When a handyman was doing work in the home of the Rebbe and Rebbetzin, he seized the opportunity to ask the Rebbe to share a vort [Jewish thought], so the Rebbe shared the story of a man who received an item that once graced the table of a king, and how it relates to our praise of G-d.
The Sacks family lives in Tarzana, California. Victor Sacks is an attorney specializing in legal compliance; Debbie is an x-ray technician and their son Ryan is a law student planning to specialize in medical malpractice. They were interviewed in September of 2011.
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 Shemot is titled: People are People and G-d Runs Everything.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha — Shemot. This week he answers the question: How can we experience the redemption now? – based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
JLI presents its unique two-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from a timely tale. Here is this week’s video.
This lecture by Rabbi Manis Friedman delves into the receiving of the Torah and its containing more than just surface meaning. Like layers of an onion, an infinitely more so, the bed of the Torah sea is forever deepening. Take this chance to delve into each letter, word, and phrase, deciphering the hidden messages between the lines.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 195, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Can I Get Married If I Don’t Love Myself? What Is Our Attitude to the Secular New Year? How to Respond to Someone of Another Religion About Their Faith? How to Deal with Married Children Who Are Not Frum? The Rubashkin Phenomenon Cont’d; Suggestions to R’ Jacobson.
In one’s house, the owner can open the door to whomever they wish to, and keep out those they don’t know or don’t want. But an embassy is open to all, you never know who is going to be coming in, and it must always be accessible.
For this week’s Living Torah video, JEM presents an amazing collage of individuals involved in the screenwriting and filmmaking business visiting the Rebbe.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a unique photo of the Rebbe giving a young girl who fell asleep a coin for Tzedakah.
Technology has changed so much about the way we connect as human beings. When was the last time you actually laughed out loud when you responded with “LOL”?
The heart of the average person desperately seeks that which is beyond the mundane. Animals do not have these cravings. When an animal fulfills its biological function or drive, it stops. Why is addiction unique to human beings? Addiction is born out of human discontent, and ultimately due to a lack of spirituality. The individual attempts to fill a spiritual void with physical objects or pleasures. These give very temporary relief, but never satisfy the deeper spiritual craving. Rabbi Pinchas Taylor reminds us that the addiction itself is not the addict’s problem, it’s his attempted solution. The only true solution is to treat the spiritual void.
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 Vayechi is titled: Washing Clothes in Wine.
Mr. Harvey Milstein presently lives in Israel, where he was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in February of 2015.
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of Asara B’Teves for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha — Vayechi. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Where do we find strength to deal with exile?
JLI presents its unique two-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from a timely tale. This week’s video is titled: A Silver Lining.
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