A few weeks ago the My Encounter team received a lead to interview an 80-year old woman who received a fascinating letter from the Rebbe in Adar I, 1951 – just 5 weeks after the Rebbe assumed the mantle of leadership of the Chabad Lubavitch Movement on 10 Shevat.
In our Torah portion we find what might be considered one of the most perplexing statements made in the entire Torah. What I am referring to is the very last verse of our Parsha, Beshalach, Chapter 17, Verse 16: “And He [G-d] said, For there is a hand on the throne of the Eternal, [that there shall be] a war for the Lord against Amalek from generation to generation.”
Today marks the culmination of nearly a year of study for countless individuals around the globe – the completion of the Rambam’s codification of Jewish law.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Beshalach. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How should one view the challenges and difficulties in doing what G-d wants?
As Chassidim around the globe prepare for Yom Hagadol Yud Shvat, A Chassidisher Derher magazine has published an unprecedented review of the events surrounding the Rebbe’s emergence as the Nossi.
In honor of the upcoming auspicious day of Yud Shvat, Rabbi Yisroel Spalter, Shliach to Weston, Florida, has compiled a series of video lectures expounding on the Maamer Basi L’gani-5714.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a photo of the Rebbe watching the children sing Davening at a rally in the early 1970s.
Our Parsha, Bo, portrays the continued saga of Egypt’s insubordination to G-d and its resultant self destruction. More plagues; more shuttle diplomacy on the part of Moshe and Aharon; more changes of heart on the part Pharaoh…
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Bo. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one connect to G-d’s essence?
Yesterday, CrownHeights.info published a photo of the Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum, OBM, at the wedding of Chabad Chassidim R’ Avrohom and Chaya Landa in 1948.
The Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum, OBM, attends the wedding of R’ Avrohom and Chaya Landa in 1948.
If you are like most people, you’re probably of the mind that logic is above human biased. This is to say, that if there is anything in the world that is universally binding, it is logic. Logic is after all, “Logic.” It is ostensibly the objective and indisputable truth, upon which all reality is predicated. Logic and its immediate offshoot, “Science,” might as well be Divine. Nothing is perceived to be more revered and more sacred.
In a speech delivered on the evening of Tuesday, Tevet 21st 5774, Rabbi Yoel Kahn spoke out against the perception that people might be able to more easily find spiritual fulfillment through sources other than Chassidus.
All Chasidim recognize the importance of the daily learning of Chasidus, and that their lives would be completely different with it. Yet, it’s still a challenge: getting stuck, fumbling between maamorim, and the fact that maintain a daily regimen requires a lot of perseverance.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Va’eira. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is true freedom?
CrownHeights.info and JEM present vintage footage of the Rebbe walking to 770 during the intermediate days of Sukkos, fall of 5725 (1964).
Jewish anti-semitism, it sounds like a contradiction in terms; an oxymoron or a Jackie Mason joke, but sadly, there is nothing funny about it.
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