by Rabbi Lawrence Hajioff Educational Director, Chazak NYC Many nations begin with wars, infighting and challenges between themselves and those people around them. But why did Hashem decree that the Jewish people should begin our role in history as slaves? Wasn’t there a better method God could have chosen to
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by Rabbi Lawrence Hajioff Educational Director, Chazak NYC The Ramban in his introduction to Sefer Bereishit tells us that, “Everything is written in the Torah, whether explicitly or by allusion”. Since such a miracle of Chanukah occurred, and a holiday was created because of it, chazal scoured Scripture to find subtle
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by Rabbi Moshe Levy Executive Director, Chazak UK I have asked hundreds of people: when I say Chanukah, what is the first thing you think of? The most common answers are doughnuts, latkes, presents, dreidel, oil, and, of course, menorah. I always find it quite perplexing that almost no one
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Memory Lane
Written by: Rabbi Shlomo Farhi of The Edmond J Safra Synagogue of Manhattan Chazak Founder & Chairman Memory is a funny thing. Some of our most vivid memories can be of the most insignificant things. Like the way it felt when mud squished through your toes at the bottom of