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CHABAD.ORG MAGAZINE: The Holocaust: Our Response, Taking the Witness Stand (and more...)

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Nissan 29, 5771 * May 3, 2011

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Editor's Note:

Around here, they call me Mr. Black & White. My editor tells me that I play with old pictures the entire day. And for the most part, he's not wrong.

A photojournalist once tried to explain to me why nothing compares to a black and white photograph. "Color," he told me, "takes away from the essence of the picture."

During the era of black and white photography, they longed for color. Today, when we have color, we recognize the beauty of black and white. We treasure its stark imagery and artistic richness, yet there is no doubt that color created new and exciting opportunities in photography.

This same dichotomy presents itself in many areas of our lives. Should we cling to the simplicity of the past, or embrace the present with all its advances and accompanying distractions?

Perhaps it doesn't have to be a choice. We can still enjoy and benefit from the wisdom and simplicity of the past, while embracing all that the present has to offer.

Every year during the spring and summer months, we study Ethics of the Fathers [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=B73456DB7EACDDD215A72B7D5B94A52A&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]. A collection of practical wisdom compiled hundreds of years ago, it addresses the modern man so perfectly that it could have been written yesterday. I call it "black and white in color."

Dovid Zaklikowski,
Archivist,
on behalf of the Chabad.org Editorial Team
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THIS WEEK'S FEATURES:

OUT OF THE ASHES

The Holocaust: Our Response

The Nazis did not only want to exterminate the Jews . . .

WATCH (2:44) >> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=1E3CF66AD3BA2CE47B7481BF78D6CF18&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Bring Moshiach Now!


The Talmud, 1,500 years ago, already stated, "All 'end-times' for the Redemption have passed, it now awaits only repentance."

WATCH (6:43) >> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=52D3ECF4899140486AEBB45E07B7503C&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


VOICES OF JEWISH LIFE

One Child, Remembered (By Yosef Lewis)

Crystallizing slowly over time in the old man's soul was the singular obligation of telling the story of that child's last moments.

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=404F290592FD8B16115166188B1F7EA4&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Taking the Witness Stand (As told to Sarah Silverfield)


It was a cold day in January in the year 1985 when I stood clutching my meager belongings on the
concrete stoop of the Tanner family's residence . . .

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=8D30C514D02CB99B30103A7886F38EC5&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Longevity (By Aviva Ravel)


"Mr. Malamud is all alone in the world. His children, his family, everyone went before him. It's a curse I don't wish on no one."

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=53C09749D5C4F6ED11A93E5E6139DCFD&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


A Friend's Divorce (By Jay Litvin)

It had always seemed to me that many of the Torah's laws restricting relations between the sexes are a sort of collective punishment for the sins of a few. But recently my perspective has changed . . .

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=97CBA969BB878995DF96813A42779ED6&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Go Inside and Close Your Eyes (By Judy Ammar)

She is naive, innocent, a child eager to encounter the world and her boundaries.

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=ECCA09C90C5215CC61166361B36D827C&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


FOR YOUR SHABBAT TABLE

In a Nutshell
Emor-Leviticus 21:1-24:23

How to be a Jewish priest, seven days in the life of a lamb, fifty steps to Sinai, and a full-color tour of the Jewish calendar.

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=6D13F2C7A6E45FFB38FF68221022BB4E&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Educating Educators (By Mendel Kalmenson)
The Who, When, and What of Education

Is a student ever too far gone? Divine tips for education.

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=9545EF9EEB709AF2282A596F1DA8801A&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


The Price of Spiritual Growth (By Rochel Holzkenner)

Chassidic teachings unveil the pathology of "spirituality without sacrifice" through a fascinating halachic analysis. It revolves around the issue of kosher grain.

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=F8CCFFA45A3CB4F71F44A763A7622C0D&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


The Dancing Jew (By Lazer Gurkow)

The dance pace at a chassidic wedding is intense, but the selection is pretty much standard: the hora, the hora and yet another version of the hora . . .

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=9A523AB703742885BD53F2D49D661FD1&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Grain, Growth and Goodness (By Shlomo Yaffe)

There are those who would argue that untrammeled intellectual and artistic expression is itself a fundamental good.

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=E5CE98EDFA985E01BEFF5339FAB783C3&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Life is a Picture Postcard . . . (By Yossy Goldman)

We start with a large scrawl, but before we know it, space is running out and the script gets smaller and smaller . . .

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=A567D3BE86A8965FF20CECD9CD48333F&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


The Lottery Ticket (By Yerachmiel Tilles)

He didn't win anything in the first drawing, nor was his luck any better in the second or third. With each failure his frustration grew, and his faith in the Rebbe's blessing weakened . . .

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=9D4749D4ECA29A695856D961E85FB953&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


ETHICS OF OUR FATHERS

The Case of the Floating Skull (By Yosef Marcus)


Moses, Pharaoh, Hillel, Maimonides and the Lubavitcher Rebbe on cosmic justice, the temporality of evil, the significance of chance encounters and the redeemability of the malevolent spirit.

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=B5DB55612B8AEFEDAC14BF49E798EAAF&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Your Fellow's Place (By Yanki Tauber)


"Do not judge your fellow until you have reached his place." But since a person can never really be in his fellow's place, why doesn't the Mishnah simply say, "don't judge your fellow"?

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=F1D222AC36547A9EF62893841128D631&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


MARRIAGE

Building, Destruction and Renewal


The three Temples as three phases of a marriage.

WATCH (30:00) >> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=94D06C7DBF2FC02B2E0F6473941BE41C&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Lighten Up - The Comedy Of Marriage (By Manis Friedman)


One of the primary qualities necessary in marriage is humor, the ability to laugh at oneself.

LISTEN (1:11:05) >> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=183A4D8463BF4997DCB01CE2109D7A00&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Your Other Half or Other Whole (By Sara Esther Crispe)


A Kabbalistic understanding of marriage-how two people can come together to create a new entity while remaining individuals.

Airs May. 2 >> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=F7E4102BBE23E765A6EF8DD510FD481C&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


PARENTING OUR CHILDREN

My Child Self-Injures (By Tzippora Price)

My son came home from
kindergarten with scratches on his neck. When I called the teacher to ask what
happened, she explained that he did it to himself . . .

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=4D45BD803E7A15AA1BEB949524C2713B&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Why It's Great to Be a Teen (By Levi Avtzon)

So many teens are terrified. Terrified of the world they are just getting to know, of
the future which seems so out of reach, and most of all, terrified of
themselves . . .

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=50FBA12AD547B5DB33519E2CE387693F&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Dear Son (By Hinda Schryber)


A letter of support to my special-needs child

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=38C32BFDFEE787CD514E339C2D931E76&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


SEASONS OF THE SOUL

Missing Passover (by Shalvi Weissman)

I couldn't help but feel her presence when
her sister's great grandchildren called and asked if they
could join us for a festive meal.

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=B001DD6D6C0A3F132314B03848728E2F&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Omer - Magical Mystery Tour (By Moshe New)

We count for fifty days in anticipation of the giving of the Torah, yet the Torah makes no mention of day number 50 as the day the Torah was given.

LISTEN (45:20) >> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=0314689791306ABA8A680FD004B47B1A&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


I Keep On Forgetting To Count the Omer! (By Tzvi Freeman)

Is there something specific I can do to rectify missed Omer counting days? Or is there some other exercise with a similar effect as counting the Omer?

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=AA3F777AF5A1B48D3A62935A2E02ED60&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Peaks and Plateaus (By Yanki Tauber)

We seek specialness. Everything else just is, and as such, unworthy of our energy or attention. But is there another, perhaps deeper, self, that thrives on routine and regularity?

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=969FBD417F35F9164BBEA4EE85A5F81D&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


FOCUS ON THE KOHEN

The Kohen Gene (By Elisha Greenbaum)

Ashkenazim, Sephardim, Yemenites and Italians can trace their backgrounds back to the Jews of the Exodus.

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=F08BE1017229C08FA77F61251992995C&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Raise Your Hand If You're A Kohen (By Lorne Rozovsky)

Throughout the centuries, Jews identified themselves as <i>kohanim</i> simply because their fathers were <i>kohanim</i>. But are these tribal affiliations just a matter of folklore and tradition?

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=3C8CF58591D266B6DB7BB692A730F73F&amp;ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


SHABBAT

Shabbat: An Island in Time


The rituals, the practices, the do's, and the don'ts of the Jewish Sabbath-and how you can experience it all for yourself.

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=1C45ED9738CEA957DB787872DEAFA1A6&amp;ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Why can't we connect to G-d through music on the Shabbat? (By Yehuda Shurpin)

I used to go to a temple where they would play musical instruments during the Friday night prayer service.

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=EDCFA960D03331339C0BEEAB3ED26D54&amp;ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


KABBALAH

Jacob's Escalator (By Tzvi Freeman)

Miri gets a hi-tech lesson on "How Do Prayers Work?" We're still waiting for the app.

WATCH () >> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=66DF1EB6802778D3ED89F288CB21BBF3&amp;ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

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