Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a pair of unique photos of the Rebbe distributing Kos Shel Bracha after Yomtov, circa 1985.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a pair of unique photos of the Rebbe distributing Kos Shel Bracha after Yomtov, circa 1985.
Throughout the years, the Rebbe would mark his own birthday by requesting from his followers to make new commitments in his merit. Whether it was opening a new Chabad House or resolving to lay Tefillin every day, the Rebbe’s birthday was always an opportunity for all of us to grow.
Mr. Eliezer Shefer serves as the chairman of World Organization of Orthodox Communities and Synagogues in Israel and the Diaspora. He, Shaul Shiff and Aryeh Han, were interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in March of 2010.
JLI presents its unique one-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from the weekly Parsha. This week’s video for Pesach is titled: Four Children Plus One.
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.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha-Tzav. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Why is it important that all that we do should be for the sake of Heaven?
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.
When the Rebbe launched into a story about a yacht owner at a Yud Aleph Nissan Farbrengen in 1983, his identity was a mystery.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 157, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Chassidus Applied to Yud Alef Nisan; Why Did Pesach Become Unaffordable? Why Do We Refer to Non-Jews as ‘Dust of Earth’? Is There a Difference Between a Healthy and an Unhealthy Baal Teshuva? Also: The Winners of the 3rd Annual MyLife Essay Contest!
“When we visited him, the Rebbe spoke to all of us and then asked if he can speak to me alone. I thought it was strange, but my parents agreed to step out of the room. The Rebbe then told me that I was born Jewish from Jewish parents who truly loved me and still love me from Heaven. He stated emphatically that they never abandoned me; rather they died in a car crash. He told me that it was G-d’s will (for whatever His reason was) that they died and I should be an orphan.”
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.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe greeting a donor to Chabad.
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 Yom Tov of Pesach for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
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.
Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin has served for over three decades as in the US Army, ending as Assistant Chief of Chaplains of the US Army, where he held the rank of Brigadier General. He authored numerous articles and 38 books on philosophy and the Bible. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in March of 2011.
In a new feature titled From Park Slope to Pudong, Lubavitch.com author Dvora Lakein profiled six women serving as Chabad emissaries in disparate places around the world. The first of the series is an interview with Mrs. Michla Schanowitz of Highland Park, Illinois.
JLI presents its unique one-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from the weekly Parsha. This week’s video for Parshas Vayikra is titled: God’s Gifts.