An important part of the Chanukkah kitchen are the foods fried in oil, which remind us of the Chanukkah miracle: the small amount of oil that miraculously burned for …
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Chassidim have celebrated the 19th of Kislev ever since the Alter Rebbe, author of Shulchan Aruch HaRav and Tanya, was released from imprisonment on that date in 5559 (1798). …
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“And at the [time of] the evening offering, I arose from my fast with the rent condition of my garment and my robe, and I kneeled on my knees …
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The Talmud (Ketubot 103a) relates: Every Shabbat eve, even after his passing, Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi would come to his house as he had done during his lifetime. Wearing Shabbat clothes, …
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On the 14th of Kislev, 5689 (1928), the Rebbe married Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneersohn, the middle daughter of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn – the Rebbe Rayatz. The first part …
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Rav Avina Bar Rav Huna, one of the last editors and compilers of the Babylonian Talmud, known also as “the last Ravina”, passed away on the 13th of Kislev. The …
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There is an ancient custom that a groom be called up to the Torah on the Shabbat before the wedding. In Yiddish this is called “Aufruf” which literally means …
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The “Tachnun” is omitted from the day’s prayers, farbrengens are held, and Rabbi DovBer’s teachings are studied. Of his redemption on the 19th of Kislev, the Alter Rebbe wrote …
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The upcoming Kislev, 9 marks both the birthday and day of passing of Rabbi DovBer of Lubavitch, or the Mitteler Rebbe – son of and successor to the founder …
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The tna’im of the Rebbe and Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka took place in Riga, Latvia on the 6 of Kislev 5689 (although according to some, it happened on the 3d …
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