Rabbi Mordechai Gutnick relates that his father, known as a powerful orator, once confided in the Rebbe that he wonders how much he is actually accomplishing with his speeches. The Rebbe’s advice to his father is something Rabbi Gutnick still uses today.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Noach. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Can one stray so far that he/she cannot return?
On the occasion of Reb Levi Yitzchok of Berditchov’s yahrzeit on the 25th of Tishrei, we present the following amazing personal story as related by a survivor of the holocaust, written by Rabbi Sholom Dovber Avtzon.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 39, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week, in a special post-holiday edition, Rabbi Jacobson will address the topic: How to avoid the hangover.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on the holiday of Simchas Torah. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can we be joyous even during challenging times?
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of Hoshanah Rabbah, Shmini Atzeres and Simchas Torah for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 38, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week, in a special pre-Simchas Torah Edition, Rabbi Jacobson will address the topic: What relevance does Simchas Torah have to my personal life?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on the holiday of Sukkos. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one attain the highest level of joy?
Being that today is the 13th of Tishrei, the Rebbe Maharash’s yahrtzeit, JEM compiled a collection of videos in which the Rebbe describes what we can learn from his life and legacy.
In honor of Yud Gimmel Tishrei, the yahrzeit of the Rebbe Maharash we asked Rabbi Sholom DovBer Avtzon, the author of the acclaimed Rebbeim Biography Series if he can share with us some insights into the life of the Rebbe Maharash. He graciously agreed to give us an unedited portion of his upcoming biography on the Rebbe Maharash.
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of Sukkos (up to – but not including – Hoshanah Rabbah), including the laws of building a Sukkah, for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 37, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week, in a special pre-Sukkos Edition, Rabbi Jacobson will address the topic: Why is joy so crucial, and how can one access it when feeling down?
Rabbi Avrohom Brashevitzky, Shliach to Doral, FL, takes a trip down memory lane in this pre-Yom Kippur essay on the unrivaled experience of spending Tishrei in Crown Heights, which he opted to share with the readers of CrownHeights.info.
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of Kapparos, Erev Yom Kippur and Yom Kippur for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on Yom Kippur. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one learn to forgive?
Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson, a feminine role model of Jewish activism and proponent of Jewish scholarship, mother of the Lubavitcher Rebbe and wife of Rabbi Levi Yitzchok, is being remembered today, on her 50th yahrzeit.
For many years, Rabbi Col. Fishel Jacobs has served as Chabad’s emissary to Israel’s prisons, where he visits incarcerated Jews and provides them with refreshments, words of encouragement and the opportunity to perform several Mitzvos. The following is an excerpt from his soon-to-be-released memoir, titled Coffee Melts Bars, in which he recounts a Yom Kippur encounter with a hulking middle-aged Russian-Jewish convict named Boris.
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