If you follow My statutes and observe My commandments and perform them, I will give your rains in their time, the Land will yield its produce, and the tree of the field will give forth its fruit.

LEVITICUS (26:3-4)

אִם בְּחֻקֹּתַי בחוקותי תֵּלֵכוּ וְאֶת מִצְו‍ֹתַי תִּשְׁמְרוּ וַעֲשִׂיתֶם אֹתָם: וְנָתַתִּי גִשְׁמֵיכֶם בְּעִתָּם וְנָתְנָה הָאָרֶץ יְבוּלָהּ וְעֵץ הַשָּׂדֶה יִתֵּן פִּרְיוֹ

ויקרא כו:ג,ד

im b'-khu-ko-tai b'-khu-ko-tai tay-lay-khu v'-et mitz-vo-tai tish-m'-ru va-a-see-tem o-tam: v'-na-ta-tee gish-may-khem b'-i-tam v'-nat-na ha-a-retz y'-vu-la v'-aytz ha-sa-de yi-tayn pree-yo

Jerusalem Inspiration

Look closely at today's verse; are the blessings promised by God material or spiritual in nature? We see that only material rewards for abundant rain and food are noted, with no mention at all of earning spiritual merit for following God's word. Our Sages found this strange and explained it as follows: One who has food and security, and all of his needs met, will find it easier for continue fulfilling God's commandments, which clearly earns spiritual rewards as well. Join Colel Chabad, Israel's oldest charity, in bringing down blessings to the world and providing the poor of Israel with all their needs.

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Jerusalem Rain

Rain in Jerusalem is “our greatest joy and blessing.” Join reporter Yishai Fleisher as he strolls in the rain to capture the blessings of a fresh downpour in the streets of Jerusalem.

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Retreat Brings Joy for
100 Widows, 300 Orphans

For more than 300 children from around Israel, the idea of a happy Hanukkah following the loss of a parent to terror might have seemed like an impossibility. But through the generosity of Colel Chabad, that is just what occurred recently in Jerusalem.

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Jerusalem Daily Photo

A Jerusalem rainbow by Boruch Len. Today Jews around the world recite a prayer every time they see a rainbow, ‘Blessed art Thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe, Who remembers the Covenant, is faithful to His Covenant, and keeps His word.’

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Yesterday's Photo Trivia

Too easy? Yesterday's photo featured ke-ver Ra-khayl, the burial place of our Matriarch Rachel. Rachel was the only matriarch not buried in the cave of the Patriarchs as she passed away in childbirth amidst Jacob's travels. Tradition teaches that Jacob forsaw that Rachel would cry for her sons as thery were exiled from Jerusalem along the road that she is buried.

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