This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 88, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: What Defines a Shliach? Our Stance on Israel; Why Not Appoint a New Rebbe? Continued; Advice to a Journeyer; What does Bechinah Mean?
A video of rare footage showing the Rebbe as he walks to and from the Chabad library next door to 770 in 1985 was recently obtained by JEM, who edited and released it for the community to view. One of the children seen in the footage is Rabbi Mendy Krinsky, who narrates the video.
The Rebbe Maharash had a simple chossid who would pay a visit to the Rebbe in Lubavitch every so often. Once, during yechidus, the Rebbe told him to buy a Chumash with teitch (Yiddish translation) and begin studying it.
Mr. Elimelech Leiman was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in his Jerusalem home in May of 2011.
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo S. Lucas, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this weeks Parasha, Vayeira.
Yeshiva World News today published the following story of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, which was excerpted with permission from Torah Tavlin vol. 3, a collection of stories and sayings, wit and wisdom from Torah leaders by Rabbi Dovid Hoffman.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Vayeira. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is the purpose of doing a Mitzvah when you are not in the mood?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 87, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Why Don’t We Appoint a New Rebbe? Role Models that Disappoint; The Centennial of 16 Cheshvan 1915-2015.
After asking the Rebbe for business advice, Mr. and Mrs. Azar requested a blessing for wealth. Along with a “double portion of blessing,” they received a fundamental lesson in the life of a Jew. The wherewithal is accessible, we just need to tap into it and use it for the good.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe entering a Machane Yisroel Development Fund meeting.
Mrs. Tzivia Jacobson is the wife of the late Gershon Jacobson, the founder, publisher and editor of the Algemeiner Journal. She was interviewed twice in the My Encounter Studio in December, 2014 and January, 2015.
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo S. Lucas, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this weeks Parasha, Lech Lecha.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Lech Lecha. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can we experience miracles?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 86, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Baal Tshuva Discrimination; Family Planning; Should Past Experiences Affect Dating? Marital Advice; A Moody or Unstable Spouse.
Rabbi Aharon Eliezer Ceitlin, OBM, who passed away on Thursday at the age of 62, was a member of the fourth Kevutzah of Shluchim to spend two years as the Rebbe’s Shluchim to the Yeshivah Gedolah in Melbourne, Australia. He related the following event which began unfolding when he embarked on this Shlichus. It was transcribed by Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedolah of Melbourne, who heard it from Rabbi Ceitlin at a Farbrengen, and later shared the transcription with him to review for accuracy.
Rabbi Aharon Eliezer Ceitlin, OBM, who passed away yesterday at the age of 62, related the following story that he experienced while on Shlichus in Erezt Yisroel during the Lebanon war in 1982. The story was transcribed by Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedolah of Melbourne, who heard it from Rabbi Ceitlin at a Farbrengen, and later shared the transcription with him to review for accuracy.
Quoting from the midrash, Rashi (possuk 5 of chapter 7) notes that Noach only entered the Teva when the rains began pouring down. That is proof that Noach himself was somewhat skeptical about the flood and only when he actually saw it, did he enter the Teva.
