In honor of Chof Menachem Av, the yahrtzeit of Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Schneerson, the Rebbe’s father, Rabbi Levi Gorelik talks about his personal interactions with the Rebbe regarding his parents. He talks about the time when the Rebbe asked him: “And whom are you named after?” and when the Rebbe said “Thank you for coming to the yahrtzeit.”
“Prior to the summer, the Rebbe would – almost annually – discuss the topic of Tznius,” says Crown Heights Mashpia Rabbi Michoel Seligson. At his suggestion, CrownHeights.info presents a weekly feature for the summer months: a short thought of the Rebbe on tznius, as compiled by Rabbi Seligson.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 78, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: What Defines “Frum”? Parents’ Reputation vs. Child’s Wellbeing? How to Practically Explain the “Four Worlds.”
Reb Gedaliah Mazal witnessed the arrival of the Rebbe’s father, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, in Khazakhstan. He had been exiled there by the Soviets for the crime of spreading Yiddishkeit, but defiantly continued to speak out against the evil regime.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a photo of the Rebbe in conversation during Kos Shel Bracha, circa early 1960s.
Rabbi Eliezer (Leizer) Laine lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York. He was interviewed in JEM’s My Encounter studio in August of 2014.
“Prior to the summer, the Rebbe would – almost annually – discuss the topic of Tznius,” says Crown Heights Mashpia Rabbi Michoel Seligson. At his suggestion, CrownHeights.info presents a weekly feature for the summer months: a short thought of the Rebbe on tznius, as compiled by Rabbi Seligson.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Va’eschanan. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is the key to the success of the Jewish People?
Lieba Rudolph, a well-known writer and longtime member of the Chabad community in Pittsburgh, wrote the following inspiring story of Hashgacha Protis on her personal blog, Pondering Jew, describing a chance encounter she had with a relative of hers, celebrity actress Maya Rudolph, at a car wash in Los Angeles.
When the flames rose to their highest, Moshiach was born. This is how the closing hours of Tisha B’Av are described. Ostensibly, the 9th of Av is the darkest day of the year. Chassidus however uncovers the soul of this day, revealing its enormous energy and how it contains the seeds to be the brightest day of the year. To better understand this powerful idea and tap into the final potent moments of Tisha B’Av, tune in this Sunday at 8-9pm EST to the live broadcast of MyLife Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson. Discover how the paradox of the 9th of Av – and its aftermath – offers us the original and ultimate healing system; a 1947 year old time-tested system that teaches us how to grow through loss, build after destruction, and thrive despite any wound or trauma.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe during the distribution of dollars in the large Shul of 770, taken in the early 1990s.
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of Shabbos Chazon and Tishah B’Av for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Rabbi Azriel Chaikin has been the Rebbe’s emissary in Morocco, Scandinavia, Belgium and Ukraine since 1955. He was interviewed three times in JEM’s My Encounter Studio, once in 2010 and twice in 2015.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Devarim. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one love all people?
“Prior to the summer, the Rebbe would – almost annually – discuss the topic of Tznius,” says Crown Heights Mashpia Rabbi Michoel Seligson. At his suggestion, CrownHeights.info presents a weekly feature for the summer months: a short thought of the Rebbe on tznius, as compiled by Rabbi Seligson.
Chabad.org is once again proud to partner with the NCFJE, which has been broadcasting live siyumim on the radio for over thirty years, to bring you live broadcasts of daily siyumim for the nine days.
Rabbi Moshe Wiener, author of the Sefer Hadras Ponim Zokon on the Halachic prohibition of cutting one’s beard, send us the following letter from the Rebbe to the directors of a summer camp who asked whether it was okay to hire a staff-member who cut his beard.
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