Video: Historical Interviews

Rabbis Dovid Edelman, Hershel Fogelman and Yehuda Leib Posner were students at 770 in 1941. They describe the first Farbrengen the Rebbe held after arriving safely to America from war-torn Europe.

The Rebbe and Rebbetzin arrived to America on the 28th of Sivan – June 23, 1941. Rabbi Mottel Sharfstein was a student in 770 during the 1940s. He recalls the first time he heard from his teacher about the Rebbe.

The Rebbe records in his diary of 1932 that his father-in-law and predecessor, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch, instructed him to don four pairs of Tefillin every day. Rabbi Yisroel Gordon was a student in 770 when the Rebbe arrived in America in June, 1941. He recalls how this secret first became known to American Chassidim.

Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Groner was Head Shliach of Australia for 50 years. As a student at 770 during the 1940s, he organized a children’s parade during the Intermediate Days of Passover.

Rabbi Yitzchak Groner is a Shliach of the Rebbe in Melbourne, Australia for over 50 years. He recalls warm anecdotes of the Rebbe’s interaction with the students at 770 during the lifetime of the Previous Rebbe.

During the 1940s, the Rebbe was instructed by his father-in-law, the Previous Rebbe, to Farbreng every Shabbos Mevarchim. Rabbi Leibel Posner recalls two “out of the box” talks from that time.