http://www.chabadnaperville.com/magazine/default.asp?aid=695236 The Chabad.org weekly online magazine features articles on current events and events in the Jewish Calendar. It also features a daily thought, daily quote and our acclaimed week at a glance. Copyright 2008, Chabad.org - Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center, all rights reserved. Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadnaperville.com/article.asp?aid=691766 http://www.chabadnaperville.com/article.asp?aid=691766 It turns out that you're stuck with the number of fat cells you have acquired by about age twenty. Even extreme weight-loss strategies do not reduce that number. Spiritually, we're built that way too... Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadnaperville.com/article.asp?aid=691558 http://www.chabadnaperville.com/article.asp?aid=691558 What would it be like to live in complete harmony with nature in its purest form? This past winter, David Wakil, a pilot by profession, fulfilled that vision when he traveled from his city of residence in Sydney, Australia to Antarctica... Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadnaperville.com/article.asp?aid=694681 http://www.chabadnaperville.com/article.asp?aid=694681 Suddenly 17-yearold Ethan was shouting and lashing out at his brother. He then stomped furiously out of the house, slamming the front door behind him... Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadnaperville.com/article.asp?aid=691563 http://www.chabadnaperville.com/article.asp?aid=691563 The other night one of my dearest friends was married. He had looked past his personal inhibitions, I had remained imprisoned by mine. Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadnaperville.com/article.asp?aid=693352 http://www.chabadnaperville.com/article.asp?aid=693352 You see a ray of light from the sun shining in through your window. "Where did you come from?" you ask. It answers, of course, that it came from the sun. So you ask it, "Let me see what you look like as you are in your source within the sun..." Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadnaperville.com/article.asp?aid=692875 http://www.chabadnaperville.com/article.asp?aid=692875 There are ten types: <I>Chayot Hakodesh, Ophanim, Erelim, Chashmalim, Seraphim, Malachim, Elokim, Bene Elokim, Cheruvim</I>, and <I>Ishim</I>--ranked according to the degree of their understanding of G‑d. Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadnaperville.com/article.asp?aid=685103 http://www.chabadnaperville.com/article.asp?aid=685103 Someone lit a lamp. People squinted at each other in the sudden light, and then to their shock and surprise they noticed a new face among them... Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadnaperville.com/article.asp?aid=2959 http://www.chabadnaperville.com/article.asp?aid=2959 About the Red heifer (and her son), two kinds of water (life-bearing and strife-bearing), the passing of Miriam, Aaron's death by "divine kiss", a brass serpent pointing heavenward, a song to a well and a battle with giants... Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadnaperville.com/article.asp?aid=2831 http://www.chabadnaperville.com/article.asp?aid=2831 There must be important and less important things, primary and secondary goals, severe and less severe setbacks. But no less crucial are the moments and experiences that bring us in touch with the underlying singularity of our existence... Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadnaperville.com/article.asp?aid=142432 http://www.chabadnaperville.com/article.asp?aid=142432 A common denominator in all the explanations of the "Waters of Strife" incident is the implication that whatever the problem was, that wasn't really the problem. Basically, G-d is getting Moses on a technicality Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadnaperville.com/article.asp?aid=558041 http://www.chabadnaperville.com/article.asp?aid=558041 She was the first African-American woman elected to Congress, but a race-driven politics shunted her off to a minor sub-committee where it was assumed that she could have little influence. Then Shirley Chisholm met with the Rebbe... Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadnaperville.com/article.asp?aid=1275 http://www.chabadnaperville.com/article.asp?aid=1275 Correspondence of the Rebbe and Dr. Robert Wilkes, at the time director of the Child Development Center at the Coney Island Hospital Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadnaperville.com/article.asp?aid=511123 http://www.chabadnaperville.com/article.asp?aid=511123 The Rebbe requests a birthday gift from business tycoon David Chase. A lively correspondence ensues. Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadnaperville.com/article.asp?aid=693490 http://www.chabadnaperville.com/article.asp?aid=693490 Pamela lit the Menorah for the first time that Hannukah, a little Menorah that Mrs. Shaffer brought us. And then she continued lighting her candle for the Sabbath every Friday. Without fail, ever... Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadnaperville.com/article.asp?aid=523705 http://www.chabadnaperville.com/article.asp?aid=523705 The Rebbe himself had no children, yet he gave so many people blessings for children. Who are the Rebbe's children? Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST