Wednesday
Nov212018
THE GREAT “PUNISHMENT” OF THE DAYAN OF VILNA
November 21, 2018I visited the home of the Lieders in Shikkun Chabad in Lud to be menachem the family on the loss of their young father, R’ Tzvi.
Wednesday
Nov212018
THE BINARY TZADDIK
This week we celebrate the 90th wedding anniversary of the Rebbe and Rebbetzin. While a Chassid should celebrate this day every year, when a special anniversary number comes around, that celebration is bigger and stronger.
Wednesday
Nov212018
THE SECRET TO SUCCESS: TURNING SUPPORTERS INTO SHLUCHIM
It has been seventeen years since Rabbi Shalom Dovber Amram and his wife Bruria began their outreach activities in the picturesque French town of S.-Brice-sous-Forêt. They came to this quiet and sleepy little community, whose Jewish community has doubled in size since their arrival. Once the Chabad House was established, the activities grew and intensified manifold. What is their secret? They transform those newly involved in Chabad into ‘activists’ and even ‘shluchim’ in the service of the king.
Saturday
Nov172018
Tuesday
Nov132018
YAAKOV’S FAMILY, HIS SOLE FOCUS
Yaakov’s journey to Charan did not require there to be a departure of his p’nimius from B’er Sheva; his inner focus and the attention of his mind could have remained there, as in the saying of the Baal Shem Tov: the place where a person’s will is directed that is where his entire presence is…
Tuesday
Nov132018
DONOR (NON)METRICS
Jacob was fleeing from the wrath of his brother Esau and on his way to Charan he falls asleep. He has an incredible dream: a ladder reaching up from the earth to the heavens, with angels going up and down.
Tuesday
Nov132018
A CHABAD EMPIRE IN FARAWAY TUCUMÁN
It’s been forty years since Rabbi Yisroel Daniel Levy and his wife Miriam began their operations in the Jewish community of Tucumán, Argentina and the surrounding area at the direct instructions of the Rebbe MH”M. Since then, the shluchim couple has revived Jewish life in the city, created a virtual spiritual revolution, established supportive contact with leading government officials, and have also brought (bli ayin ha’ra) nine children into the world. The story of shlichus in the capital of Argentina’s smallest province.
Tuesday
Nov132018
MOSHIACH DOESN’T BITE
There is a fascinating letter that the Frierdike Rebbe wrote on Gimmel Tammuz 5695, to his son-in-law, our Rebbe. This long and amazing letter, which everyone is encouraged to read in its’ entirety, speaks about the seder of the chassidim when visiting the Rebbeim.
Tuesday
Nov132018
GUARDIAN OF THE SHLUCHIM
The horrifying massacre in Pittsburgh shook up the world. President Trump was quick to protest the fact that there was no security at the entrance to the house of worship. Others maintained that gun laws made it easy for extremists to acquire murder weapons.
Tuesday
Nov132018
GUESTS FOR SHABBOS, EVERY SHABBOS
Two hostesses for Shabbos meals discuss best practices of hosting: Mrs. Shlomit, labor coach and doula from Modiin Ilit and Mrs. Chani Cohen, shlucha in Charish
Tuesday
Nov132018
SALVATION FROM FAR AND NEAR
Presented for 9 Kislev, the day the Mitteler Rebbe was born and passed away.
Wednesday
Nov072018
A MIRACLE THAT YITZCHOK LOOKED LIKE HIS FATHER?
Since Yishmoel is characterized by chesed – just like Avrohom, but as an expression of klipa – there is in a sense a greater affinity between Yishmoel and Avrohom than Yitzchok and Avrohom
Wednesday
Nov072018
THE THREE WELLS
Yitzchak, arguably the most enigmatic of the Patriarchs, had a most unusual pursuit: digging wells.