A devoted teacher both in synagogues and in university classrooms February 17, 2021
  Depending on who you ask, Rabbi Elie Cohen might be described as either a brilliant Torah scholar or a brilliant mathematician. But for those who knew him best, he was both—a devoted rabbi and a dedicated professor—a man of deep faith and extensive knowledge, who passed away in Montreal at the age of 79 in […]