“Prior to the summer, the Rebbe would – almost annually – discuss the topic of Tznius,” says Oholei Torah Mashpia Rabbi Michoel Seligson. At his suggestion, CrownHeights.info proudly presents a new weekly feature for the summer months, in which a few words of the Rebbe on topic of Tznius will be presented for our readers, as compiled by Rabbi Seligson.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Masei. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one make this world into G-d’s home?
Yoel Brill, former director of the Rofeh Cholim Cancer Society (RCCS) and founder of A Hope to Heal, related the following story he experienced last night while visiting the Rebbe’s Ohel in anticipation of tonight’s RCCS barbecue in Flatbush
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 26, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week, Rabbi Jacobson will explain his decision to tackle a number of controversial topics in recent episodes, and why some things can’t be brushed under the carpet.
A fascinating story of Hashgacha Protis occurred to Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, and his family while they were visiting Moscow this week, which he shared with CrownHeights.info and our readers.
There is a famous adage that says: “All is fair in love and war.” Well maybe so but not for the Jew, it appears. Then again, nothing about the Jew is normal, so why should the rules of war be any different? Israel apparently, is meant to protect itself and attain security by a different set of rules than the rest of the world.
The Rebbe Speaks to Major General Yosef Ben Chanan, Commander of the IDF Armored Corp, on 21 Iyar, 5748 (May 8, 1988).
At a recent Shiur, Crown Heights Mashpia Rabbi Michoel Seligson quoted a Sicha of the Rebbe, in which he says that women observing the laws of Tznius protect the Jewish people in the land of Israel from harm. Some of those present asked Rabbi Seligson for the source of this Sicha, which he provided, and sent it to us as well to share with the broader Chabad community.
In a Sicha delivered during the first Lebanon War in 1982, the Rebbe said that the best possible protection for an IDF soldier is to have a letter written in a Sefer Torah on his behalf. (Subtitles in Hebrew.)
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Matos. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one create peace?
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.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 25, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week’s class will address a variety of topics, including secular education, music, summer camp and ‘Mushrooms,’ a term commonly used to describe unaffiliated ‘Shluchim.’
Rabbi Yoel Kahn presents his weekly Chassidus webcast, The Chassidic Perspective, titled “When to Speak Up“.
For many people, social media has become an integral part of daily life. Whether it be your 60 year old mother or grandmother, whose activity evolves around her Facebook homepage, or your peers who interact via a variety of platforms for the greater part of the day (and night), social media has infiltrated most people’s daily routines.
Today, Yud Beis Tammuz, is the anniversary of the release of the sixth Chabad Rebbe, the Rebbe Rayatz, from Soviet prison in 1927. Presented is a series of articles from the archives of JTA News, after the 1927 arrest and later release of the Rebbe Rayatz.
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 achieve his/her dreams?
With the institution of marriage decaying at an alarming rate, it’s time for an honest discussion on love and relationships. In a world that is more connected than ever, why do we sometimes feel so alone? How did family, friends and spouses become strangers to one another? Dive into the human psyche as we identify what makes people click and how our society can find love once more.
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