While it’s true that everything is directed from Above, the one thing that isn’t are our choices and reactions, and to a large extent, they help determine our destiny.

One day, as I was washing my grandmother’s hands before eating challah, Svetlana smiled and said that she, too, was Jewish. I was surprised because she often mentioned her Greek Orthodox beliefs and wore a crucifix around her neck.

Unpredictable + Self-Conscious = Free Choice. Bingo, we have a formula for free-choice figments!

Welcome to the month of turning inward, the month of forgiveness, the month of spiritual accounting, the month of deepening.

A deeper perspective on the function and purpose of witnesses.

The two bright scholars spent much time conversing, and the young aristocrat particularly enjoyed hearing his friend’s ingenious Torah insights.

Listen to a wide array of Jewish wisdom and ideas, inspiration, and stories selected from Chabad.org’s weekly articles.

Get to know one of Judaism’s best-known but least-understood texts.

Listen to a wide array of Jewish wisdom and ideas, inspiration, and stories selected from Chabad.org’s weekly articles.

In Judaism, the natural and the miraculous are not a dichotomy