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4 days ago | 
chabad.org | Tzvi Freeman
It was one of those brutal winter mornings for this West Coast kid in Brooklyn, not so much for the stormy weather as for the struggle to sleep in a dormitory where the Israeli contingent had deemed that night party night. A small group of us had cut a deal with Rabbi Yoel Kahn, teacher supreme of Chassidut Chabad, to provide us a class three times a week at 7 AM.
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1 week ago | 
chabad.org | Tzvi Freeman
At some point in my early adolescence, my mother decided that, as a good Jewish mother, she needed to take me to the synagogue—for something other than the over-packed High Holiday doldrums. She said it would be interesting. I wasn't disappointed. As far as I can recall, that was my first exposure to the Bernie Rosenfeld experience. It was awesome.
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1 week ago | 
chabad.org | Yehuda Altein |Menachem Posner |Yehuda Shurpin |Tzvi Freeman
And at that time there will be no hunger or war, no jealousy or rivalry. For the good will be plentiful, and all delicacies available as dust. The entire occupation of the world will be only to know G-d... the people Israel will be of great wisdom; they will perceive the esoteric truths and comprehend their Creator's wisdom as is the capacity of man.
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2 weeks ago | 
chabad.org | Tzvi Freeman
Eli Rubin. Kabbalah and the Rupture of Modernity: An Existential History of Chabad Hasidism. Stanford University Press, 2025. 446pp. $70.
Writing a book review is reminiscent of high school, an enduring trauma to which I have no desire to return. Instead, I’ll just write a perspective I’ve gained by reading Eli Rubin’s latest book.
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2 weeks ago | 
chabad.org | Yehuda Altein |Baruch S. Davidson |Tzvi Freeman |Yitzi Hurwitz
11 Facts About Kurdish JewsBy Yehuda AlteinKurdistan is often in the news, as the region is a battleground between several countries. But did you know that the region was home to a thriving Jewish community? There are eight levels of charity, each greater than the next Mishneh Torah, Laws of Gifts to the Poor 10:7-14
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1 month ago | 
chabad.org | Tzvi Freeman
You may have noticed that, recently, as in just over the past five hundred years or so, most of us started thinking funny. We like to imagine the human mind has evolved and expanded. We discovered entire continents. We discovered the microbes living upon us, split the atom, and planted a flag on the moon. We conquered starvation, infant mortality, and disease, and got a machine to research our doctoral thesis and make silly cartoons of us with six-pack abdomens. Boy, we must be smart.
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1 month ago | 
chabad.org | Tzvi Freeman
G‑d showed Moses the moon in its renewal and said, “When the moon is renewed, that will be the head of the month.” (Rashi’s Commentary, Exodus 12:2)The other nations count by the sun, while Israel counts by the moon. (Talmud, Sukkah 29a)And He told the moon to renew herself, as a crown of beauty to those He carries from the womb, for they are likewise to be renewed and to glorify their Creator for the name of the glory of His kingdom.
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1 month ago | 
tjvnews.com | Sholom Schreirber |Tzvi Freeman
Let’s all leave ourselves behind this PassoverBy: Tzvi FreemanEvery morning and every night, a Jew has to remember two things:G‑d is one. He took us out of Egypt. They’re the bookends of the Shema Yisrael declaration. It begins with our affirmation that “G‑d is One” and ends with His affirmation that “I am G‑d, your G‑d, who took you out of the land of Egypt to be your G‑d.”It may seem bizarre that the two come wrapped in a single package. What does G‑d’s oneness have to do with leaving Egypt?
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2 months ago | 
chabad.org | Tzvi Freeman
Question:I am “doing Judaism,” but I’m not enjoying it. Yes, I know the delight-of-Shabbat spiel, but for me, sitting at home on Friday night is a bore. The rabbi told me about how keeping the rules of the mikvah enhance your marriage; to me it’s a pain in the neck. And this kosher business ripped the whole entertainment section out of my life. Response:Some say G‑d created the world so we could party. It’s only half true. He created it so He could party with us.
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2 months ago | 
chabad.org | Tzvi Freeman |Yehuda Shurpin
Every technological advance expands our understanding of ourselves and our world. It also deeply affects society, often shaking social norms and stability. AI learning models, with their capacity to generate information and media, are certainly no exception. It’s vital that we come to an understanding of what these are, how they affects us, and what we must do to best harness them for the benefit, and not detriment, of our world, down to each and every individual. There is nothing new under the sun.
