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Chabad.org is the main website for the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic community. It provides resources and support for its members and Jews around the globe. As one of the earliest Jewish websites, it holds the distinction of being the first and largest online congregation.

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What Shape Were the Luchot: Round, Square or Rectangular?

6 days ago | chabad.org | Yehuda Shurpin

Although the most popular way to depict the Luchot (Tablets) is with rounded tops, there is actually no authentic source in Jewish tradition for this. The main source for this erroneous image seems to come from Christian art during the Renaissance, with some depictions dating even earlier. To be sure, one can also find old Jewish books and manuscripts with illustrated title pages that have the Luchot depicted with rounded tops.
13 Obscure Mitzvahs You Should Know

1 week ago | chabad.org | Yehuda Altein

When you hear the word mitzvah, what do you think of? Maybe keeping Shabbat, eating kosher, or giving charity? Those are definitely mitzvahs, but there are many more—a total of 613, in fact! While many mitzvahs are well known, some are more obscure. Yet each one is an expression of G‑d’s will, and every single one brings more light and holiness into the world. As we celebrate Shavuot, when G‑d gave us the Torah and all its mitzvahs, let’s explore 13 mitzvahs you may never have heard of! 1.
Celebrating Shavuot Where the Sun Never Sets - In Jewish communities surrounding the Arctic Circle, the focus of Shavuot turns to the day

1 week ago | chabad.org | Karen Schwartz

Shavuot looks a little different in places where it never gets dark. The two-day holiday, which will begin at sunset on June 1, 2025 and goes until nightfall on June 3, 2025, marks the 3,337th anniversary of the Jewish people receiving the Torah at Sinai. It’s a time when dairy treats such as cheesecake, blintzes and ice cream are served, but more central to the holiday is hearing the reading of the Ten Commandments and studying Torah until dawn on the first of its two nights.
What Blessing Do You Make on Pizza?

1 week ago | chabad.org | Yehuda Shurpin

One of the more common—and surprisingly complex—questions people ask is: What brachah do you make on pizza? Is it Mezonot, like cake or crackers, or Hamotzi, like regular bread? As with many halachic questions, the answer depends not only on the ingredients, but also on how and why the food is being eaten. Let’s take a closer look. Bread or Not Bread? To understand the blessing on pizza, we first need to understand a halachic category known as pat haba b’kisnin.
The Levites Role in Healthy Boundaries - Learning Likutei Sichos vol. 28, Bamidbar

1 week ago | chabad.org | Ari Shishler

The Levites Role in Healthy BoundariesLearning Likutei Sichos vol. 28, Bamidbar Advanced
Leaders of the Twelve Tribes of Israel - Learning Likutei Sichos vol. 23, Bamidbar sicha 1

1 week ago | chabad.org | Ari Shishler

Leaders of the Twelve Tribes of IsraelLearning Likutei Sichos vol. 23, Bamidbar sicha 1 Advanced
Arriving at Sinai Tired and Weak - Learning Likutei Sichos vol. 28, Rosh Chodesh Sivan

1 week ago | chabad.org | Ari Shishler

Arriving at Sinai Tired and WeakLearning Likutei Sichos vol. 28, Rosh Chodesh Sivan Advanced
Rabbi Donates Kidney to Someone He’s Never Met - Rabbi Sholom Raichik got tested and discovered that he could change a life

1 week ago | chabad.org | Karen Schwartz

When Maryland Rabbi Sholom Raichik got the chance to save a life, he didn’t hesitate. A little more than two weeks ago, he donated a kidney to a woman he’d never met. “All I know is that she’s a woman in her 70s, and she did send us a very nice note that I got on the day of the donation,” Raichik says. “The kidney has taken well, and, please G‑d, it will continue.
G-d’s Ego

1 week ago | chabad.org | Tzvi Freeman

There’s a dark side to G‑d. No one wants to talk about it. Philosophers and mystics alike are fond of pondering G‑d’s oneness, perfectness, goodness, omniscience, amazingness, and all around sweetness and wonderfulness. War, disease, school classrooms and the view from the New Jersey Turnpike get blamed on us human beings and the corruptive quality of dumb matter. There’s something here we are deliberately avoiding. I began to wonder: Who made dumb matter to begin with? Who crafted the human ego?
16 Facts About the Jews of Georgia

2 weeks ago | chabad.org | Yehuda Altein

Georgia is a country in the Caucasus region, a stretch of land between the Black and Caspian Seas, where Europe and Asia meet. Over the centuries, Georgia has seen periods of independence and times under Russian rule. But throughout these political changes, its ancient Jewish community not only endured but flourished. Read on for 16 facts about the Jews of Georgia. 1.