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 https://www.chabad.org Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:00:00 EST Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=7322663 https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=7322663 Played across cultures and continents by children, grandmasters, and everyone in between, it has captured the attention of Jewish minds across the ages. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=5501803 https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=5501803 Nine questions to see how well you know the Jewish month of Iyar. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=7331831 https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=7331831 This week marks 50 years since the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, launched the “12 Pesukim” initiative. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=3502321 https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=3502321 Even when our compass or map shows that Jerusalem is to the east of our location, we still may end up facing another direction. Sounds confusing? Let’s start from the beginning. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=142444 https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=142444 If we are a religion, then some Jews are more Jewish, others less Jewish, and many not at all. Perhaps nothing has been as detrimental to the Jewish people as the modern idea that Judaism is a religion. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=7322665 https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=7322665 Practically, a Kohen must be careful not to become ritually impure through exposure to a dead body. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=7331021 https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=7331021 The tefillin he once put on in hiding, he now checked and treasured for a new generation of committed young men. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=378835 https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=378835 Should we clone people? Is there such a thing as a life not worth living? When is it correct to go to war? But the real question is: on what biases do we answer these ethical dilemmas? Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:00:00 EST