This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 24, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week’s class will address the topic of ‘Chabad Lite,’ and whether it is a legitimate label to use.
If you didn’t know that the Torah had a sense of humor, you probably missed the narrative at the center of this week’s Parsha – the legendary tale of two highly influential leaders, Balak and Bilaam who rapidly slipped from grace and glory into the depth of shame and depravity.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Balak. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Can one’s ego be transformed?
CrownHeights.info has obtained Never-before-seen footage of the Rebbe davening Shachris, which was filmed by the family of an Israeli boy who came to celebrate his Bar-Mitzvah in 770 in the winter of 1991.
When Rabbi Benjamin Blech was asked by the Lubavitcher Rebbe to go on a speaking tour in the Far East, he balked. The counsel the Rebbe gave Rabbi Blech changed his outlook on Jewish identity forever, and inspired his philosophy of a Jewish solidarity that disregards our individual differences.
Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, executive vice president emeritus of the Orthodox Union, wrote the following article on OU.org describing what he sees as the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s contribution to Torah Scholarship.
In honor of Gimmel Tammuz, marking 20 years since the Rebbe’s Histalkus, we present two stories of the Chabad Rebbeim of yore that may help today’s Chassidim find perspective on this somber day, as written by renowned author Rabbi Sholom Dovber Avtzon.
In Honor of Gimmel Tammuz Rabbi Yoel Kahn presents a special edition of his weekly Chassidus webcast, The Chassidic Perspective, titled “Hiskashrus Today – Part 2“.
In Honor of Gimmel Tammuz Rabbi Yoel Kahn presents a special edition of his weekly Chassidus webcast, The Chassidic Perspective, titled “Hiskashrus Today – Part 1“.
A friend of mine is fond of saying, “My tribe (he is Jewish) invented guilt.” Still, be that as it may, along with shame and humility, the feeling of guilt is among the character traits that have become taboo and outmoded in our age and culture of self-centeredness and gratification.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Chukas. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How does one overcome negative thoughts?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 22, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week’s class will feature a special edition answering many questions surrounding Gimmel Tammuz.
Do you subscribe to the thought that all is fair in love and war, or that the end justifies the means, so long as the cause is holy (in your eyes) –“For the sake of Heaven?” Well it may be time to think again! The central theme of the dramatic and tragic narrative of this week’s Parsha Korach, sheds quite some light on this fallacy.
Due to the overwhelming response and demand from the community, Reb Yoel Kahn agreed to present a weekly webcast on topics that are timely and relevant. This week’s topic is titled ‘A Luminous Home‘.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Korach. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How should one treat his enemy?
A fascinating video of a unique encounter with the Rebbe during dollar distribution has just recently been obtained by CrownHeights.info, courtesy of JEM. The video, filmed on Sunday, December 22nd, 1991, shows a father approach the Rebbe with his son in tow. The father says to the Rebbe in Yiddish “He needs a blessing for speech; he cannot speak well.”
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 21, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week’s class is titled What Role Does the Rebbe Play in Your Life?
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