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Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson is the rabbi of Beit Baruch and executive director of Chabad of Belgravia, London, where he lives with his wife, Chana, and children.
Mendel was an editor at the Judaism Website—Chabad.org, and is also the author of the popular books Seeds of Wisdom, A Time to Heal, Positivity Bias, and On Purpose. Late one night, two hours into an audience with the Rebbe, the Israeli diplomat Yehuda Avner asked, “Rebbe, what is it that you seek to accomplish?” “Yehuda,” said the Rebbe, “look there, on the shelf. What do you see?” “A candle,” he replied. “No, it’s n...
A woman once came before the Rebbe to ask for a singularly significant blessing. “If you would bring Mashiach, all our prayers would be answered.” The Rebbe replied, “I am ready, but I require the cooperation of all the Jews around me.” Without pause, the...
The Rebbe once received a letter from a man wrestling with feelings of worthlessness and intractable depression. He wrote to the Rebbe that he saw no value in his continued living, and that he was contemplating taking his own life. The Rebbe wrote back: “...
During a time of unexpected financial hardship, one of the affluent Chasidim of R. Schneur Zalman of Liadi, known as the Alter Rebbe, approached him seeking blessings and insight into how to turn his life around. Until very recently, the man explained, he...
On Sunday, 20 Tevet 5749 (1988), the Rebbe stood before a line of hundreds of people who had come from far and near to 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn to receive their portion of Sunday Dollars. For more than two years, the Rebbe had received countless vi...
Contrary to popular belief, the roots of the underground spiritual movement that came to be known as Chasidism began nearly a century before R. Yisrael Baal Shem Tov was born on 18 Elul 5458 (1698). Forgoing the complex palimpsestic histories of why, suff...
The year was 1950. The date, January 28, 10 Shvat 5710. The Jewish world awoke to the devastating news of the passing of the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn. His passing created a leadership vacuum in this tight-knit community of sc...
Each year on Simchat Torah from 1954 until 1964, the Lubavitcher Rebbe would teach an unknown Chasidic song. In addition to teaching the actual melody, the Rebbe would often explain its background and significance. On one occasion, the Rebbe taught a song...
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