Yosef Wineberg

The rabbi rose to leave, at which point his host asked to whom he should make his check payable.

For over sixty years, Rabbi Yosef Wineberg traveled the globe fundraising on behalf of the central Lubavitcher Yeshiva. The Rebbe would often entrust him with personal missions during these travels. A story out of the Jewish heart of Africa (1950s).

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 title page written by the Alter Rebbe reads as follows: Sefer Likkutei Amarim (“A Compilation of Teachings”) Part One entitled sefer shel beinonim(“The Book of the Intermediates”) Compiled from sacred books and from teachers of heavenly saintliness, w...

By way of introduction to Iggeret Hateshuvah, it should be noted that the Alter Rebbe is known as “Master of the Tanya and Shulchan Aruch.”“Master of the Tanya” is the literal translation of the Hebrew term Baal Hatanya, meaning “author of the Tanya.” The...