Rebbetzin Chana’s Memoirs: Efforts to Limit Influence
In this 32nd installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana describes how opponents of her husband Reb Levik unsuccessfully tried to diminish his position as Rov of Yekatrinoslav.
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by Rabbi Michoel Seligson
Left: Reb Michoel Dworkin. Right: town of Lubavitch in early 1900s.
Reb Michoel Dworkin was born shortly before the Tzemach Tzedek's passing in 1866, in a small town in white Russia * Originally followers of the Mahari"l of Kopust and his son, the Dworkin family returned to Lubavitch and became followers of the Rebbe Rashab in 1900 * Reb Michoel was a successful businessman before the advent of communism, and was a 'Ben Bayis' of the Rebbe Rashab and the Previous Rebbe * He passed away on Erev Shavuos, 1949 in New York.
Our Heroes: Reb Michoel Dworkin
by Rabbi Michoel Seligson
Left: Reb Michoel Dworkin. Right: town of Lubavitch in early 1900s.
Reb Michoel Dworkin was born shortly before the Tzemach Tzedek’s passing in 1866, in a small town in white Russia * Originally followers of the Mahari”l of Kopust and his son, the Dworkin family returned to Lubavitch and became followers of the Rebbe Rashab in 1900 * Reb Michoel was a successful businessman before the advent of communism, and was a ‘Ben Bayis’ of the Rebbe Rashab and the Previous Rebbe * He passed away on Erev Shavuos, 1949 in New York.
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Weekly Photo: From Days Gone By
Crownheights.info and Lubavitch Archives present this vintage photograph of three Chassidim engaged in a lively discussion. Can you identify those in the picture, when and where it was taken?
Answer to last week’s photo in the extended article
Guide: Laws and Customs of Shavuot
Ahead of the upcoming Yom Tov of Shavuot the Beis Din of Crown Heights released a six page guide which holds the answer to many questions and instruction as to many customs related to the holiday.
My Teacher Who cared
by Dov Greenberg
In the Second Book of Samuel, after the deaths of Saul andJonathan, King David cries out, “They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions”—“מִנְּשָׁרִים קַלּוּ,מֵאֲרָיוֹת גָּבֵרוּ”. Rabbi Yeshaya Schtroks, beloved father, husband, community builder, remarkable teacher, was swift like the eagle, strong like the lion, and now he has passed away at the young age of 55.
Rebbetzin Chana’s Memoirs: The False Witness
In this 31st installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana describes how a man, acting at the behest of the elder non-Hasidic rov of Yekatrinoslav, disguised himself as a stranger in town in order to falsely testify against Reb Levik’s dismissal of an incompetent shochet.
Our Heroes: Reb Schneur Zalman Vilenkin
by Rabbi Michoel Seligson
Rabbi Schneur Zalman Vilenkin was born in Podobronka, Russia in 1878 * He merited to be the Rebbe’s Melamed in Yekatrinoslav, for which the Rebbe showed much gratitude and honor * He passed away on the 23rd of Iyar, 1963 in New York.
Rethinking the Bat Mitzvah Party
Bat Mitzvah Club of Aventura, FL.
For most Jewish tween girls, the concept of the bat mitzvah has come to mean one thing: a lavish party with multiple outfit changes, Oscars-style celebrity goodie bags and a hiprocker singing new hits.
Rebbetzin Chana’s Memoirs: Rav of Yekatrinoslav
In this 30th installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana describes how a leading member of the secular Zionist movement was so impressed with Reb Levik after he had addressed his questions, that he quit the movement due to their opposition to Reb Levik’s candidacy for Rav of Yekatrinoslav.
Rebbetzin Chana’s Memoirs: No to Old Slavonic
In this 29th installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana reminisces about an episode in the early years of her marriage, when her husband Reb Levik – out of dire financial straits – applied to a university in Kiev where he could obtain a diploma for a better Rabbinic position, but turned down the opportunity when he discovered that he would have to study Christian texts.
Photos: The Year the Parade Was Not on Sunday
Crownheights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a series of pictures from the Harlig Collection of the Lag Ba’omer Parade of 1976. That year the Rebbe announced the ‘Year of Education.’ It was also the only time there was a large parade with the Rebbe’s participation even though Lag Ba’omer did not occur on a Sunday.
From right to left: R. Mordechai Schusterman, R. Moshe Nemanow, R. Nissan Nemanow, YBLCH"T R. Gershon Schusterman.
Rabbi Moshe Nemanow, a scholar and expert on Hebrew manuscripts who worked in the archival division at Chabad’s Central Library in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, passed away Tuesday, May 1. He was 74.
Remembering Rabbi Moshe Nemanow, 74
From right to left: R. Mordechai Schusterman, R. Moshe Nemanow, R. Nissan Nemanow, YBLCH”T R. Gershon Schusterman.
Rabbi Moshe Nemanow, a scholar and expert on Hebrew manuscripts who worked in the archival division at Chabad’s Central Library in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, passed away Tuesday, May 1. He was 74.
Secrets of the Rebbe’s Chozrim
by Yossi Krausz – Ami Magazine
The Rebbe delivers a Ma’amar.
Childhood experiences and teenage encounters often form a chain, leading a person to his destiny. Such has been the case with Moscow’s chief rabbi.
Our Heroes: Rabbi Arye Leib Kaplan
by Rabbi Michoel Seligson
Rabbi Leibel Kaplan was born in Paris in 1948 * He headed the Chabad mosdos in the holy city of Tzfas for 25 years * He passed away on a Russian highway on the 16th of Iyar, 1998, only a few miles away from the town of Lubavitch.
Rebbetzin Chana’s Memoirs: Selling the Chometz 100%
In this 28th installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana describes how her husband Reb Levik was very meticulous in the Mitzvos he performed.
Jews and Sports: Keep Your Fingers in Check
by Yossi Goldstein
There are times when I wonder aloud what has happened to our moral compass and way of thinking.
After hearing the news that former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach, Bernie Fine, was hired Thursday as a consultant to management with the Maccabi “Bazan” Haifa basketball team, it’s, again, one of those times.
‘I Did All I Could to Bring Moshiach. Now It’s Up to You’
Friends and relatives of Reb Avrohom Yeshaya Schtroks, OMB, have set up a website – zichronshayaschtroks.com – where people can share their personal memories, as well as contribute to a fund set up to help the family financially through this difficult time. One of Reb Yeshaya’s students in the Morristown cheder, Schneur Zalman Wilansky from Elizabeth, NJ, relates the following:
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