Dedicated by Moris and Lillian Tabacinic · In loving memory of Menachem Mendel and Shaindel Tabacinic
A special presentation in honor of Gimmel Tammuz, the anniversary of the Rebbe’s passing.
Great things are not what is demanded from our generation. The previous generations did all that for us. We need only do the small things—but in a more difficult time.
For us, a simple change of habit to be a better person, or a quiet act of restraint to avoid something ugly—these are significant sacrifices that tip...
Firsthand recollections of his visit to 770 one Simchat Torah with his father, Chaim Herzog, who was then Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations. (1977)
I began to snap photos of the people on the street, even though it was clear that they didn’t want their pictures taken.
Rabbi Shlomo and Devorah Elkan, the co-directors of Chabad at Oberlin, one of the most progressive campus colleges, speak about their lives, what inspires them, and the challenges of today's...
It dawned on me that this is exactly what the Rebbe envisioned. And I am so thankful to be part of that vision.
When my master and teacher [R. Schneur Zalman of Liadi] was in a state of d'veikut (lit. "attachment," a trance-like state of ecstatic cleaving to G-d) he would cry out: "I want nothing at all! I don't want Your 'garden of eden,' I don't want Your 'world to come'... I want nothing but You alone."
– Related by Rabbi Schneur Zalman's grandson, Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch
Passing of Rabbeinu Tam
(1171)
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Maharam Imprisoned
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Passing of R. Mendel Futerfas
(1995)
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