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5752: “Didan Notzach” in 770

In this week’s “Opening the week with the Rebbe”: In honor of “Didan Notzach” We are presenting a short video clip from 5 Tevet 5752, the Fifth anniversary of the US District Court’s verdict ordering the return of books from the Previous Rebbe’s library in 770.

Down But Not Out – the Light that Stems from the Dark

By Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Jax, Fl

“It’s the depths that make the heights. It’s the roots that make the branches. It’s the night that creates the dawn. It’s the darkness that gives birth to Light.”

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We all have our share of dirty laundry. No one in the world is born great. Everyone has skeletons in their closets. Do we shove it all under the bed, or do we deal with it, become amazing people, and move on? People who do the former are forgotten. Those who do the latter serve as an example for all us for all time.

Spiritual Gravity – The Need For Human Effort

by Rabbi Yosef Kahanov, Jax. FL

Nothing you have acquired is real unless you worked for it. If you were born a nice guy, the niceness isn’t yours. If you started off not so nice, and now you do a little, that’s Divine. (Tzvi Freeman, Be Within Stay Above)

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“Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat.”

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“Better Go Do Mivtzoim Than Listen To Me Talk”

In this week’s “Opening the week with the Rebbe“: In honor of the upcoming holiday, Chanukah we presenting a short video clip from the Menorah lilting at 770 as the Chassidim sing ”Haneiros Halalu”. The Rebbe then asks the Chassidim to go do Mivtzoim.

Unique Photos & Invitation To a Farbrengen 1948

Yud-Tes (19) Kislev, marking the release of the first Chabad Rebbe, Shneur Zalman of Liadi, from prison over two centuries ago, is the high point of the Chassidic calendar, eventually becoming known as the “Rosh Hashana of Chassidism.” Every year, followers would make special gatherings in celebration and spiritual reflection; in time Jews of other sects began to honor this special day as well.

The Lubavitcher Rebbe: Thanksgiving and Chanukah

Imprisoned in Czarist Russia, the Alter Rebbe’s case was at the mercy of the most anti-Semitic officials of the most powerful country in the world. Miraculously, his acquittal was ordered by the Czar himself, and he was freed on Yud-Tes Kislev. Chanukah too, celebrates the victory of light over might — when the small Jewish nation of Israel prevailed over the tyrannical Greek Empire.