Tuesday
Feb202018
LANDLORD/TENANT RESPONSIBILITIES
February 20, 2018Selected Halachos from the “One Minute Halacha” project
Tuesday
Feb202018
THE MAZAL OF FISH
How do you like your fish: Tilapia with a flaky crust? Baked salmon? Spicy Nile perch? Sweet gefilte fish? * The mazal of this month of Adar is fish, so we spoke with R’ Aryeh Schneersohn of the legendary fish store in Kfar Chabad. * Between grinding carp, filleting salmon, and putting tefillin on with the deliveryman, we heard about the world of fish in Chazal, in Kabbala and in business. * About kashrus challenges in the modern era, some nostalgia, and a story about the love of Chassidim
Saturday
Feb172018
Tuesday
Feb132018
HOW THE MEGILLA IS READ IN A VILLAGE, CITY, OR WALLED CITY
The Megilla may be read on one of several days (“the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, or 15th” of Adar ––Megilla 2a) depending upon one’s place of residence, be it a walled city (15th), an unwalled large city (14th), or a village (11th, 12th, or 13th). The following is a discussion of the spiritual significance of these three categories, as well as how they apply in avodas Hashem, the service of G-d
Tuesday
Feb132018
HOW TO TELL A CHASSIDIC STORY
Although it’s the digital age in which children are used to listening to and watching stories on video, Rabbi Levi Goldstein thinks that someone who lives the story can provide an appealing alternative for children and even beat out the new media. * About the deeper content that needs to be woven into every story, about the enormous influence stories have on children, and about the Rebbe’s revolutionary idea of transmitting educational material in story form. * During this fascinating interview, Rabbi Goldstein presented to us the notes of a yechidus in which the Rebbe gave his father, the famous “Uncle Yossi,” instructions
Tuesday
Feb132018
WE ARE READY!
The opening verse of this week’s parsha contains a key phrase, “They shall take for Me an offering.” This was G-d’s commandment to the Jewish people to contribute to the construction of the Mishkan, the portable Sanctuary in the desert
Tuesday
Feb132018
LAURIE’S STORY
There is a good feeling that lingers with me till today, 17 years later, every time I remember my conversation with R’ Moshe Stern.
Tuesday
Feb132018
A SURPRISE APPOINTMENT TO THE RABBINATE
It is hard not to be impressed by the contagious energy of Rabbi Shimon Vaknin, the Sephardic rav of the ‘Mevo’ot HaHermon’ Regional Council. His rabbinical career unexpectedly began thirty years ago on Moshav Dishon. The ‘finishing blow’ that finally convinced him was the Rebbe’s bracha, which came without his asking for it… In addition, an amazing story of Divine Providence about a gartel.
Tuesday
Feb132018
REBORN IN THE ERA OF MOSHIACH
We are still internalizing the lessons and inspiration that we learned and received on Chof-Beis Shvat, the 30th Yahrtzait of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka. One of the main directives that the Rebbe initiated in her honor, on her birthday 25 Adar, was the directive that all Jewish people should celebrate their birthday.
Tuesday
Feb132018
AM I RESPONSIBLE FOR TZ’DAKA MONEY STOLEN FROM MY HOUSE?
We may not eat or drink once Shabbos is over until we have heard Havdala, unless we began a meal earlier by washing for bread; in that case we may continue the meal even after tzeis hakochavim (nightfall).
Tuesday
Feb132018
MOURNING THE LOSS OF THE GAON AND CHASSID FROM YERUSHALAYIM
The Chabad community in Eretz Yisroel recently mourned the passing of the Gaon and Chassid, R’ Zev Dov Slonim, member of the Beis Din of Rabbanei Chabad in the Holy Land and rav of Merkaz Ha’ir (the City Center) in Yerushalayim. * Beis Moshiach offers some brief biographical notes describing this unique personality,
Tuesday
Feb132018