Shevat 10

The sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, passed away on this date in 1950. Exactly one year later, Rabbi Menachem Mendel accepted the leadership of the movement, and set about transforming the face of world Jewry . . .

Which garden? Who’s coming to the garden? And why is this arrival in the garden such an important message for our generation?

What if someone said to you, "I love you, but I don't like your children"? You'd probably say: "You don't know anything about who and what I am, and you don't know what love is, either!"

Love, leadership, childhood, marriage, aging, rebellion, sleep, money, anxiety, death, life, and 43 other things according to the Lubavitcher Rebbe

The Catalyst of Redemption The celebrated letter of the Baal Shem TovTo his brother-in-law, R. Gershon Kitover, printed in Kesser Shem Tov. See also the conclusion to the Sichah of Parshas Vayeitzei in this series. Note also the explanation of this ...

On the day of a person’s yahrzeit, we think about that person. But we are not just remembering we are learning from his good deeds. This is especially true on a day like Yud Shvat, when we celebrate the yahrzeit of the Previous Rebbe. The Previous Rebbe ...

Yahrtzeit candles, Mishna study, and more customs to be practiced on the day of a yahrtzeit.

Yud Shvat (the tenth of the Hebrew month of Shvat) is the anniversary of the passing of the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn. On the day of the passing of a righteous man, “all his effort... for which he toiled throughout his ...

Some teach by writing books, others deliver lectures, still others regularly issue public letters, essays and commentary. The Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory, widely regarded as one of the most influential teachers of our generation, did all of ...

An English translation of the last Chassidic discourse written by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Shneersohn, Yud Shvat 1950, and the first Chassidic discourse delivered by Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, Yud Shvat 1951.