Sometimes a little blend of a trailer-trash-gangsta-super-star mixed with the steady beat of Chassidic, Rabbinical giants is exactly what you need to move your own needle.
The days of black and white definitions are gone. We are colorful, dynamic and full of texture -- and our connection to Gd defies all bins.
I had just arrived from Israel. I was scared to wear a kippah. My rabbi disagreed. But it was renting a car that changed everything for me.
I've never understood the vast appeal of sex, flirting, and the like. Because of this, the world can feel confusing and strange. Still, I hesitate to label myself "asexual": the term seems too clinical for my freewheeling spirit.
Would I really rather be mistaken for a Hipster than a Hasid?
Something changed for our family as we experienced terror and went from the fourth night of Chanukah, to the fifth.
"Tzohar Seminary is about teaching the girls to use their talents to express what they learn. The act of creation, creativity itself is holy."
Vchol Karnei is a traditional, lively Chabad niggun that gives voice to the Psalmist. This is our take on it.
From Hasidic questioners to rebellious nuns and priests, limit-pushers within tight-knit groups have a special camaraderie. I'm jealous.