Hirschel Pekkar, a silversmith who resides in Crown Heights, relates a number of stories of his encounters with the Rebbe, one in which his wife was rushed to the hospital over Shabbos, and when it ended he was surprised to find a letter from the Rebbe in which he begins “by the time time this letter reaches you, I hope that anyone in need of G-d’s blessing for improved health will have enjoyed such improvement…”
This weekly fast moving — yet inspiring — 1-minute video on the weekly Parsha is created by Yitzchok Schmuckler, a Bochur from Montreal. This week’s video for Parshas Shmini is titled: Aarons Advantage.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on Parashs Shmini. This week he answers the question: How can we elevate the lowest of the low? – based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
JLI presents its unique one-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message. This week’s video is titled: The Inadequate Candidate.
Perhaps one of the most difficult mitzvahs to fulfill properly is the counting of the Omer, which requires that each sequential day be counted (after nightfall) without missing a day—from the second night of Passover all the way until the eve of Shavuot. In addition to remembering to count on each of 49 consecutive nights, the counter needs to verbalize that night’s count and the corresponding Kabbalistic formula—all that before daybreak, or at least, before sunset the following evening.
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of Sefiras Ha’omer for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 208, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: How Do We Correct Wrongs If We Can’t Speak Loshen Hora? Aren’t We All Shluchim? What Lesson Can I Derive from a Negative Seder Experience? What Is the Correct Definition of the Word Bittul? Reviewing My Life 2018 Winning Essays; Chassidus Applied to Isru Chag; Lessons from Parshas Shemini
It was the summer of 5741 (1981) and the director of a few institutions in Eretz Yisroel received a certified letter from the bank that if he does not clear up the debt of one hundred thousand dollars in a months time, the bank will begin proceedings of foreclosure and other legal actions against the institutions.
As a student in the University of Rochester, Dr. Levi Reiter once confronted Shliach Rabbi Nosson Gurary following a speech. After the encounter he found himself growing closer to Chabad and started putting on Tefillin, a few days later he felt paralized in his left arm and the Rebbes advice left him in a unique position.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on the Holiday of Pesach. This week he answers the question: What is the significance of the last days of Passover? – based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Mrs. Chana Lipsker, an educator in Beis Rivkah of Crown Heights, relates a story of her miraculous birth which saved her mothers life.
From the Safer Haminhagim: Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, one reads the passage that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan.
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of the month of Nissan and the Yomtov of Pesach for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on the Holiday of Pesach. This week he answers the question: What is the message of Passover? – based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
From the Safer Haminhagim: Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, one reads the passage that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. Yehi Ratzon in the Extended Article.
In honor of Yud Aleph Nissan, I am posting the following thought and story about the Rebbe that I heard from Rabbi Nissin Mangel this past Shabbos in Ksav Sofer, who heard it directly from the person himself.
JLI presents its unique two-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from a timely tale, titled; An Extra Matzah.
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