Weekly Living Torah Video: A Hakhel Special
JEM offers a special presentation in this week’s Living Torah, all centered around the Rebbe’s focus on Hakhel.
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The following is a story/thought that I heard last week in one of the many farbrengens that was going on in conjunction to the Kimus Hashluchim.
Weekly Story: To Which Part Are You Part Of?
The following is a story/thought that I heard last week in one of the many farbrengens that was going on in conjunction to the Kimus Hashluchim.
by Rabbi Sholom Avtzon
Videos: The Story of Rosh Chodesh Kislev
JEM has released a collection of videos in connection with Rosh Chodesh Kislev, the day the Rebbe fully recovered from a serious heart attack in 5738 (1977).
Letter & Spirit: The Case for Public Menorah Lightings
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, we present a letter from the Rebbe in response to criticism of the Rebbe’s successful initiative to have public Menorah lightings in cities all over the world. 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.
Rabbi Benny’s Weekly Torah Thought: Plastic Surgery
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo S. Lucas, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this week’s Parasha, Toldos. This week Rabbi Benny answers the questions: Why does the Torah wait until Isaac is 60 years old to mention the miraculous “face-change” that G-d gave him, making him resemble his father Abraham? And what does it have to do with us?
Here’s My Story: ‘Far Above Medical School’
Susan Blauner is the Director of Operations for the Saving Lives Drug and Alcohol Coalition and the Executive Director of Prevention Outreach for Evolve Treatment Centers. She was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project at the Chabad of the Valley in Encino, CA, in 2011.
Profile in Courage: The Tzadik of Leningrad
Rabbi Yitzchak Kogan knows the lay of the land in a land where knowing was dangerous. He did what needed to be done even when doing was verboten. A crackerjack on the KGB playing fields, he learned early to tell the good from the bad, to dodge informers and keep one step ahead of the enemy. Today, his years of hard experience in the chokehold of Soviet Russia behind him, he evinces a largeness of spirit and a deep self-knowing.
Video: Attaining the Greatest Level of Joy
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Toldos. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one attain the greatest level of Joy?
Lubavitcher Rebbe: The Ultimate Entrepreneur
Writing for Forbes, successful startup businessman Zalmi Duchman paints a profile of his greatest entrepreneurial inspiration: the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
8:00pm: Declining a Handshake like a Chossid; Attending Pro-Israel Events; What Will the Messianic Times Look Like? The Rebbe’s Contribution to Chassidus
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 89, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Declining a Handshake like a Chossid; Attending Pro-Israel Events; What Will the Messianic Times Look Like? The Rebbe’s Contribution to Chassidus.
Weekly Story: The Rebbe Cried with Them
Once when a chossid (the person who told me this story believes it was Reb Chaim Gutnik of Australia) entered the Rebbe’s room for a yechidus, he was startled to see that the Rebbe’s eyes were closed, and it was discernible that there were tears coming out from the Rebbe’s eyes.
by Rabbi Sholom Avtzon
Song Encourages Jews to ‘Bring Out the Light’
Released just in time for the International Kinus Hashluchim, ‘Bring Out the Light’ is the title track from singer Menachem Levy‘s debut album.
Here’s My Story: Special ‘Guests’ of Honor
Rabbi Asher Zeilingold has served the Adath Israel Congregation of St. Paul, Minnesota since 1966. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in Brooklyn in February of 2011.
Video: Highlights of Oholei Torah Reunions (Pt. 3)
As the International Kinus Hashluchim begins, the Oholei Torah Archive Office is pleased to share the third video in a series of highlights from the alumni reunions held over the past 20 years.
Rabbi Benny’s Weekly Torah Thought: The One for Old Geezers
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo S. Lucas, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this weeks Parasha, Chayei Sarah. This week, Rabbi Benny answers the question: After describing Avraham as “old and coming into his days” in last week’s Torah portion, why does the Torah repeat the same phrase again, 37 years later?
Video: How Do You Know When Something Is Holy?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Chayei Sarah. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How do you know when something is Holy?
Today, Monday, the 20th day of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan, marks the 155th anniversary of the birth of visionary Jewish leader and Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom Dovber Schneersohn. Though he lived only to age 59, he served as a noted leader for the largely rural Jewish communities throughout the expanses of the Russian Empire, guiding their transition to life in the modern era. During his life, he fought the oppression of both the Czarist and Bolshevik regimes as well as the tides of assimilation corroding traditional Jewish life.
Celebrating the Rebbe Rashab’s Birthday and Legacy
Today, Monday, the 20th day of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan, marks the 155th anniversary of the birth of visionary Jewish leader and Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom Dovber Schneersohn. Though he lived only to age 59, he served as a noted leader for the largely rural Jewish communities throughout the expanses of the Russian Empire, guiding their transition to life in the modern era. During his life, he fought the oppression of both the Czarist and Bolshevik regimes as well as the tides of assimilation corroding traditional Jewish life.
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