Laws and Customs: The Nine Days
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of the Nine Days for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
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Here’s My Story: A Lubavitcher Chasid
Rabbi Dr. Herbert (Chaim Zev) Bomzer, a long-standing member of the Rabbinical Council of America and rabbi of the Young Israel of Ocean Parkway for 40 years, passed away in February of 2013. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in his home in Brooklyn in June of 2009.
The Rebbe during a visit to Camp Gan Yisroel in upstate New York.
The Rebbe’s Annual Call for Summertime Tznius
“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 began last summer a weekly article featuring a few words of the Rebbe on topic of Tznius, as compiled by Rabbi Seligson. We are proud to once again reintroduce this weekly feature, which will iy”h continue throughout the summer.
8:00pm: Abandoning Mitzvos in the Name of Therapy; Is this World Good or Bad? Rabbi’s Inappropriate Behavior; World to Come for Women
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 75, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Abandoning Mitzvot in the Name of Therapy; Is this World Good or Bad? Rabbi’s Inappropriate Behavior; World to Come for Women.
Weekly Living Torah Video: A Historic Exception
After coming to America in 1941, the Rebbe spent his every single day working tirelessly on behalf of the Jewish people from his office in 770 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn. On only three occasions did he leave New York City limits, each time to visit Camp Gan Israel in the Catskill Mountains, NY.
Halachic Analysis: Having a Goy Push Your Stroller on Shabbos
Rabbi Shlomo Segal, member of the Crown Heights Beis Din, addresses the following question: May one instruct a non-Jew on Shabbos to wheel a baby carriage in the street when the parents want to visit friends or family and eat the seudas Shabbos there or they wish to participate in a Bris, Bar Mitzva or something similar?
Here’s My Story: Sephardic Recordings
Mr. Josef (Joe) Cayre is a businessman, philanthropist and co-founder, along with his brothers, of GoodTimes Home Video. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in his home in Brooklyn in January of 2007.
Video: Living a Divinely Inspired Life
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Pinchas. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one live a divinely inspired life?
Halachic Analysis: Buying Clothes in the Three Weeks
Rabbi Levi Y. Garelik addresses the following question: Can one buy new clothing during the time between Shiva Asar Betamuz and Rosh Chodesh Menachem Av?
Story: The Tefillin and the Truck Driver
A lost pair of holocaust-survivor’s Tefilin, a garage sale in rural Nevada, a Jewish Jewish truck driver who never had a Bar Mitzvah, and an upscale Pesach retreat – all come together in this phenomenal story of Hashgacha Protis, which was printed in the latest edition of Mishpacha Magazine.
8:00pm: 17 Tammuz and The 3 Weeks; Are we Making a Difference? Mashpia, Friend and Spouse – Distinction? How to Achieve Ahavas Yisroel
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 74, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: 17 Tammuz and The 3 Weeks; Are we Making a Difference? Mashpia, Friend and Spouse – Distinction? How to Achieve Ahavas Yisroel.
Videos: The Rebbe and 17 Tammuz
In honor of the 17th of Tammuz, JEM has assembled a collection of clips featuring the Rebbe observing the fast and discussing the meaning of the day.
Weekly Living Torah Video: A Rebellious High Schooler and the Rebbe
In 1976, a young high schooler in Crown Heights felt the need to push back against the expectations and strictures of life as a Lubavitcher girl. The Rebbe’s sensitivity and approach to her predicament remain as topical and incisive now as ever – truly a guide to the perplexed. Today, Mrs. Mariashi Groner is the Co-director of Lubavitch of North Carolina and the Director of Charlotte Jewish Day School.
Home of Reb Zalman Vilenkin in Yekatrinoslav.
Here’s My Story: Childhood Teacher
Mrs. Raizel Goldberg lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York. She was interviewed in the My Encoutner studio in Brooklyn in November of 2013.
Laws and Customs: 17 Tammuz and the 3 Weeks
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of the fast of the 17th of Tammuz and the three weeks for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Video: Giving Advice with Care
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Balak. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How careful must one be when giving advice?
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Story: Dodging the Czar’s Draft
In honor of 12-13 Tammuz, the birthday and day of liberation of the Previous Rebbe, we present an inspiring story that occurred during the lifetime of his father, the Rebbe Rashab, written by renowned author Rabbi Sholom Dovber Avtzon.
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