On his first Shabbos mevorchim in 770, the bochur was sitting in his place before 8:00 in the morning and studying a maamar. At 8:00, a member of the hanhalah came over to him and said, now is time for saying Tehillim. While this bothered him, he dutifully listened to what he was told to do.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique pair of photos of the Rebbe during yechidus, circa 1970s.
Mrs. Chana Sharfstein is a noted author, educator and tour guide. During March of 2014 her daughter, Zlata Ester, passed away at the age of 53. Mrs. Sharfstein published Zlata’s Story, a book describing the experiences of a mother raising an autistic daughter. She was interviewed in the My Encounter Studio in April of 2014.
Legendary Mashpia Reb Mendel Futerfas sits with several students at Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Kfar Chabad, Israel. Can you identify anyone else in the photo, or what year it was taken?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Acharei. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is the purpose of every spiritual journey?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 112, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Do All My Questions Have Answers? Does Judaism Encourage or Discourage Questions? How Can I Maintain My ‘Holiday High’? Is It Possible That My Child Doesn’t Need Friends? When, If Ever, Is the Onus of Providing Financially on the Woman?
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of Sefiras Ha’omer for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
As soon as the innkeeper heard his request, his friendly expression disappeared and he began berating the poor person for thinking that other people who work are obligated to help him. Why, you are many years younger than me, you look healthy and strong. Hire yourself out as a porter or manual worker and you can earn some money in an honest way. No, I will not give you even the smallest coin. Because if people give you handouts, you will remain lazy your entire life and will remain a beggar. No, go get a job and become something!
A former Knesset member, Rabbi Yehoshua Pollak served as Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem for 12 years. Now retired from public service, he resides in Jerusalem, where he was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in February of 2016.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on the holiday of Passover. Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can we achieve great miracles in our lives?
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe in a Yechidus with the two Israeli Chief Rabbis, Rabbis Mordechai Eliyahu and Avraham Shapira, 1989. Two years earlier, the Rebbe encouraged the chief rabbis to conduct large public seders, “There is a need to make an effort that all four children should sit at the Seder table, including those that the entire year are far from observing anything Jewish.”
From the Safer Haminhagim: Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, one reads the passage that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan.
Rabbi David Golowinski is an authority in the field of Kosher supervision. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in Bal Harbour, Florida in April of 2011.
Rabbi Dov Yona Korn of Chabad on Campus at NYU shares his wisdom, inspiration and wit on the holiday of Pesach.
The Bais Din of Crown Heights has released a comprehensive review of the Halachos, Minhagim and Zmanim for the upcoming Yom Tov of Pesach for the benefit of the community.
In honor of Yud Alef Nissan, we present a collection of rare color photographs from a Farbrengen in the 1960s. Obtained by Lubavitch Archives from two collections, one on the East Coast and the other on the West Coast of the United States, they are of the few known color photos from the Rebbe from those years.
As part of the #HappyBirthdayRebbe campaign, Los Angeles writer and educator Rabbi Sholom Kesselman tweeted ten things the Rebbe taught him.
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