For several decades Mr. Zalmon Jaffe from Manchester, England, was an icon during Tishrei in 770. He wrote 26 volumes of “Encounters with the Rebbe,” where he describes his visits during the high holidays. Recently his son, Rabbi Avrohom Jaffe, Chabad Shliach in Manchester, published all the volumes online.
In the days leading up to the Yom Hadin; many of us put in effort to tip the scales of merit. We give extra tzedaka, daven selichos, and put more time and focus in our Avodas Hashem. These days of preparation are a time of introspection, but also a time to look outwards, at the people around us, to see what we can do to help others. Chesed opportunities abound, and there are many well meaning people who go out of their way to assist their fellow Yidden.
What was it like to stand by the Rebbe on Rosh Hashanah? What was it like to see him blow the shofar? CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute present the following collection of short stories and anecdotes by Rabbi Yossi Lew, Shliach to Atlanta, which reveal incredible moments with the Rebbe.
One of the most fundamental paradoxes in Judaism and faith in God is that of prayer. We are commanded to pray three times daily and in times of distress, to beseech of God that He provide us with our fundamental human needs and desires such as health, livelihood and children.
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We are pleased to present the final Installment – number 39 – of Memoirs by Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson, wife of Reb Levik and mother of the Rebbe. The memoirs were penned by the Rebbetzin between her arrival in the United States in 1948 and 1963.
Is Chassidism merely a “companion” to Judaism? Or did it change the core of Judaism in any way? The Avner Institute presents an insightful letter from the Rebbe, in which he stresses the role of Chassidic thought – not as auxillary intellectual exercise or practice, but as a catalyst in Torah life.
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Considering sending your child to yeshiva? Think again. Or rather, don’t send them. So I learned from my grandfather, the esteemed Lubavitcher chosid, Rabbi Shlomo Aron Kazarnovsky. He planted this seed in my head over 30 years ago, on a walk down Nashville’s stately West End Avenue going home from my father’s shul to my parent’s home at the corner of Whitland and Leonard.
In honor of the completion of the fifth Sefer Torah for Jewish children, we present this collection of photos of brochures for ‘Os B’sefer Torah’ since the Mivtza’s inception in 1981.
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Mr. Shmuel (Sami) Rohr, renowned philanthropist and patriarch of the Rohr family, passed away Sunday, August 5. He was was 86. Mr. Rohr, through the Rohr Family Foundation, spearheaded a renaissance of Jewish life and literacy in Jewish communities and on university campuses around the world. Today the Rohr family name is synonymous with Jewish education and outreach.
The Jewish Press’ Elliot Resnick conducted an Interview with Zalman Alpert, a Lubavitcher who is the Yeshiva University Librarian and an expert on Jewish history. Among other topics, Zalman discusses his family’s Lubavitch background, his own identity as a Lubavitcher, and the reason for Lubavitch’s relative lack of focus on the Holocaust.
Forty-six years after Israel’s current President, Mr. Shimon Peres, met the Rebbe in a private audience at 770, he spoke about it on the record for the first time, sharing previously-unknown details about their conversations and correspondence.
In this 38th installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana describes how thankful she is to have such a holy and caring son – the Rebbe.
Reb Chaim Zvi Hirsch Konikov was born in 1897 is a small town in Russia * He was an adherent follower of the Frierdiker Rebbe, and witnesses many miracles while living in Czarist and communist Russia which saved his life on many occasions * Arriving in New York with his family in 1929, he was one of the founding members of the Chabad community in the U.S. * He passed away on 24 Tammuz, 1956.
On July 4th, 1976, the United States’ 200th birthday, a daring raid by Israeli commandos in Entebbe, Uganda freed 102 hostages of Palestinian and German terrorists. Rabbi Shimon Posner, director of Chabad of Rancho Mirage, CA, speaks of his childhood memories of that fateful day.
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This past Wednesday a bright light went out. Rabbi Yosef Wineberg was taken from us in the physical sense, but the legacy he left behind is immeasurable. Most famous for the time and effort he spent teaching Tanya to thousands of people across the globe, this great man and his accomplishments will not soon be forgotten.
This year the 12th and 13th of Tammuz, the Frierdiker Rebbe’s Yemei Hageula and birthday (12th of Tammuz), immediately precede the 4th of July, America’s “Yom Hageula” and birthday.
In this 37th installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana expresses much worry over the fate of her middle son, Dovber, who had remained in Dnepropetrovsk during Nazi occupation. [The Rebbetzin was unaware that he had been murdered by the Nazis, YMS].
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