Video: A Word on the Parsha with Rabbi Minkowicz
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Behar. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is true faith?
A Father’s Prayer for His Newborn Daughter—and for Himself
Jonothan Sabin, a writer at Tablet, a non-Orthodox Jewish magazine, recently published an article about the personal journey he experienced after obtaining a pair of Tefilin from a Chabad rabbi to pray for his young daughter as she underwent heart surgery.
Rabbi Mordechai (Mottel) Fisher, left, with his schoolmate and friend, Rabbi Abraham Hecht, in 2010.
Remembering Reb Mottel Fisher, 94
More than 65 years after he graduated from the first Chabad school in America, Rabbi Mordechai (Mottel) Fisher returned to Crown Heights on July 10th, 2010 to relive and share his experiences for JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project, reminiscing about the “good old days” in 770.
Video: What Happened at the Warsaw Ghetto?
An innocent sheep surrounded by vicious wolves, the Jewish people have long been accustomed to aggression; yet often we have no means of physical defense. One of the rare occasions in history where the Jews picked up arms and fought back with fire, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising is often hailed as a prime example of Jewish resistance.
8:00pm: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Jacobson
Following the major success and popularity of the first broadcasts of MyLife: Chassidus Applied, Rabbi Simon Jacobson will air Episode 15 tonight, Sunday, May 4th (4 Iyar) here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week’s class is titled “Jewish Life: Unprofessionalism in the Workplace, Gender Roles, Birth Control, Critique of Our Community Leaders.”
Remembering Prof. Reuven Feuerstein, 93
Professor Reuven Feuerstein, a world-renowned clinical and developmental cognitive psychologist who received the Israel Prize in 1992, passed away on April 29 in Jerusalem. He was 93 years old.
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Tailoring Torah to Fit Our Mold: Exhortation Against Jewish Revisionism
“Oh Rabbi, it’s time you got real! She may not be Jewish by your narrow (Halachic) standards, but she has a true Jewish heart; she is more Jewish than any Jewish woman I’ve ever met and that includes my own mother. And just so you know, she makes the meanest chicken soup… That surely counts for something, don’t you think?” I can’t imagine that there is a Rabbi in today’s day and age that has not come across this heartfelt argument.
by Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov - Jax, FL
Reb Yoel Kahn: Transforming the Self
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 ‘Transforming the Self‘.
Video: A Word on the Parsha with Rabbi Minkowicz
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Emor. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: When is one’s spiritual service complete?
Chaplain (Capt.) Menachem Stern
Grandson of Holocaust Survivors: Remember the People, Make a Difference
A 19-year old boy named Chaim Stern leaned over the railing of the ship he was traveling on. Nearly two years before, he had left his homeland of Czechoslovakia to escape persecution from the spreading Nazi threat. Now, as he reached British held Israel, the ship, full of refugees like himself, was turned around because they did not have the right documentation.
8:00pm: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Jacobson
Following the major success and popularity of the first broadcasts of MyLife: Chassidus Applied, Rabbi Simon Jacobson will air Episode 14 tonight, Sunday, April 6th (6 Nissan) here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week’s class is titled “Honoring Abusive Parents, Advice for Older Singles, Cheating the Government.”
Reb Yoel Kahn: When We Understand
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 ‘When We Understand‘.
Holier Than Thou: How Religious Is Too Religious?
Can you be too religious? Ought one to deprecate a person whose religious observance seems “Over the top?” Are the terms “Ultra-Kosher,” or “Ultra-Orthodox,” really objective?
by Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov - Jax, FL
Video: A Word on the Parsha with Rabbi Minkowicz
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Kedoshim. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is true love?
Family of Rabbi Benzion and Elka Chanowitz.
After 70 Years of Kaddish, Children of Holocaust Survivors Discover Truth
Cousins unknown to each other for decades following the Holocaust have been reunited this week with a stunning discovery that shook them to their very core.
Weekly Living Torah Video: The Fifth Son
There are four sons at the Seder. Traditional wisdom has it that the wicked one is the worst off of them all. But traditional wisdom seems not to be the Rebbe’s approach.
Video: A Word on the Yomtov with Rabbi Minkowicz
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on the Yomtov of Pesach.
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