Reminder: Don’t Forget to Make an Eruv Tavshilin

It is forbidden on a holiday to do any act in preparation for the following day, even if the following day is Shabbat. However, the sages created a halachic device, called an eruv tavshilin, which allows one to cook food on a holiday day for use on a Shabbat that immediately follows it.

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The Rebbe on the Passing of a Loved One

In honor of the Rebbe’s birthday, we present two stories of the Rebbe from the recently published Advice for Life: From Life to Life, published by Rabbi Dovid Zaklikowski of Hasidic Archives. The publication, the first of its kind in English, compiles the Rebbe’s teachings on life after death, it covers such topics as the soul, comforting, mourning, memorializing, the comforter, kaddish and yartzeit.

Videos: Yud Aleph Nissan with the Rebbe

In honor of Yud Aleph Nissan, the Rebbe’s 113th birthday, we present a collection of videos of the Rebbe on this auspicious day, including newly-discovered film of a Farbrengen in 1976, courtesy of JEM.

8:00pm: Rebbe, Faith, Making the Seder Meaningful and Seudas Moshiach

This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 62, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week, in a MyLife Yud Alef Nissan and Passover Special, Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Rebbe, Faith, Making the Seder Meaningful, Seudas Moshiach and More. Plus: New Segment – Essay Analysis and a Surprise Announcement.