12 Tammuz 5745

A story with a lesson. The Previous Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak, was dispatched to Petersburg by his father Rabbi Sholom Dovber. His mission was to avert a decree against the Jewish people, in his father’s words “at any cost.” When he discovered that the ...

The Previous Rebbe worked tirelessly to strengthen all areas of Jewish observance under communist oppression. Still, the primary charge for which he was imprisoned and exiled, was for his underground network of education for Jewish children. Clearly, then...

A song in Russian: “G-d is One, His name is One, besides Him there is no one.”

See our shield, O G-d, and look upon the face of Your anointed one. (Psalm 84:10) Chassidim sing a Niggun composed in honor of the Rebbe’s 83rd birthday.

The Stalinist regime that imprisoned my father-in-law, the Rebbe, in 1927, was then a superpower. Despite that, he defied his oppressors. He did not budge an inch in anything that jeopardized his principles. Even at the train station, about to be exiled, ...

When my father-in-law, the Rebbe, was freed in Leningrad, he stated: “It was not myself alone that G-d redeemed, but every Jew, even those who are Jews in name only.”

Chassidim sing the Alter Rebbe's "Niggun of Four Stanzas."

“They go from strength to strength; they will appear before G-d in Zion. See our shield, O G-d, and look upon the face of Your anointed one.” (Psalms 84:8,10) This Niggun was composed in honor of the Rebbe’s 83rd birthday.

The Bible relates that King David coronated his son, Solomon, during his own lifetime. King David, however, continued to rule until his own passing. How can two kings rule simultaneously, especially in light of Torah’s teaching: “There is only one leader ...

Bilam, a non-Jewish prophet, was summoned by the King of Moab to curse the Jewish people. He consented to go, but warned him that he can do nothing and say nothing outside of what G-d instructs him. In the end, Bilam prophesied the future glory of the Jew...