The last pencil strokes – different but not separate

While the Rebbe’s weekday farbrengens and sichos have been broadcast live worldwide via phone hookup, the Shabbos farbrengens had to be memorized by the chozrim (oral transmitters) and then transcribed by special teams. Since 5746, portions of these weekly transcripts were annotated and extensively referenced to be personally edited by the Rebbe for official publishing in the weekly K’far Chabad and in the Yiddish-language Algemeiner Journal and other mediums

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THE GIRL WHO CRIED WOLF

Sticks and stones may break one’s bones… and mics can be worse. Indeed, the mic drop controversy has taken the Chabad world by storm, and although many rabbinic authorities have weighed in on the issue, revealing the halachicly reprehensive nature of the public speaking forum, a little clarification is required

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Can someone who isn’t “cut-out” for learning learn a trade instead?

First of all, it’s very easy to come along and say “I’m not cut-out for learning.” But it may be just plain laziness. Honesty is not only towards others, it’s also towards yourself.

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“My Perfect Tatty”

We all know how pivotal it is for a father to be a “Dugma Chaya” [living example] for his family in all aspects of life. But what will be if my child discovers the truth, that there are many areas in which I have a “long-way-to go…”?

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And Then He Knocked On The Door

The rivers of tears that flowed from her swollen eyes had slowly ceased. Heaven had kissed them dry. “You must be strong,” the wind whispered. “Your children need you.”

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Opposites Attract

When examining Yiddishkeit we realize that it is based on a host of paradoxes.

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World news geula report

China, not the world’s best behaved nation, has reportedly reassigned over 60,000 soldiers to plant trees in a bid to combat pollution by increasing the country’s forest coverage

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parshas vayakhel / shekalim

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TROUBLESHOOTING THE MADNESS OF EXILE

Einstein famously defines insanity as “doing something over and over again and expecting a different result.” Are we insane to think that what we’ve done until now suffices?! Are we mad to think that if we’ve tried it for almost 30 years, it still may be the best approach?!

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once again THEY wish to destroy us

140 representatives of the Nations [the UN] “gather and speak futility” arguing that they cannot tolerate the injustice. Just like those who marched in the Crusades, today these are their descendants following in their footsteps, not only in thought and speech, but also by their actions, as we saw in the past few weeks, in the attack that took place last year, two years ago, and they are doing the same now: “I sinned and I will continue to sin!”

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THE ART OF TRANSFORMING ART INTO HOLINESS

He was a good boy from Kiryat Yam. He grew up in a home far from Torah and mitzvos, but one Shabbos meal in Maryland ignited within him the passion that he was searching for all the years. * The story of Maoz Toledo, who turned his art into Chassidic artistry.* He tells about his work, offering us a look into his studio, and recounts his fascinating life story.

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MAKING SENSE OUT OF THE CENSUS

“When you take the census of the children of Israel, each man shall give an atonement for himself to G-d so that the census does not lead to a plague. This shall they give, everyone who passes through the census, a half shekel…”

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AN OLD-WORLD CHASSID IN TODAY’S WORLD

The Chabad Chassidic community as a whole, and the Kfar Chabad community in particular, suffered a tragic loss this past 15 Shevat, upon the passing of a precious and unique prototype of a true Chassid, as expressed in his davening, his learning, his Avodas Hashem, his Chassidic musical abilities, and his hiskashrus to the Rebbe, with a special emphasis on preparing the world to welcome the Rebbe Moshiach Tzidkeinu. * Upon the passing of an extraordinary Chassid, Rabbi Avrohom Lisson a”h. * Part 1 of 2.

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