Chabad.org Weekly Magazine [ Shelach ] https://www.chabad.org/magazine/default.asp 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 2026, Chabad.org - Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center, all rights reserved. https://www.chabad.org/media/images/50/CtRx507451.gif 130 52 Chabad.org - Your source for Torah, Judaism and Jewish Information on the Web https://www.chabad.org Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:00:00 EST Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=7386937 By the Numbers: 10 Facts About the Jews of Brazil By Yehuda Altein https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=7386937 Brazil has an ancient Jewish presence and was home to the first synagogue and rabbi in all of the Americas! Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=7389290 Freeman Files: Pleasure: What It Is and How To Get It By Tzvi Freeman https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=7389290 Pleasure is an abandonment of the awareness that you are here, that you exist. Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=5977072 Quiz: Take the Spies Debacle Quiz By Menachem Posner https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=5977072 Dive into the biblical account of the spies and discover what you know. Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=7386936 Your Questions: Why No Blessing Before Giving Charity? By Yehuda Shurpin https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=7386936 Tzedakah is not merely an act of kindness; it is a Divine commandment and a cornerstone of Jewish life. Why, then, did the Sages not institute a blessing before its performance? Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=7322664 Your Questions: What Is the Seal of Solomon? By Motteleh Schusterman https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=7322664 Although the six-pointed star has Kabbalistic significance, its connection to a specific seal belonging to Solomon is dubious at best. Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=7392907 In the News: 100 Young Jewish Professionals Spend Weekend in Guatemala By Chabad.org Staff https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=7392907 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=7393553 In the News: Chabad.org Takes Home Three ‘Jewish Pulitzers’ By Chabad.org Staff https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=7393553 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=7387686 In the News: After 84 Years, Jewish WWII Soldier Finally Laid to Rest By Motti Wilhelm https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=7387686 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=7386944 Voices: The Man From Afghanistan By Mordechai (Motti) Rubin https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=7386944 “I’m Muslim,” he said. “I’m from Afghanistan. You’re Jewish. We help each other.” Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=7386939 Parshah: Are You Working Hard — or Too Hard? By Eliezer Shemtov https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=7386939 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=7386969 History: What Happened When Napoleon Offered a Jewish State in the Land of Israel By Yehudis Litvak https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=7386969 “Israelites, unique nation, whom, in thousands of years, lust of conquest and tyranny have been able to be deprived of their ancestral lands, but not of name and national existence!” Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:00:00 EST