An interview with Rabbi Menachem Mendel Friedman who is behind the project to publish the book “Klalei ha’Chinuch v’ha’Hadracha” with explanations in contemporary language.
Recently, a revolutionary new app was developed under the name “wrapp,” to serve as a mobile platform for mivtza tefillin on a worldwide scale, in the form of a user based initiative to connect between anyone who owns a pair of tefillin and those who want to put in a request to “wrap.” It is the same idea as the one behind the worldwide phenomenon of “car service” apps, such as Uber and Lyft, except that the “wrapp” provider earns a mitzva instead of money.
From the year 5648, the Rebbe Rashab, whose birthday is 20 Cheshvan, would spend much time travelling for health-related issues. This was very hard on his young and only son, the Frierdike Rebbe. During the time that the Rebbe Rashab was in Lubavitch, he made a point to really spend time and connect with his son on a very deep level
If you happened to be walking on Dizengoff Street at the corner of Arlozorov on Sukkos, you might have seen a bearded Chassid, with a hat and sirtuk, fly right past you hooked up to a small sukka. That would have been R’ Shai Shuruk, a Chassid bursting with ideas and gimmicks to educate the residents of Tel Aviv about Judaism, in the modern-day mode of innovation and surprise.
Life returns once again to its regular pace, but it is not possible for any individual that is present here to show no signs that he just recently celebrated the month of holidays with the Rebbe shlita. Even the benches show telltale signs… * The Rebbe announces limits on yechidus for yeshiva students and the author of the diary misses out on the longed for yechidus.
Noach held his ground and maintained his virtue in the face of a wicked generation, avoiding their negative influence and remaining righteous. How much more virtuous would he have been had he lived in a more upright generation. Noach was an exception, a maverick, but regarding the average Jew, how can he be saved from mayim ha’zeidonim?
A question has been raised: why did G-d mention food for the people first and then for the animals. Doesn’t this contradict the Torah’s well-known instruction for us to feed our animals before feeding ourselves?
For R’ Meir Zigelbom, a Lubavitcher Chassid from Miami and a businessman, traveling is what he does year round. * He often unexpectedly meets Jews and he visits shluchim, seeing how they live and what they contend with. * He gives us a glimpse into the life of a Chassid-businessman who has experienced surprising encounters in out of the way places.
In her great modesty, despite being the wife of a dynamic shliach, she always chose to remain behind the scenes. For the first time, Mrs. Leah Tzik agreed to speak to Beis Moshiach – Ateres Chaya. She gives us a glimpse into over forty years of shlichus alongside her husband, Rabbi Zimroni Tzik, a”h.
There is a famous Chassidic story regarding the power of a farbrengen.
The trip to Vata Canal in southern India entails many long flights, with stops and changing planes, and then a trip for hours on a winding road, and then you arrive at your destination which is lacking even the most basic amenities. Even for Israeli tourists, being in these areas is sometimes a challenge of survival. * The truth is that it was always there in the dreams and ambitions of Rabbi Yaakov and Pessie Marom of Bat Yam, it’s just that for technical reasons, it could not happen. Not yet. Until Pesach Sheini which taught them that no situation is lost and you can always fix things. Their dream to go on shlichus came true because it is never too late.
One day, my mother asked me and my twin brothers, Mendy and Yossi, to do some shopping in the neighborhood fruit and vegetable store owned by Kalman.
October 24, 2018