Living Torah Archives

On the 28th of Sivan in 1941 the Rebbe arrived in America with his wife, Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka. On the anniversary of this day, chasidim are invited to a celebratory farbrengen.

Yitzchak Popack recalls his memories from when the Rebbe and Rebbetzin arrived to the United States in 1941.

Chassidim celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Rebbe and Rebbetzin’s safe arrival on American shores in 1941, and fifty years of the Rebbe’s public service in America.

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.

Rabbi Sholom Ber Levine shares the account of the Rebbe and Rebbetzin’s departure from Paris, as told to him by the Rebbetzin herself.

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.

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 gives out a booklet on the 50th anniversary of his and the Rebbetzin’s safe arrival from war-torn Europe, to the shores of America.