by NHC | Oct 29, 2021 | Parsha
Parshat Chayei Sarah 5782 – in a nutshell (reprinted from Chabad.org with permission) Sarah dies at age 127 and is buried in the Machpelah Cave in Hebron, which Abraham purchases from Ephron the Hittite for four...
by NHC | Oct 27, 2021 | Chassidus - Kabbalah
This guy changed my life – today’s his birthday. When I wrote in the subject line that this man changed my life I wasn’t exaggerating. His name is Rabbi Shalom Ber Schneersohn and he was born on this day in 1860 (and passed in 1920). Until I...
by NHC | Oct 22, 2021 | Parsha
Parshat Vayeira 5782 G‑d reveals Himself to Abraham three days after the first Jew’s circumcision at age ninety-nine; but Abraham rushes off to prepare a meal for three guests who appear in the desert heat. One of the three—who are angels disguised as men—announces...
by NHC | Oct 15, 2021 | Parsha
Lech-Lecha 5782 The portion of Lech-Lecha introduces us fully to Abraham and Sarah – the couple responsible for announcing monotheism to the world. It was they who reintroduced the one and only G-d to a society who had expunged Him. Where civilisation had...
by NHC | Oct 8, 2021 | Parsha
Parshat Noach Earlier this week, we all panicked while living a few hours without WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram. During this strange time, I realized something: I am just like Noah! For an entire year, Noah was in the ark. One must assume that he didn’t have...
