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Hebrew birthday. A Hebrew birthday (also known as a Jewish birthday) is the date on which a person is born according to the Hebrew calendar. This is important for Jews, particularly when calculating the correct date for day of birth, day of death, a bar mitzva or a bat mitzva. This is because the Jewish calendar differs from the secular and ...
Chabad, also known as Lubavitch, Habad and Chabad-Lubavitch [2] (US: / x ə ˈ b ɑː d l u ˈ b ɑː v ɪ tʃ /; Hebrew: חב״ד לובביץּ׳; Yiddish: חב״ד ליובאוויטש), is a branch of Orthodox Judaism, originating from Eastern Europe and one of the largest Hasidic dynasties. Chabad is one of the world's best-known Hasidic ...
Tanya. (Judaism) Edition of the Tanya printed in Fayid from 1974. The 7th leader of Chabad encouraged new printings to be made in remote places. The Tanya ( Hebrew: תניא) is an early work of Hasidic philosophy, by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder of Chabad Hasidism, first published in 1796. Its formal title is Likkutei Amarim ...
Chabad. Messianism in Chabad[ 1] refers to the contested beliefs among some members of the Chabad-Lubavitch community—a group within Hasidic Judaism —regarding the Jewish messiah ( Hebrew: מָשִׁיחַ, mashiach or moshiach ). Many members of the Chabad community allege that Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Rebbe of the ...
The Hebrew calendar ( Hebrew: הַלּוּחַ הָעִבְרִי, romanized : HalLûaḥ HāʿIḇrî ), also called the Jewish calendar, is a lunisolar calendar used today for Jewish religious observance and as an official calendar of Israel. It determines the dates of Jewish holidays and other rituals, such as yahrzeits and the schedule of ...
From these figures for the size of a Biblical ell, that of the basic unit — the finger-breadth ( Etzba) — can be calculated to be either 2.1 or 2.2 cm (0.83 or 0.87 in); Rav Avraham Chaim Naeh approximates at 2 cm (0.79 in); Talmudic scholar Chazon Ish at 2.38 cm (0.94 in). The mile ( Mil) is thus about 963 or 1146 meters (3160 or 3760 ft ...
Astrology. Astrology in Jewish antiquity ( Hebrew: מזלות, romanized : mazzalot) is the belief that celestial bodies can influence the affairs of individuals and of entire nations upon the earth. This involves the study of the celestial bodies' respective energies based on recurring patterns that change by the hour, by the week, month, year ...
An "Ask the Rabbi" feature. A multimedia portal, Jewish.tv, where users can stream Jewish audio and video. A children's section. A section featuring reports in the media on the activities of Chabad Lubavitch Shluchim ("emissaries"). Chabad.org and its affiliated sites claim over 43 million visitors per year, and over 365,000 email subscribers.