Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe introducing his aide, Dr. Nissan Mindel (right), to Israel’s President Zalman Shazar in 1966.
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Here’s My Story: ‘Go Ahead with the Procedure’
Rabbi Avrum Kowalsky learned in Ner Israel in Baltimore with Rabbi Zalman Ruderman for eleven years and presently gives Torah classes in Jerusalem where he resides. He was interviewed for JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in his home in March of 2014.
Video: How to Be Always Happy
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Tzav. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one be always happy?
Yehuda Avner shakes the Rebbe's hand during prime minister Menachem Begin's meeting with him.
Video: ‘I Give You the Match’
Ambassador Yehuda Avner, who passed away this morning, served on the personal staff of five Israeli Prime Ministers. In 1977, after meeting with President Jimmy Carter at Camp David, Menachem Begin sent him to report to the Rebbe.
Laws and Customs: Nissan and Pesach
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of the month of Nissan and the Yomtov of Pesach for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
8:00pm: MyLife Essay Winners; Interpreting Dreams; Non-Lubavitch Customs; Daily Learning Challenges
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 61, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: MyLife Essay Winners; Interpreting Dreams; Non-Lubavitch Customs; Daily Learning Challenges.
Beis Nissan: Yahrtzeit of the Rebbe Rashab
Today, Beis Nissan, marks the Yahrtzeit of the fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneersohn (“Rashab”), who passed away in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, in 1920.
Weekly Living Torah Video: Sending Matzos to Israel
The Rebbe separates challah from baked matzos and oversees as they are packed and sent off to the Holy Land. 7 Nissan, 5747 – April 6, 1987.
Here’s My Story: Deeply Involved in all the Details
Mrs. Sarah Esther Feigelstock has been a Shlucha in Montreal since 1945 and is a teacher of chasidic thought in Montreal for over 40 years. She was interviewed in her home for JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in July of 2010.
Video: What Is Unconditional Love?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Vayikra. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How does one practice unconditional love?
Today: Birthday of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka
Today, the 25th of Adar, is the birthday of Rebbetzin Chaya (Moussia) Mushka Schneerson, OBM, wife of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, OBM.
8:00pm: Latest Untimely Deaths; Incompatibility in Marriage
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 60, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Latest Untimely Deaths; Observance Incompatibility in Marriage; Gender Change; Am I Enabling My Errant Friend?
Here’s My Story: ‘It Should Be Better and Better’
Rabbi Shlomo Besser, an activist dedicated to preserving the Jewish cemeteries of Eastern Europe, succeeded his father as the rabbi of Congregation Bnei Israel Chaim on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He was interviewed for JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in his parents’ home in July of 2014.
Video: Why Do We Need a Rebbe?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Vayakhel-Pikudei. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Why do we need a Rebbe?
8:00pm: Healthy Intimacy; Racism and Prejudice
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 59, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Healthy Intimacy; Racism and Prejudice; Discussing Finances with Children.
Here’s My Story: Shalom Aleichem
Rabbi Yonasan Wiener teaches at Yeshiva Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem, where he is in charge of the rabbinic ordination program. He was interviewed for JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in his home in August of 2014.
Rebbe to Netanyahu in 1988: I Had Much Satisfaction from Your Speech; Don’t Be Intimidated
In April of 1988, newly-elected Knesset Member Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Rebbe. The Rebbe said to him: “I had much satisfaction from your first speech in the Knesset. Continue along this approach, for it is the best path to avoid war. You will have to struggle with 119 others in the Knesset, but surely you won’t be intimidated, because G-d is on this side.”
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