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.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Naso. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How does one stay focused on what is really important?
This weeks edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson will air Episode 18 tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week’s class is titled “What Defines a Lubavitcher?.”
Everyone wants to count for something; it’s basic human nature. In fact, our very identity and self worth is inextricably linked to the difference we make in the world. The latter is not something that is learned or even understood, it is as instinctive as are the feelings of pain, hunger, love and fear.
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 ‘Preparing for Matan Torah‘.
It was 1992 when Howard Feinstein first opened the door to his Lower Manhattan office to find a black-hatted young man staring back at him. “Excuse me, Sir,” the boy asked, “are you Jewish?” “Of course, I’m Jewish,” Howard replied.” I even had a Bar Mitzvah!” “Well, would you like to put on tefillin?” the yeshiva boy shot back with a grin. “I’m sorry, but I’m quite busy today,” said Howard. “Here’s 20 bucks for charity. Have a nice day.”
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Bamidbar. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is the greatest asset of the Jewish people?
Following the major success and popularity of the first broadcasts of MyLife: Chassidus Applied, Rabbi Simon Jacobson will air Episode 17 tonight, Sunday, Lag Ba’omer (May 18) here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week’s class is titled “Guilty Parents, Relevant Prayer, Betrayal.”
It was a parade to see. Floats, thousands of little children, music, charity and words of Torah. Rabbi Jacob J. Hecht, had been down the days before the parade, worried what its success would be. Would people come? Will the program be entertaining? Will the kids enjoy the event? For Rabbi Hecht there was no question when it was done of how wrong he was.
The holocaust was such an inconceivable occurrence, that even a half century later one cannot begin to put it into perspective. I often wonder how we were ever able to pick up and move on.
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 ‘Physical Reward‘.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Bechukosai. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How do we receive G-d’s blessings?
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