http://www.capitalchabad.com/magazine/default.asp?aid=765813 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, 16 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.capitalchabad.com/article.asp?aid=735323 http://www.capitalchabad.com/article.asp?aid=735323 While I was deployed to Iraq, a lone Jewish Marine Corps Officer among hundreds of Iraqi soldiers in a remote region of the Syrian border, I had to live with keeping my religious identity to myself. I couldn't even have "Jewish" on my dog-tags Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.capitalchabad.com/article.asp?aid=746303 http://www.capitalchabad.com/article.asp?aid=746303 Call me stubborn. Call me contrary. But I refuse to believe that there is anywhere in the world without a site or two of Jewish interest... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.capitalchabad.com/article.asp?aid=765821 http://www.capitalchabad.com/article.asp?aid=765821 What makes a person loveable? Being "loveable" is relatively easy to achieve during the dating process but becomes much more difficult a few weeks after the marriage... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.capitalchabad.com/article.asp?aid=3174 http://www.capitalchabad.com/article.asp?aid=3174 A bit about death, a lot about marriage and the art of storytelling. Also: 400 shekels, 10 camels, two bracelets and a ring, a third wife and six more sons -- in this week's Torah reading of Chayei Sarah Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.capitalchabad.com/article.asp?aid=215522 http://www.capitalchabad.com/article.asp?aid=215522 Oedipus, schmoedipus! When the Torah tells us that when Isaac married Rebecca and brought her home, "behold, it was Sarah, his mother" -- it means something else entirely Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.capitalchabad.com/article.asp?aid=217082 http://www.capitalchabad.com/article.asp?aid=217082 "Love at first sight" is a monumental <i>bobba meise</i> Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.capitalchabad.com/article.asp?aid=328234 http://www.capitalchabad.com/article.asp?aid=328234 The death of Sarah, Abraham's negotiations with the Hittites for a "plot" of land, and the 400 pieces of silver paid for it -- as played out in the inner dynamics of our psyche and soul Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.capitalchabad.com/article.asp?aid=482092 http://www.capitalchabad.com/article.asp?aid=482092 Eliezer gave Rebecca a ring, betrothing her to Isaac; ever since, rings, circles and enveloping structures have facilitated the union of man and woman. The Kabbalistic masters delve into the mystery of the circle to understand the unifying force that violates all the laws of ego and identity Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.capitalchabad.com/article.asp?aid=764784 http://www.capitalchabad.com/article.asp?aid=764784 The cancer had returned after only five years. This time, Meryl chose to undergo a double mastectomy, in addition to chemotherapy and reconstructive surgery. It was the one choice that Meryl feels gave her the best chance at survival, and she has never had any regrets... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.capitalchabad.com/article.asp?aid=765186 http://www.capitalchabad.com/article.asp?aid=765186 She fled into the desert with her husband, Abraham, to live a comparatively monastic existence as a nomadic tent-dweller and preacher of the One G‑d. Why would a cosmo-girl like Sarah do a crazy thing like that? Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.capitalchabad.com/article.asp?aid=763443 http://www.capitalchabad.com/article.asp?aid=763443 I don't know anyone who isn't injured in some way Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST