Video: How to Treat a Rebel
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Pekudei. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How should one treat a rebellious person?
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10:00pm: Shloshim of Rabbi Yehoshua Gordon, OBM
Many hundreds are anticipated to attend the Shloshim Memorial Event paying tribute to the life and legacy of Rabbi Yehoshua B. Gordon, of blessed memory. The Shloshim will take place tonight at 7:00pm PST (10:00pm in New York), at the headquarters of Chabad of the Valley in Tarzana, CA, and thousands more will join online via live stream, which can be watched here on CrownHeights.info, courtesy of Chabad.org.
The Rebbe on that fateful day shortly before going to the Ohel, as Rabbi Yehudah Krinsky stands beside him.
Events of 27 Adar 1 Vividly Recounted
Today, the 27th of Adar I, marks the day the Rebbe suffered a stroke in 1992. The Rebbe’s personal secretary, Rabbi Yehudah Krinsky, described the events of that fateful day in vivid detail, which we share with our readers courtesy of Lubavitch Archives.
8:00pm: Are Women Inferior?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 106, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Are Women Inferior? Isn’t “Noshim Daaton Kaloh” derogatory? 12-Steps Continued; Is Resignation or Berating Oneself Ever Acceptable? What Does Tzimtzum Mean?
The site where Reb Pinchos Koritzer we buried. Shepetovka, Ukraine.
Weekly Story: “If he Said it, it is so”
Reb Pinchos Koritzer once called in one of his chassidim and instructed him to travel to certain cities and towns in order to raise money. At that time he also gave him a paper on which he wrote the names of chassidim, stating you should make sure to meet each one and inform them of the reason you are visiting on my behalf.
by Rabbi Sholom Avtzon
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe touching the ‘Poroches’ on his way out of 770, circa mid 1970s.
Letter & Spirit: Carrying the Mishkan Wherever We Go
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he gives insights about chinuch based on a talk of the Frierdiker Rebbe relating to the mishkan. The letter was written in English through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by the latter’s son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
Here’s My Story: Never on Friday!
A famed Israeli cantor, Dudu Fisher played the role of Jean Valjean in the musical Les Miserables in Tel Aviv, in New York and in London, where he performed for Queen Elizabeth. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in July of 2015.
Video: Utilizing Your Special Talent
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Vayakhel. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What should one do if he/she has a special talent?
Video: Why Bad Things Happen to Good People
A peek at the headlines invariably leads to that hardest of questions: If G-d is just, why do bad things happen to good people? Rabbi Manis Friedman offers surprising insights, perspectives, and paradigm changers in this video produced by Torah Cafe.
8:00pm: Is Resignation Ever Acceptable?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 105, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: 12 Step Program; Our G-d vs. Their G-d; Is Resignation Ever Acceptable? How to Remain Connected in a non-Jewish Environment?
Weekly Living Torah Video: More Than What’s Just Possible
During Rabbi Moshe Orenstein’s tenure as mayor of Bnei Brak, Israel, he came to visit the Rebbe. Of the two topics he discussed with the Rebbe, the Rebbe’s responses wren’t not expected in either. As he would so often do, the Rebbe used both issues raised as opportunities to convey life lessons.
Left: Reb Chaim Brisker. Right: The Rebbe Rashab.
Weekly Story: A Tale of Two Mountains
The students asked him, Rebbe you are the sar (Prince) of the Torah, why do you follow the Rebbe of Lubavitch, aren’t you daas haTorah?!
by Rabbi Sholom Avtzon
Rabbi Benny’s Weekly Torah Thought: The One With the Thank You
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo S. Lucas, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this week’s Parsha, Ki Tisa. This week Rabbi Benny answers the question: Why did G-d thank Moses for breaking the first set of Tablets? And if he had good reason for it, why did he wait an entire 40 days before thanking him?
Here’s My Story: From Flames to Riches
Rabbi Shloma Majeski is the principal of Machon Chana, a Chabad school in Brooklyn for college-age women who are new to the study of Torah. He was interviewed in the My Encounter Studio in August of 2015.
Boy’s Bar Mitzvah Footage with the Rebbe Goes Online
Rabbi Shalom Lubin is the Chabad Shliach to Parsippany, New Jersey. For years, he has had a video of his Bar Mitzvah by the Rebbe. Recently, recognizing the preciousness of such a clip, he generously shared the video with JEM.
Video: Doing a Mitzvah When Not in the Mood
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Ki Tisa. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Should a person do a Mitzvah if he/she is not in the mood?
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