Rebbe Rayatz
America is not different. These words weren’t merely uttered. They were implemented.
R’ Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, the Frierdiker Rebbe (Previous Rebbe), was born on 12 Tammuz 5640 (1880). The sixth Rebbe of Chabad began his leadership in the burgeoning horrors of the Communist Soviet Union. A beautifully poetic writer and piercing presence, the Frierdiker Rebbe dedicated his life to combating Soviet Jewish persecution, establishing a clandestine Jewish underground throughout the vast reaches of Russia and her satellite states. Escaping to the United States, the Frierdiker Rebbe asserted that America will be know different in maintaining the fire of Judaism’s soul. Thus, the Frierdiker Rebbe spent his latter days nurturing the seeds of light in the soil of the new country. On 10 Shvat 5510 (1950) the Previous Rebbe ascended on high.
The Beilis Blood Libel
This letter from the Previous Rebbe reveals some fascinating details about the Beilis Trial and Beilis’ lead lawyer Osher Grusenberg. The Previous Rebbe shares details of the meeting he had with Grusenberg, and a moving story Grusenberg told him from his childhood.
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The Third Millennium
In Abraham’s 75th year, a new era opened – the era of Torah. The era of tifferet, of the harmony and synthesis of the Divinely bestowed and humanly earned.
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Hide and Seek
A kind and caring word will achieve what the most profound arguments and the most glaring truths will not.
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Rights of Steppage
This parable of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson teaches us that everything we do and every step we take has the potential to be infused with spirituality.
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Reading Right
Learning Jewish law is a process. Read carefully and correctly so as not to be hasty in judging others.
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Virtual Reality
The Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe (Frierdiker Rebbe) was a realist: an optimist with experience – the USSR has disintegrated but Judaism is alive & thriving.
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Holy Hand, Warm Heart
If a single motion from a righteous hand can change a life, how much more so his memory can change the world.
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