During Pesach of this year, Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman sat down for a conversation that has shook and confused the Chareidi world.
I am still in shock and pained by the recent loss of my mother, Mrs. Chaya Basha Shuchat of blessed memory. It is not just me, as well thousands of people that she has touched. While we were sitting shivah we heard countless stories told by those she has inspired and continues to inspire.
At a rally for children who had just returned from summer camp, a song composed by the children is presented. 28 Tishrei 5741 — October 8, 1980.
One of life’s perpetual struggles is where to draw the line between faith in G-d and the need for human intervention – when to step back and let G-d work His magic and when to step forward and take responsibility for the changes needed in our lives, via calculated action. Even after consulting Judaism and its vast theological text, the line tends to remain obscured.
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 ‘In This World‘.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Shelach. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is a quick and easy way to transform oneself?
Reuven Rivlin, former Speaker of the Knesset and President-elect of Israel as of this morning, is a Jersualemite with ties that go back for generations. His ancestor, Rabbi Hillel Rivlin, a relative of the great Vilna Gaon, came to Ottoman Palestine 73 years before the first glimmerings of political Zionism.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 20, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week’s class is titled Family Diversity: Unfrum or Non-Jewish Family Members.
Given their unique hardships, Jews in the former Soviet Union are especially deserving of G-d’s blessings, says the Rebbe to two women in their native Russian during dollar distribution, 28 Iyar, 5751 (May 12, 1991).
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Beha’aloscha. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is the benefit of helping another person?
Shavuos celebrates the giving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai. Appropriately, author Mordechai Lightstone compiled an exposition on eight special Torah scrolls chosen from across the Jewish world as a tribute to the document that binds us to each other and to G‑d. These scrolls, chosen for their unique history or appearance, are as diverse as the Jewish people they represent.
In honor of the Baal Shem Tov’s Yahrtzeit, which occurs on the first day of Shavuos, we present a fascinating story of the legendary founder of the Chasidic movement, written by renowned author Rabbi Sholom Dovber Avtzon.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 19, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week’s class is titled ‘I Want To Go on Shlichus But Have Nowhere to Go!‘
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of the Shloshes Yemei Hagboloh and Shavuos for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Should we all abstain from physical pleasures in order to become more “Holy” before the Almighty?
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 ‘Double Subservience‘.
Ellen Resnick, a resident of a suburban town in the northeast, relates her experience walking into a Chabad House for the first time, and how it differed from the stereotypes about Chasidic Jews that she assumed to be true since her youth.
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