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Mendel Kalmenson

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Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson has traveled Europe, Asia and South America, reaching out to Jews in the remotest areas. He now resides with his wife Chanale, daughter Geulah, and son Dov, in Brooklyn, New York, where he serves as rabbi of the Besht Center, a spiritual center for young profssionals.
Mendel regularly contributes articles to Chabad.org, most of them appearing in his Parshah column, "What the Rebbe Taught Me."

A Battle of Ideas: Listening or Seeing Hellenism Vs. Faith

By Mendel Kalmenson

To the ancient Greeks, if something wasn’t seeable or understandable, it simply wasn’t.

Jewish Practice » Jewish Holidays » Chanukah » Insights & Stories » The Battle

A Model of Love Lessons from the marriage of the Rebbe and Rebbetzin

By Mendel Kalmenson

Real love is an experience that intensifies throughout life. It is the small, everyday acts of being together that makes love flourish. It is sharing, caring, and respecting one another.

Jewish Practice » Lifecycle Events » Marriage » Married Life » Marital Harmony » Related Voices

E Pluribus Unum Out of Many, One

By Mendel Kalmenson

Ten years have passed since that fateful time and many are asking: where did that spirit of camaraderie go? Instead of a growing sense of unity, the past decade has seen our country become increasingly fragmented and polarized. What happened to the ...

Community & Family » News & Current Events » Editorial & Commentary » 9-11: Ten Years Later » Ten Years Later

The Necessary Loss of Innocence

By Mendel Kalmenson

I think it’s telling that, in over forty years of leadership, the Lubavitcher Rebbe left New York City only three times: to visit the children at Camp Gan Israel and Camp Emunah, Chabad overnight camps in the Catskill Mountains . . .

Inspiration & Entertainment » Contemporary Voices » Daily Life

Where Was Abraham at the Time of Sarah’s Death? Q&A

By Mendel Kalmenson

From my understanding Abraham was not present at the time of his wife Sarah’s death. Where did Abraham come from, and why wasn’t he with Sarah in her final moments?

Learning & Values » Weekly Torah (Parshah) » Bereishit - Genesis » Chayei Sarah » Parshah Columnists » Guest Columnists

Local Is Global The Lubavitcher Rebbe's Modus Operandi

By Mendel Kalmenson

The Rebbe believed to his core in the value of the individual. He never lost sight of each tree in the forest.

The Rebbe » Life » Reflections

To Hell and Back The virtue of a guilty conscience

By Mendel Kalmenson

Why were the sons of Korach kept alive from among their fellow mutineers?

Learning & Values » Weekly Torah (Parshah) » Bamidbar - Numbers » Pinchas » Parshah Columnists » What the Rebbe Taught Me

What Was Zimri Thinking? An Altruistic Sin

By Mendel Kalmenson

Lessons in leadership from a wayward Jew.

Learning & Values » Weekly Torah (Parshah) » Bamidbar - Numbers » Balak » Parshah Columnists » What the Rebbe Taught Me

What Was Korach Thinking? A Righteous Death Wish

By Mendel Kalmenson

In the first smear campaign recorded in the Bible, Korach and his supporters painted Moses as a corrupt politician who succumbed to the ageless seduction of power, appointing his brother Aaron as High Priest in a blatant act of nepotism. Traditionally, ...

Learning & Values » Weekly Torah (Parshah) » Bamidbar - Numbers » Korach » Parshah Columnists » What the Rebbe Taught Me

Fly Like a Jailbird The Rebbe and the Prisoner

By Mendel Kalmenson

Are we victims of chance or chosen by Providence?

Learning & Values » Weekly Torah (Parshah) » Bamidbar - Numbers » Shelach » Parshah Columnists » What the Rebbe Taught Me

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