Weekly Comedy and Parsha Video
Rabbi Zvi Hershcovich, a Chabad Shliach in NDG, Canada who also performs standup comedy as Cholentface, has been producing weekly Parsha and comedy videos in order to teach his community about the Torah portion.
Here’s My Story: The Heart of a Mother
Mrs. Leah Moscowitz has worked a teacher at Cheder Lubavitch of Chicago for over thirty years. She was interviewed in September of 2015.
Video of the Day
Watch this touching video of a Chassid, as he tells over his miracle story of miraculous recovery of his sons Refuah after visiting the Rebbe’s Ohel in Cambria Heights Queens.
8:00pm: Can You Share Your Personal Experience of Gimmel Tammuz?
The topics in this week’s 315th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: Fighting for What You Believe In: Lessons From 12-13 Tammuz; Are Your Commitments Superimposed or Engraved in You? How Can We Know If We Have Made a Successful Connection With the Rebbe? Can You Share Your Personal Experience of Gimmel Tammuz? What’s Your Opinion on the Tearing Down of Statues? How Should We React to Fireworks in the Streets? Should I Move? Why Do So Many People Not Get It? What Can I Do to Find a Shidduch During Quarantine?
Writing a Pan Isn’t Just on Gimmel Tammuz
In a speech to Bochurim before Gimmel Tammuz, Rabbi Nochum Bukiet of Yeshivas Lubavitch of Baltimore, explains that even though writing a Pan to the Rebbe isn’t easy, nevertheless there is a need to make it part of your life on a constant Basis.
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Weekly Story: Is It a Tzitzis Bendel or a Shabbos Belt
Recently I read an article about wearing a “shabbos belt”, and that propelled me to post the following thoughts which I had written years ago. It would have been posted last week, as then is when we learned the parsha of tzitzis. However, being that last week was the shabbos before gimmel Tammuz I wrote about fulfilling the Rebbe’s ratzon.
Here’s My Story: Search Harder
A former chaplain of Columbia University and scholar-in-residence at the UJA-Federation of New York, Rabbi Michael Paley presently serves as the senior scholar for the Joint Distribution Committee in Hungary and the director of the Tarbut Fellowship. He was interviewed in May of 2014.
Credit: Shlomo Vishinsky/Courtesy Zev Markowitz/Chai Art Gallery
Special Story: Gimmel Tammuz
I was asked to farbreng this past Shabbos in one of the local shuls, however, due to the guidelines I demurred. Some people asked me to put down one of the points that I would have stressed in the farbrengen. Since I often farbreng with bochurim, this thought is geared towards them and their parents. I will present it as a letter to our youth.
8:00pm: How Can We Resolve a Rift in Our Community and Synagogue About Social Distancing?
The topics in this week’s 314th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: Why Do I Need a Rebbe? How Do I Connect With the Rebbe After 26 Years? How Do I Practically Honor Gimmel Tammuz? Should We Be Afraid of Rising Anti-Semitism in the Present Climate? What Specific Mitzvah Can We Do to Counter the Violent Protests? Is Dark Skin a Result of a Punishment? Is There Any Basis in Torah for Anti-Black Bias? How Can I Stop My Family From Saying Racist Comments? How Can We Resolve a Rift in Our Community and Synagogue About Social Distancing?
Chabad History With Rabbi Dalfin – Ponovitz and Chabad
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, author and Chasidic historian shares interesting facts, many revealed for the first time. The purpose of his program is to inspire all but especially the youth. Watch another installment here on CrownHeights.info.
“Shabbos Medley” Nostalgic Memories From Avraham Fried
Nostolgic Productions provided a window to the past with a never before seen nostalgic moment with a Shabbos Medley from Avraham Fried.
The Rebbe during a visit to Camp Gan Yisroel in upstate New York.
Weekly Story: Gan Yisroel
As this Wednesday night/Thursday day is Gimmel Tammuz, I figured I will post a story of the Rebbe, that will inspire us, and we will come to the realization, that a faithful shepherd, does not forsake his flock. After all, by every farbrengen beginning this Shabbos, stories of the Rebbe will be said and listened to. Indeed I began working on finding out the details of just such a story, which would have been called “A Dollar for the Taxi-driver.”
Here’s My Story: Do Not Push
For the past seventeen years, Mrs. Sarah Karmely has served as the director of Sha’arei Tovah Talmud Torah. She is also the author of Words to Hear with Your Heart and Stories to Hear with Your Heart. She was interviewed in June of 2012.
CHAI LIFELINE: Going Through It, Growing Through It – The Challenge of Being a Yeshiva Student Stranded at Home
Chai Lifeline presents “Going Through It, Growing Through It: Torah Perspectives and Mindful Coping in the Age of COVID-19,” a new lecture series offering divrei chizuk, psychological, and practical guidance during the current health crisis. The series will include video and audio recordings of renowned rabbanim, speakers, and mental health experts, as well as members of Chai Lifeline’s crisis intervention team, Project Chai.
8:00pm: How Do You Explain Different Examples of Racism in the Torah?
The topics in this week’s 313rd episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: How Do You Explain Different Examples of Racism in the Torah? What Is Our Attitude to Racism? With All the Unrest, Should We Consider Moving to Israel? Is Dark Skin Color a Result of a Punishment? Why Do We Make a Blessing Boruch Meshaneh Ha’Briyos? Why Did G-d Make People So Different? Did Moses Marry a Black Woman?
Weekly Story: A Chossid Makes An Environment
This coming Friday, the 27th of Sivan is the (34th) yahrzeit of my mother, Rebbetzin Cheyena Avtzon. Since that is also the week before Gimmel Tammuz, I chose to write a tribute about her life this week, and next week something for Gimmel Tammuz.
Here’s My Story: A Ground-Breaking Concert
For over forty-five years, Cantor Yosef Malovany has led the prayer services at the Fifth Avenue Synagogue in New York. He also serves as professor of liturgical music at the Belz School of Jewish Music of Yeshiva University. He was interviewed in November of 2014.
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