For the past fifteen years, Mrs. Sarah Karmely has served as the director of Sha’arei Tovah Talmud Torah. She is co-editor of Shalom Magazine, a bi-lingual outreach publication, and the author of Words to Hear with Your Heart. She was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in June of 2012.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha — Toldos. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How Far Must You Go to Help Someone?
Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, one of the youngest survivors of Buchenwald, was just eight years old when he was liberated in 1945. Descended from a 1,000-year unbroken chain of rabbis, he grew up to become Chief Rabbi of Israel, and like many of the great rabbis, Rabbi Lau is a master storyteller.
JLI presents its unique two-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from a timely tale. This week’s video for Parshas Toldos is titled: Insincere Charity.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 188, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: What to Do When There Are No Answers; When Tragedy Strikes Despite All Our Prayers? Do Ten Jewish Women Have Minyan Power? What Lessons Can We Learn from the 40 Years Since 5738? What Is the Role of Merkos? What Should I Tell My Kids Who Want a Puppy?
A drama-filled, new course from JLI, Great Debates in Jewish History, offers a glimpse into six pivotal disputes that engulfed the Jewish people at different periods and have a lasting impact today. Lesson Three: Maimonides: Life and Legacy explores the remarkable life and legacy of Moses Maimonides (1135-1204).
The man did as he was told, and after standing there for some time, he saw a car pull up in front of the Rebbe’s house and like he was told, someone got out and opened the door on the passenger side and stood there. That must be the secretary he thought and that means the Rebbe is about to come out. Sure enough, a moment later, the door of the Rebbe’s house opened and the Rebbe began walking down towards the car.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a unique photo of the Rebbe entering 770 to daven Mincha, circa late 1970s.
Tzivos Hashem presents this video of a cyber-rally for Jewish children all over the world that took place today in honor of Chof Cheshvan, led by Rabbi Shimi Weinbaum, part of which was the airing of the 8th episode of ‘A Quest for Oiz.’
Today, 20 Cheshvan, marks the birthday of the fifth Rebbe of Chabad, the Rebbe Rashab. From the very beginnings of the Chassidic Movement, select students of the Baal Shem Tov and the Maggid were entrusted with the task to “disseminate the wellsprings of Chassidism to the outside.”
Rabbi David Lapin is a Torah teacher, rabbi, author, speaker and management consultant presently living in Los Angeles. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project on a visit to New York in June of 2015.
G-d’s not a certain gender. In fact, G-d’s not limited or defined accurately with any terms. So why is G-d so often described as a “He?” What does that symbolize? Rabbi Pinchas Taylor clarifies one of the reasons why this borrowed term is often used.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha — Chayei Sarah. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is a balanced life?
As a Jewish screenwriter, David Weiss has gotten some of his best ideas from the Torah. Watch and learn how the Jewish thought that makes his work shine, can help your life soar.
JLI presents its unique, two-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from a timely tale. This week’s video for Parshas Chayei Sarah is titled: The Gemologist.
A drama-filled, new course from JLI, Great Debates in Jewish History, offers a glimpse into six pivotal disputes that engulfed the Jewish people at different periods and have a lasting impact today. Lesson Two: Suicide at Masada – Militant Nationalism vs. Religious Institutionalism is an overview of the origins and buildup leading to the Jewish revolt against Roman rule in Judea in the 1st century CE.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 187, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Is It Ever Acceptable to Compromise Standards for Others? Can I Believe yet Have No Relationship with G-d? What Recourse Do I Have After I Was Removed from My Shlichus Post? Is There Advice from the Rebbe to a Single Father? Is There Anything Wrong with a Yellow Moshiach Flag?
