R. DovBer of Lubavitch (Mittler Rebbe)

Rabbi Dov Ber was the famous son of a very famous father-Rabbi Schneur Zalman, the founder of Chabad, and of the distinguished line of the Schneerson family of Lubavitcher Rabbis. Rabbi Dov Ber was the oldest of three sons, and he succeeded his father as ...

Kislev 9 is both the birthday and day of passing of Rabbi DovBer of Lubavitch, son of and successor to the founder of Chabad Chassidism, Rabbi Schneur Zalman·of Liadi. Rabbi DovBer was known for his unique style of "broadening rivers" -- his teaching ...

In 1826, Rabbi DovBer of Lubavitch (see calendar entry for yesterday, Kislev 9) was arrested on charges that his teachings threatened the imperial authority of the Czar, but was subsequently exonerated. The date of his release, Kislev 10, is celebrated ...

“Do not judge your fellow until you have reached his place.” But since a person can never really be in his fellow's place, why doesn't the Mishnah simply say, “don't judge your fellow”?

Amid the babble of the latest theory of psychology, the 4,000 year-old approach of Torah remains unchanged

Careful note was taken of all written materials, and anything else they considered suspicious. Additional investigators measured the rebbe’s study hall; the astonished chassidim could not figure out what they were trying to find . . .

Known for the breadth and depth of his Chassidic teachings and his incredible love for every Jew, Rabbi Dovber dedicated his life to the servicing of the Jewish community, spiritually and physically

A brief biography of the second Chabad Rebbe.

When two Jews get together and one tells the other what ails his heart, the result is two G‑dly souls taking on a single animal soul.

“I knew,” the Rebbe said, “that there must be something in me that could relate to his situation . . .”