Entries in #1174 (15)
July 18, 2019Don’t You Know What Happens At College?
The Rebbe’s handwritten response to a girl who asked about attending college:
How do we fulfill the Mitzvah of appointing a king today?
A collection of relevant halachos regarding Moshiach and the Beis HaMikdosh in connection with the 17th of Tammuz, from AskTheRav.com & Halacha2Go.com.
Face To Face With The Rebbe, Six Times Over
Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Zaltzman, shares his personal notes and stories from his 6 Yechidus meetings with the Rebbe.
Why Can't I just Wear Clothes I Feel Good In?
If I understand the question correctly, it seems like the main complaint here is “why can’t I just wear the clothes I feel good in” like everyone in general society wearing the clothes they choose, and instead must be restricted by a Halachic dress-code?
The Rebbe Prepared A Speech For Me 32 Years Ago...
Rabbi Yehoshua Hecht talks about the 7 Mitzvos Bnei Noach speech the Rebbe wanted a rabbi to deliver in the UN 32 years ago, and Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein tells of how it recently came to be…
Are We Living in a Bubble?
A few months ago, I was witness to a conversation that ensued after Shacharis in the shul I daven in.
The Rebbe Intervened To Save His Life...
A profile of an elder Chabad Chassid, Rabbi Avrohom Tzvi (Segal) Landa, who passed away a few months ago at the age of 100
The Redemption of Chabad in Chevron
Rabbi and General Shlomo Goren, Chief Rabbi of the IDF during the Six Day War, describes his initial entry to Chevron:
Genius with simplicity
Recognized integrity of each level of Torah, yet he also saw their interdependence; the connections between each of these levels.
A Serendipitous Tramway Encounter
It was during the time that the Rebbe Rayatz was in prison; the summer of 5687/1927. These were dark days for the Jews of the Soviet Union. The evil communist empire did all it could to eradicate Judaism. With an iron fist, they stamped out any attempt to regenerate Jewish life in the country. Through a process that was ongoing, hundreds of thousands of Jews were forced to abandon their traditions. Their children were born, raised and educated like gentiles.
Are you responsible to repress your opinion if it may offend others?
In a culture where trigger warnings, safe spaces, and social-media outrage have become part of the common parlance, it can be hard to discern what your responsibility for another person’s reaction is. Is there an absolute guideline?
His Majesty, King Moshiach the Second
Once upon a time, a simple Jewish farmer in an Eastern European village decided to take his eight-year-old son with him one weekday morning to shul for Shacharis. “At least he’ll learn how to daven,” the farmer thought.