This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 32, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week, Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics of: Fleeing a Jewish Community, Is Israel Still the Safest Place, Alternative Medicine, Music, High Tuition, Being “Mekarev” the Opposite Gender.
With all recent events happening in Eretz Yisroel, JEM’s Living Torah team decided to put aside their regular programming and release a series of programs presenting some of the Rebbe’s views on key issues confronting the residents and leaders in Eretz Yisroel today, as well as his encouragement to the Jews living there.
When Kaiser Wilhelm sought to invade Belgium, he was reminded of the signed treaty agreements, of which his actions would be in blatant violation. Dourly brushing the matter aside the Kaiser declared: “We shall take Belgium! As for the treaties? We can trust the philosophers to supply the necessary explanations.”
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Shoftim. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What are our true qualities?
Today Rabbi Mottel and Chana Sharfstein of Crown Heights mark their 60th wedding anniversary. In honor of the occasion, CrownHeights.info presents the story of how the Rebbe guided Chana in finding her soul-mate, written by Rabbi Dovid Zaklikowski of Lubavitch Archives.
“Every year before the summer, generally at the Yud Bais Tammuz Farbrengen, the Rebbe would speak about Tznius”, says Oholei Torah Mashpia Rabbi Michoel Seligson. At his suggestion, CrownHeights.info presents a new 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 31, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week, Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics of: Rising Anti-Semitism, Tanya & Non-Jews, Muslim Fanaticism, Alternative Medicine, Yeshiva Tuition, Elul & Tishrei.
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of the month of Elul (up to but not including the week of Selichos) for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Do you find yourself totally befuddled by current events? Are you like so many others struggling to find some sort of context or perspective to the madness that’s taking over the world these days…The surge of anti-Semitism and the world’s support for blatant and egregious evil? Do you feel like it’s either you or two thirds of the world that has lost touch with reality? It’s not that you disagree with their position, which would be normal, it’s that you don’t even begin to relate to where their coming from.
“Every year before the summer, generally at the Yud Bais Tammuz Farbrengen, the Rebbe would speak about Tznius,” says Oholei Torah Mashpia Rabbi Michoel Seligson. At his suggestion, CrownHeights.info presents a new 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 – Re’eh. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Why are we faced with challenges?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 30, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week, Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics of: Responding to Israel Critique, Non-Jews, Preparing for Elul, Yeshiva Tuition, and Secular Studies.
Did you ever see a Jew run in to a store and head straight to the front of the line saying: “Excuse me; you’ll all have to wait while I take care of my business? You see I’m Jewish, you know it’s that ‘Chosen’ thing. Membership after all has its privileges.” Have you ever heard of a Jew paying less for something because of his special “Jew Discount”? (This, of course, should not be confused with our knack for bargaining). The answer is obviously no.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Eikev. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can we train our thought, speech and action to be pure and eternal?
“Every year before the summer, generally at the Yud Bais Tammuz Farbrengen, the Rebbe would speak about Tznius”, says Oholei Torah Mashpia Rabbi Michoel Seligson. At his suggestion, CrownHeights.info presents a new weekly feature for the summer months: a short thought of the Rebbe on tznius, as compiled by Rabbi Seligson.
In honor of the Yahrtzeit of Rabbi Yaakov Yehuda “J.J.” Hecht, we present the following tribute to his life and legacy, written by Hana Levi Julian.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 29, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week, Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics of: The response to anti-Semitism, negotiating with Arab world, serving in IDF and travel to Israel.
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