The Victory,The Legal Team,The Testimony – Marking 25 Years

Both parties at the bank when the Seforim were returned to the Aguch library

This Shabbos marks 25 years of “Hey Teves,” the victory in which a Brooklyn Federal Judge gave ruling that all books that were taken from the Previous Rebbe’s library Agudas Chassdei Chabad be returned. CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present historic moments of this case, including the first, strategic meeting between the Rebbe and his legal team; cross-examination with Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka, of blessed memory; and Nobel Prize winner Eli Wiesel’s testimony on behalf of the Rebbe.

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Rebbetzin Chana’s Memoirs: Pesach in Exile

In this 7th installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana describes her and Reb Levik‘s first Passover in exile. Forced by their Tatar hosts to move out of their home, they moved in with a non-Jewish woman for 50 rubles a month. The room was considered to be “luxury” because it had a floor, but the cots they had to sleep on were infested with roaches.

Professor Velvl Greene: Scientist, Activist and Pioneer

By the 1960s, Professor Velvl Greene was already well-known in the fields of public health and microbiology.

Professor Velvl Green, former chair of epidemiology and public health and professor emeritus at Ben-Gurion University, and director of its Lord Jakobovitz Center for Jewish Medical Ethics, passed away at the age of 83. A pioneer in the field of hygiene and the development of sanitary standards used in hospitals, at the height of his career, he maintained a scientific and religious dialogue with the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory. He became a highly regarded lecturer on Torah and its compatibility with science, and also contributed to NASA’s search for extraterrestrial life.

The Polish Airliner Miracle

by Rabbi Gershon Overlander, Director Chabad of Hendon

It was a remarkable – if not miraculous landing. A Polish airplane whose landing gear had refused to open and was thus forced to land on its belly with no wheels. A hair-raising and incredibly dangerous thing to attempt – everyone was expecting the worst. Nevertheless the plane’s captain Tadeusz Wrona (an expert glider) managed to pull it off and all 230 passengers were saved. He was later rightly crowned a hero by the passengers and the airline for having saved the lives of all those people.

Can we learn anything from this event?

Rebbetzin Chana’s Memoirs: Reunion in Chi’ili

In this 6th installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chanah describes her perilous travels to, and reunion with, her husband Reb Levik in the wretched little village he was exiled to. The joy of reunion was dampened only by the heartbreak she felt over the morbid conditions her husband was forced to endure. The total change in her husband’s dress, face and even personality ‘bore a hole’ in her heart: