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Kehot Publication Society and Merkos Publications, the publishing divisions of the Lubavitch movement, were established in 1942 by the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn. Under the leadership of Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, the Lubavitch publishing houses have brought Torah education to nearly every Jewish community in the world, and are the world's largest publisher of Jew

ish literature. More than 100,000,000 volumes have been disseminated to date in Hebrew, Yiddish, English, Russian, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, German, Farsi and Arabic. With G-D's help, the Lubavitch movement will continue to satisfy the thirst for knowledge for which our people, the "People of the Book" have always been identified.

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❦ Shining Life ❦

Moses agreed to the proposal of the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and also settled half of the tribe of Manasseh on the east bank of the Jordan River. The tribes of Reuben and Gad fortified certain cities that were now in their possession. After this, some members of the tribe of Manasseh conquered additional territory.

Ya’ir son of Manasseh went and conquered the villages, and he named them “The Villages of Ya’ir.” (Num. 32:41)

The word used here for “villages” (chavot) is related to the word for “life” (chai), and the name Ya’ir means “will shine.” Thus, “The Villages of Ya’ir” means “Locales of life where light will shine.”

This name expressed the spiritual transformation that Ya’ir intended for these formerly idolatrous villages to undergo. Idolatry, the antithesis of Divine consciousness, is equivalent to spiritual death: the idolater severs himself from G-d, the source of life. By including these villages in the Jewish national homeland, Ya’ir was transforming them from domains of death into gardens of life.

Similarly, whenever we take any aspect of material reality, which by the very nature of materiality opposes Divine consciousness, and utilize it for Divine purposes, we “resurrect” it, releasing it from the realm of death and transforming it into a source of life and light.

—From Daily Wisdom available in-store and online at kehot dot org.
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Timely, bite-sized learning in 30 seconds or less. A Treasury of Chassidic Wisdom, compiled by Rabbi Eliyahu Friedman, a...
07/07/2026

Timely, bite-sized learning in 30 seconds or less.
A Treasury of Chassidic Wisdom, compiled by Rabbi Eliyahu Friedman, available here >> https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EO-TREACW

A CHASIDIC SAYING is more than just words—it is a spark of divine wisdom, a key that unlocks hidden dimensions of the soul. Though brief and concise, these sayings carry the power to refine character, elevate perspective, and illuminate life's journey.
This anthology gathers timeless Chabad sayings and anecdotes, each brimming with insight and depth.

As the fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, R. Shalom DovBer Schneerson, taught, "One Chasidic saying can enable a true Chasid to experience the pleasantness of the Garden of Eden for many years."

Whether you are new to Chasidic thought or well-versed in its teachings, this collection serves as both inspiration and guidance, offering profound wisdom in the most succinct form.

A deeper look at Yocheved in honor of Parashas Pinchus. Excerpted from Kehot's new Eishet Chayil gift book. Explore all ...
07/03/2026

A deeper look at Yocheved in honor of Parashas Pinchus.
Excerpted from Kehot's new Eishet Chayil gift book.
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The Talmud teaches that Yocheved was born in Egypt but was conceived in the Land of Israel. What is the significance of this seemingly obscure detail?

When Jacob’s family left Israel for Egypt, they were described as descending to Egypt. They experienced a spiritual and psychological descent by leaving the Holy Land, a place where G-d’s presence is revealed, for a place where people worshiped nature. In the words of Pharaoh: “Who is G-d that I should listen to Him…I do not know of G-d.”

With their eventual enslavement, their psychological descent deepened dramatically. The Jews were not only physically enslaved, but they were also spiritually enslaved to the mentality and consciousness of Egypt.

Who would free them from this spiritual descent and bring them home? Liberation must come from a power that transcends the imprisoned. The liberator of the Jews had to be a person who was physically and spiritually free. He had to have the consciousness of the Land of Israel, the place from where the Jews had come and to where they would return.

This is why Moses, the liberator, had to be the son of Yocheved. G-d had ensured that Yocheved was conceived outside of Egypt so that she could bear a son with a consciousness that was not of Egypt.

Yocheved’s conception outside of Egypt enabled her to miraculously regain her youthfulness before Moses’ birth. His birth thus occurred in a supernatural atmosphere that demonstrated that G-d is the true reality. This enabled Moses to free the Jews from the nature-worshiping mentality of Egypt and lead them home to the Holy Land.

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07/03/2026

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❦ Renewing the Torah ❦

On the day of the first fruits, when you offer up a new grain-offering to G-d, your [festival] of weeks, you must celebrate a holy occasion; you must not perform any mundane work. (Num. 28:26)

Allegorically, the term “first fruits” refers to the souls of the Jewish people, who are called “the first of His produce” because they were the first entity to arise in G-d’s thought before He created the world – meaning that He created the rest of the world (including the Torah itself) in their merit.

This is why Shavu’ot, the holiday on which we re-experience the Giving of the Torah, is called “the day of the first fruits.” The renewal of the Giving of the Torah is accomplished by the Jewish people, on behalf of all humanity. The Torah on its own cannot accomplish G-d’s purposes in the world; only we, using the Torah as our guide, are able to bring the world to its true completion and perfection.

—From Daily Wisdom available in-store and online at kehot dot org.
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A deeper look at Miriam honor of Parashas Chukas Balak. Excerpted from Kehot's new Eishet Chayil gift book. Explore all ...
06/26/2026

A deeper look at Miriam honor of Parashas Chukas Balak.
Excerpted from Kehot's new Eishet Chayil gift book.
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After Miriam’s passing, the Jewish people began to complain that they did not have water. As long as Miriam was alive, there was a rock that traveled along with the people and miraculously provided water. With her passing, the well dried up. This led to the complaints of the people and the episode of Moses hitting the rock.

It was only after Miriam’s passing that the people realized that the water they had throughout their travels was given to them in Miriam’s merit. From this we learn that the results of our actions are not always readily apparent. In Miriam’s case, it wasn’t until after her passing that the people realized in whose merit they had water. Similarly, when we try to improve ourselves or those around us, we won’t always see immediate results. Yet we are assured that every sincere effort is rewarded and will bear fruit.

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06/26/2026

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❦ Eliminating Egocentricity ❦

Having blessed the Jewish people three times, Balaam prophesied the fate of Balak’s people, as well as that of other nations, in the future. In these prophecies, he also mentioned how the Jewish people’s future king – the Messiah – would bring all humanity to serve G-d.

When he saw Amalek, he began to recite his parable, and said, “Amalek was the first of the nations, and his end will be everlasting destruction.” (Num. 24:20)

The Torah commanded the Jewish people to displace the seven Canaanite nations that occupied the Land of Israel: the Amorites,

the Hittites, the Perizites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, the Jebusites, and the Girgash*tes. Allegorically, these seven nations embodied the misdirected versions of our seven emotions (love, fear, mercy, trust, sincerity, fidelity, and lowliness). The commandment to conquer these seven nations is thus also a commandment to control our emotions, reorienting them toward their intended Divine focus.

Although Amalek was not one of these nations, the Torah here refers to them as their progenitor (“the first of the nations”). Amalek embodied egocentricity, which is the root of all the evil emotions. When a person is focused on himself, he loves the wrong things, fears the wrong things, is merciful to the wrong things, and so on. By meditating on Divinity properly, we can neutralize our self-centeredness. This, in turn, will cause our emotions to be properly directed.

—From Daily Wisdom available in-store and online at kehot dot org
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On the 13th of Tammuz of 1927, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, received the documents authorizing his release from a sentence of exile to Kastroma in the interior of Russia. The Rebbe was actually notified of his release on Tammuz 12, but since that day was a legal holiday, the Certificate of Release freeing him to travel home was issued only the next day. Thus both the 12th and 13th of Tammuz are celebrated as a "festival of liberation" by the Chabad-Lubavitch community. Tammuz 12 is also the birthday of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak.

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06/19/2026

Good Shabbos World! Candle lighting time in New York City for June 19, Parshas Korach is 8:12pm, Shabbos ends at 9:21pm.

❦ Miraculously Natural ❦

In order to demonstrate conclusively that He Himself had set apart the tribe of Levi from the rest of the people, G-d told Moses to take the staffs of the princes of each of the 12 tribes and place them next to the Ark in the inner chamber of the Tabernacle.

Moses did so, and Aaron’s staff miraculously sprouted almonds overnight, whereas the other staffs remained unchanged.

On the following day, Moses came into the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron’s staff for the house of Levi had blossomed. It gave forth blossoms, sprouted buds, and produced ripe almonds. (Num. 17:23)

Even though the fact that Aaron’s staff produced almonds overnight was an overt miracle, the natural process of flowering and fruiting was followed. This is because a miracle is more miraculous when it permeates the non-miraculous processes of nature.

A lesson here for us is that in performing our own “miracles,” i.e., in fulfilling our mission of revealing the Divine purpose behind creation, we should indeed act with the greatest alacrity (just as Aaron’s staff produced fruit miraculously quickly), but at the same time take care to follow the natural steps involved in achieving our goal. This will ensure that we reveal Divinity in all aspects of mundane life, even those that appear to function “by themselves,” i.e., according to the orderly processes of nature.

—From Daily Wisdom available in store and online at kehot dot org
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A deeper look at the wife On ben Pelet in honor of Parashas Korach. Excerpted from Kehot's new Eishet Chayil gift book. ...
06/19/2026

A deeper look at the wife On ben Pelet in honor of Parashas Korach.
Excerpted from Kehot's new Eishet Chayil gift book.
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On ben Pelet was among those who joined Korach’s rebellion.

Yet when the earth opened and swallowed the rebels, On is conspicuously absent.
What happened?

Fortunately for On, his wife was an Eishet Chayil. She told him that Korach’s cause was not driven by holiness and that, regardless of who won, On would gain nothing from the dispute.

Still, On worried that he would cave if Korach's followers came to recruit him. So she told him not to leave their home and prevented Korach's men from approaching.
She remains a timeless model of an Eishet Chayil—a woman who knew when to speak, how to act, and how to rescue a loved one from a destructive path.

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06/17/2026

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