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Look deeply and you will see that the Torah does not know of man and woman as separate beings. Each act is performed once through a single body—a body that in our world may appear as two, but which the Torah sees as one. On the contrary, for both to be assigned the same mitzvah would be redundant, for why should one half of the body do that which the other has already accomplished? Just as a man fulfills the mitzvah to be fruitful and multiply through the agency of his female counterpart, so does a woman wrap tefillin or wear tzitzit on the body of her male counterpart. For just as man and woman were first created as a single form, so...
Learning & Inspiration
  • Why Do We Hang a Shir Lamalot Card for a Newborn?Giving birth, and the days immediately afterward, are a sensitive time for the mother and the newbor... Read More
  • As Jews Keep ‘Surging,’ 6,500 Chabad Rabbis Gather in New YorkThe 43rd International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries opens Wednesday, bringing together... Read More
  • Boris and David Kryss: Heroes of BerdichevFather and son David and Boris Kryss helped revive Jewish life in Berdichev and Zhitomir after the f... Read More
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Chabad-Lubavitch is a philosophy, a movement, and an organization. It is considered to be the most dynamic force in Jewish life today. The word "Chabad" is a Hebrew acronym for the three intellectual faculties of: chachmah-wisdom, binah-comprehension and da'at-knowledge. The movement's system of Jewish religious philosophy, the deepest dimension of G‑d's Torah, teaches understanding and recognition of the Creator, the role and purpose of Creation, and the importance and unique mission of each Creature. Today 4,000 full-time emissary families direct more than 3,300 institutions. Motivated by his profound love for every Jew and spurred by his boundless optimism and self-sacrifice, the Rebbe set into motion a dazzling array of programs, services and institutions to serve every Jew.
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