Thursday
May292014
AND RUTH ASKED: WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THE TORAH?
May 29, 2014Peak times at a Chabad house are holidays, of course. The same is true for Ascent in Tzfas. Every holiday, dozens and even hundreds of people come to celebrate.
Entries in Story (109)
Wednesday
May212014
16 MORE YEARS!
There was an uplifted atmosphere in the dining room used by the students on K’vutza at 1414, the second night of Pesach. The bachurim sat together to farbreng and between niggunim some of them told miracle stories which they witnessed or which they experienced.
Wednesday
Apr302014
THE REBBE’S GIFT OF A HOME AND CHILDREN
“There is no chance that you will have children. You don’t seem to understand that there are cases in which treatments can help but there are cases when they don’t help.”
Wednesday
Apr092014
THE “GOY” WHO HELPED THE BAAL SHEM TOV BRING FLOUR TO BAKE MATZA
A story about preparing for Pesach from the book “Sippur shel Chag – Chag Ha’Pesach.”
Thursday
Feb132014
THE REBBE SETS THE TIME AND THE NAME
“We have five daughters, boruch Hashem, but we have been praying for a son for many years,” said Mrs. Cohen from Migdal HaEmek to her neighbor Mrs. Penina Levy. “We’ve been to everyone. My husband and I went to great rabbis and kabbalists and asked for a bracha. They all prayed and even made promises, but we still do not have a son.”
Tuesday
Dec172013
WHEN NEWS OF THE YOM KIPPUR WAR REACHED CROWN HEIGHTS
…the Syrian and Egyptian armies had suddenly attacked from the north and the south. He was agitated and emotionally overwrought, and said that the Rebbe was surely immersed in his prayers and did not know what was going on while the Jews in Eretz Yisroel needed a great salvation.
Monday
Dec092013
ALL-EMBRACING MUTUALLY ASSURED RESPONSIBILITY
This story of mutual responsibility between the Rebbe’s shluchim throughout the world began in Salt Lake City, Utah, moving to Calabasas, California, and then to Toronto, Ontario, as the all-encompassing power of Divine Providence directed everything in a most amazing and exciting manner.
Wednesday
Dec042013
EVERYTHING TURNED AROUND
He asked, ‘Rebbe, I am ready to be happy immediately, but how can I?’ The Rebbe said: Adar is a month of joy because of the ‘turnabout.’ Everything is turned over.
Wednesday
Nov132013
AMAZING ODYSSEY OF A POCKET-SIZED TANYA
He printed a special edition of the Tanya in pocket-size. He hoped to get a “yashar ko’ach” from the Rebbe for this, but he had to wait. * Presented as we approach the completion of the daily Tanya study schedule.
Tuesday
Sep172013
THE POWER OF A SUKKA
In every Jewish neighborhood there are sukkos galore, but in Canarsie, I sat in one of the only sukkos in the area
Tuesday
Sep172013
THE LONG ROAD HOME
This is the fascinating account of a young shlucha to the Ukraine, who finds herself stuck all alone in an airport in Warsaw, Poland on her way to 770 for Tishrei. Her flight is canceled and taking the next flight would entail desecrating the Shabbos… What will she do? How will she make it to the Rebbe for Tishrei? Read on
Thursday
Jul252013
MERITING A MIRACLE FROM THE REBBE AND REB LEVI YITZCHOK
“We immediately went to the house and checked the mezuzos. The world uv’kumecha (when you get up) in the mezuza on my daughter’s room was faulty. Of course, we immediately changed mezuzos.” * Presented for 20 Av, the day that marks the passing of the Rebbe’s father, Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Schneersohn a”h.
Thursday
Jun202013
CELEBRATING THE CHAG HA’GEULA IN PRISON
A moving story about feeling Geula even in prison. * Presented for the Chag Ha’Geula, 12-13 Tammuz.
