R. Yosef Wineberg

The secretariat office was already closed for the day, so Rabbi Yosef Wineberg slipped the urgent letter through the Rebbe’s door. Then the unexpected happened.

Rabbi Yosef Wineberg worked for the central Lubavitcher Yeshiva, and traveled on numerous missions for the Previous Rebbe and the Rebbe over his 60 years of service. In 1955, the Rebbe asked him to visit Madagascar in search of fellow Jews.

Rabbi Yosef Wineberg shares a penetrating story, revealing the Rebbe’s own view of himself.

In 1960, Rabbi Yosef Wineberg began to deliver Tanya lessons over the radio in New York. The Rebbe's mother, Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson, was fond of his broadcasts. When she passed away in 1964, he asked the Rebbe for permission to honor her memory in a s...

The post-midnight “supplication” prayers are a unique blend of solemnity and joy.

What’s most important is that each and every Jew should be inscribed and sealed for a good year. Everything else I said was an introduction.

The first night of Selichos at 770.

Selichos at 770 on the morning before Rosh Hashanah.