Rabbi Efraim Schmukler has served as rabbi of the Maimonides Geriatric Center in Montreal, Canada, for over thirty years. He was interviewed in the My Encounter Studio in October of 2015. This story has previously been published in the book My Story.
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 the nineteenth installment here on CrownHeights.info.
As we are in the month of preparation for Yud Shevat shnas hashiviim, one of the points of hiskashrus is following and fullfiling the directives and guidance of the Rebbe and all of the Rebeiim. At the conclusion of a yechidus, the Rebbe Maharash would tell his son the [Rebbe] Rashab a story that was connected to the concept discussed in that yechidus. The following is one of the stories he related, connected to the concept of obedience.
The topics in this week’s 290th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: Why Doesn’t Judaism Focus on Self-Defense, Bearing Weapons and Other Methods of Protecting Ourselves? What Is Chabad’s Position on Daf Yomi and the Siyum Hashas? Isn’t It About Time That We Create Powerful Programs to Teach People About Moshiach? Should a Parent Let Her Child Eat OU-D? What Is the Significance of Wearing a Black Hat? If Birth Is “G-d Saying You Matter,” What Does Death Mean? How Is One Supposed to Spend a Fast Day According to Chassidus?
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 the Eighteenth installment here on CrownHeights.info.
In honor of the chassunah of Mendel & Mussia Zirkind, I am posting a story that my father, Reb Meir a”h would say by the chassunah or sheva brochos of his children and grandchildren. May they be blessed with an everlasting edifice with chassidishe children.
After leading congregations in Washington DC, Jersey City, New Jersey, and Norwich, Connecticut, Rabbi Sidney Shulman worked as a stock broker for over forty years. He was interviewed in December of 2019. The full text of the Rebbe’s letter to him can be found in Likkutei Sichot vol. 6 page 276.
Here are a few short stories where Hashem gave a “Wink From Above,” and let these people know he is always watching.
The topics in this week’s 289th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: What Exactly Are We Celebrating on Hei Teves? Why Is the Last Day of the Holiday Called “Zos Chanukah”? Is It Okay to Give Any Relevance to the Secular New Year? Why Doesn’t Judaism Have a Mechanism to Remove Corrupt People in Power?
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 the Seventeenth installment here on CrownHeights.info.
In this Weekly Story, Rabbi Avtzon shares some of the minhagin of the Rebbe Rashab that have became the norm today. Rabbi Avtzon is presently writing a biography of the Rebbe Rashab, which he hopes to soon publish.
Saadia Hershkop specializes in showing visitors to Israel the places that most people miss the Yehuda and the Shomron regions. From Chevron to Shechem, this series takes you from where the story’s in the Tanach took place, back in the day, and behind the scenes of current events in the region.
The topics in this week’s 288th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: What Is the Halachik and Hashkafic Explanation for Public Menorahs? How Do We Explain the Victory of Chanukah When in the End Greek Secularism Seems to Have Prevailed in Modern Times? How Do We Explain the Seemingly Unacceptable Behavior of the Tribes? If You Don’t like Someone, Is It Better to Be Two-Faced and Speak Nicely to the Person, or Behave like the Tribes Who Couldn’t Speak to Yosef?
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 the Sixteenth installment here on CrownHeights.info.
Saadia Hershkop, who specializes in taking people off the beaten path throughout the Chevron and Shomron regions on their visits to Israel, takes us on an exclusive journey to where many of the stories in the Torah took place. Watch the fifth episode of this new series exclusively on CrownHeights.info.
In honor of Tes and Yud Kislev Rabbi Tzvi Telsner of Melbourne, Australia farbrenged. During the farbrengen he mentioned the mesiras nefesh of the Cantonist soldiers and related the following story. I decided to post it as its message is one of the lessons of Chanukah, as will be noted after the story. Your feedback is most appreciated.
Mrs. Joan Zlotnick Click here for a PDF version of this edition of Here’s My Story, or visit the My Encounter Blog. When my late husband, Shmuel Yaakov – better known as Jack – was a boy, he got to know Rabbi […]
