Ahead of Simchas Torah celebrations, Rochi Bell laments the "excessive l'chaim behaviors some of our youth are being taught." Full Story
My First Shabbos… In Prison
From the COLlive inbox: A Chabad bochur recounts an emotional moment from spending the first Shabbos of 5775 in prison. Full Story
Kapparos On Our Wallets
Op-Ed by a member of an out-of-town Anash community: Is it really a Mitzvah or obligation to line some Yid's pockets with money on the account of simple, poor, well meaning Jews? Full Story
8 Blessings I Received In Prison
A former inmate writes about being helped by a Chabad organization he would regularly donate to, but never knew its importance. Full Story
Memories of Tekios by the Rebbe
A Shlucha remembers what it was like to cram into 770 with thousands of others to witness the Rebbe blowing Shofar on Rosh Hashana: "The sound seemed to shatter all mechitzos, to uplift yet break the heart in one moment, with the cry 'Tatte!'" Full Story
Living It Up In the Seminary Years
From the COLlive inbox: A Chabad mother now looks back at her seminary years in Israel and see one aspect in a whole new light. Full Story
A Girl’s Advice to Bochurim
A girl responds to the controversial open letter from a bochur on what guys want in a wife, with some advice of her own. Full Story
Your Effort Makes a Difference
Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz, Shliach in Temecula, California, finds a lesson for relationships and Rosh Hashana from this week's parsha. Full Story
Our Miraculous Wedding Day
From the COLlive Inbox: Rafael and Sarah (nee Procaccia) Cohen, who were married last Friday after their wedding was delayed due to a Visa issue, tell what they learned from the experience. Full Story
A Bochur’s Advice to Girls
From the COLlive inbox: A Yeshiva bochur writes a frank and open letter to girls his age and states the one thing guys want in a wife. Full Story
The Real Problem with High Tuition
Op-Ed: A NY tax lawyer writes that the real source of the tuition problems which religious schools face is the attitude of school administrations. Full Story
A Girls School That I Recommend
From the COLlive inbox: A mother of a teenager recommends a Crown Heights school if your daughter didn't find one yet. Full Story
Kashrus Switch Changed My Life
From the COLlive inbox: A woman says a change she has done in her kashrus eating resulted in wonders for her body. Full Story
My Son Still Has No Yeshiva
From the COLlive inbox: Yeshiva starts in two weeks, and as of this writing, our son has not been accepted in any Yeshiva. Full Story
“No One Tells Me How to Dress”
Op-Ed: "I am a woman and women should not be oppressed – we are free to express ourselves through our way of dressing...I make my own choices." Full Story
Anorexia On Our Doorstep
From the COLlive inbox: Parents were shocked to discover their daughter is anorexic and wish the seminary was alert to the danger. Full Story
Front Lines Vs. Headlines
Op-Ed: We must ask ourselves, what's gained by spending hours to constantly seek updates on the situation in Israel. Full Story
This Shabbos, Avoid the Choir
From the COLlive inbox: A faux custom to chant a single word from this week's Parshah should not be allowed in Chabad shuls. Full Story
Then, Now: Moment with the Rebbe
As a Shliach from Canada was standing in line to go into the Ohel on Gimmel Tammuz, he recalled a moment with the Rebbe. Full Story
What Shluchim’s Kids Taught Me
Returning from a trip to Paraguay, lecturer Dr. David Nesenoff reflects on the children of Shluchim he has met in his travels. Full Story
Dear Bochur, Sorry
From the COLlive Inbox: "I may have fed into some of the blind stereotyping characteristic of ignorance and prejudice, thinking Yeshiva boys are all the same..." Full Story
Some Stuff Should Remain Private
Op-Ed: Sometimes when men and women comment together on Facebook and Instagram it feels wrong; it feels like an inappropriate social event. Full Story
What Mekushar, When Mekushar
When California Shliach Shimon Posner was asked about his hiskashrus, he was taken aback. But then he remembered a story from 1949. Full Story
The Rebbe I Knew
Op-Ed by Yanky Kramer: The recently published books about the Rebbe cannot give you the fire; the kedushah, the battle for only the most pure yiddishkeit. Full Story
Three Chairs to Fill…
Op-Ed: The search for the 3 students kidnapped in Israel 10 days ago left many feeling paralyzed, and yet others galvanized. Full Story