Here’s My Story: A Successful Conference
Sam Orelowitz was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in his home in Johannesburg, South Africa, in August of 2014.
Rabbi Benny’s Weekly Torah Thought: The One With King Phar-Phar
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo S. Lucas, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this week’s Parasha, Va’eira. This week Rabbi Benny answers the question: Why didn’t Pharaoh’s magicians show up to challenge Moses and Aaron during the sixth plague of boils? What special act did Moses do to totally baffle and silence them? And what lesson do we learn from it in our lives?
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 – Va’eira. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Should one do a Mitzvah if they’re not in the mood?
8:00pm: Healthy Outlets for Teenage Boys
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 97, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Women of the Wall; Healthy Outlets for Teenage Boys; Tzniyus; Finding Your Life’s Purpose; Hair.
Weekly Living Torah Video: A Niggun of Joy
This week’s Living Torah is themed around the upcoming Yom Histalkus of the Alter Rebbe, Chof Daled Teves. In the Sicha, the Rebbe expounds on some striking similarities between the Alter Rebbe and the Rambam, whose Yahrtzeit we commemorate this week as well, on Chof Teves.
Weekly Story: A Farbrengen Is the Greatest Antidote
“I am moving to another city; Rebbe how do I make sure that over the course of years, my hislahavus and brenn doesn’t cool off?” the Chosid asked the heilike Ruzhiner.
by Rabbi Sholom Avtzon
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe saying L’chaim with Reb Avraham Parhsan in between Sichos at a mid-1970s Farbrengen.
Here’s My Story: Ariel Sharon’s Missed Flight
Rabbi Zev Segal (1917–2008) served for 33 years as the rabbi of the Young Israel of Newark. He held various leadership positions with the Rabbinical Council of America, including that of president from 1968 to 1971. After his retirement from the rabbinate, he devoted most of his time to working for Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in May of 2007.
Rabbi Benny’s Torah Thought: The One With the Tourist
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo S. Lucas, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this week’s Parasha, Shemot. This week Rabbi Benny answers the question: If Moses and Aaron weren’t enslaved to Pharaoh, then why didn’t they just enjoy their own freedoms and stop sticking their nose into Egyptian politics?
Video: What’s the Origin of the Name Mendel?
Sefer Shemos begins with again listing the names of the Yaakov’s children. Explore the importance and influence of a name, and other intriguing curios on Jewish names. For example, why don’t we find reference to anyone being named Gad and Asher – names from the Shevatim – throughout the entire era of Mishnah and Gemarah? Rabbi Mendel Kaplan even shares a compelling theory on the origin and meaning of the name Mendel.
Video: When Someone Else Is in Trouble
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Shemos. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What should your attitude be when someone else is in trouble?
The Rebbe in a Streimel?
Several decades ago, the veteran Chosid and talented artist Reb Hendel Lieberman, OBM, painted the above picture of the Rebbe leading a Farbrengen in 770, surrounded by hundreds of Chassidim. The painting seems innocuous, save for one unique detail: the Rebbe is wearing a Streimel.
8:00pm: Can We Have More than One Rebbe?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 96, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Friend Dating Non-Jew; Hair Covering Cont‘d; Can We Have More than One Rebbe? Children: How Do We Know That Our Faith is the Truth? Climate Change.
Video: Antisemitism on Campus
“Antisemitism on Campus” is a talk given by Rabbi Dov Greenberg as part of a fast-paced JLI session called “Ten Talks” featuring 10 short powertalks from 10 inspiring speakers, showcasing important ideas that change attitudes, lives, and, ultimately, the world.
Weekly Story: The Rebbe Does a Favor in Return
The KGB interrogator just smiled and said, “We have ways of arranging accidents on the road and the American officials will find you dead from a car accident and everyone will think that you were driving too fast on unfamiliar roads, or something like that, and that sometimes accidents happen.”
by Rabbi Sholom Avtzon
Weekly Living Torah Video: Spiritual Hunger
This week’s Living Torah video is of a sicha delivered to the boys and girls at a children’s rally. It’s amazing to witness the passion with which the Rebbe speaks to the children; while some would think of an address to young kids as an afterthought, the Rebbe clearly attached great importance to such events.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe handing dollars to ‘tankist’ Reb Chaim Tashkenter to distribute to others doing Mivtzoim. The second photo is of the crowd at that same Farbrengen. Can you identify anyone else at the Farbrengen?
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