| Leb'n Mit Moshiach
Yud Alef Nissan: BIRTHDAY OF THE REBBE |  | The day a person is born is a very great joy, because on ones birthday begins that person’s individual avoda in serving Hashem, his Master - which is to refine and elevate the world bringing closer the ultimate Redemption through Moshiach ■ more
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| Part XXV
Memoirs of Rebbetzin Chana |  | Memoirs of Rebbetzin Chana: I recall the following episode of my husband’s life, which happened in 5695. Once, at 11:00 o’clock at night, a woman visited us. After looking around to make sure no stranger was present, she addressed my husband in hushed tones ■ more
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| Rabbi Asher Deren
Pure Toulouse: A Thought for Shabbos |  | I’m kind of numb. Some people turn to me for answers on “how could this happen?” I’ll save you time. I don’t know. All that I can think about right now is what does Rebbetzin Chava Sandler answer her one year old surviving son when he wakes up in middle the night crying “Papa! Papa ■ more
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| Rabbi Yehoishofot Oliver
Reflections: Now It's Up To Us |  | The lesson for us now, especially after 3 Tammuz, is obvious (especially based on the principle of “he ruled concerning himself” discussed here): For the moment, in our current situation in which the Rebbe’s voice is not heard physically, it is our responsibility to make up for that absence by intensifying in our own study of his teachings—and “in great abundance”—and in our teaching them to other ■ more
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| Part XXIV
Memoirs of Rebbetzin Chana |  | | It is impossible to describe the exertion of those involved in the tahara purification and funeral preparations, under the prevailing difficult conditions. Naturally, it was the Jews closest to us, from Leningrad, Rostov, and Kharkov, who were most involved in this ■ more | | | |
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| Another Take On Birthdays
Happy Birthday, Mivtza Yom Huledes! |  | | On the Rebbetzin's yom huledes -25th Adar, 5748, a month after her passing, the Rebbe initiated the Jewish Birthday Campaign - Mivtza Yom Huledes ■ I know that seems like quite a list, but this year, on my birthday, I decided that I'd do my best to try to achieve as much as I could ■ more | | 3 comments | |
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| Rabbi Asher Deren
Holy Cow : A Thought for Shabbos |  | Even when we feel like we’re seeing red, the Torah says don’t run away, don’t give up. Take the red moments and mix with them water, infuse your life with a refreshing perspective of Torah’s wisdom and the invigorating energy of a Mitzvah – and watch yourself come to life ■ more
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| Leb'n Mit Moshiach
The Rebbetzin Relates: A Shpatzir in Lubavitch |  | The Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka hardly ever spoke about herself. However, the following short story about her childhood years in Lubavitch, she told quite often to several of her acquaintances: When we were children we often wanted “gein shpatziren” (to go for a stroll) in the streets of Lubavitch ■ more
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| Part XXII
Memoirs of Rebbetzin Chana |  | My husband now started to experience great emotional suffering. Although he was surrounded by many people who related to him with the greatest degree of respect and loving devotion imaginable, he longer had the strength, despite all his efforts, to utilize this properly, and he felt self-conscious because of his physical weakness ■ more
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| Part XXI
Memoirs of Rebbetzin Chana |  | Memoirs of Rebbetzin Chana - Part 21: “Queries from the Haftorah” By Shavuos, my husband’s health already was extremely poor. Nevertheless, he walked to shul, where he gave a lengthy sermon to the congregation, which I was told was very outspoken ■ more
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| Part XX
Memoirs of Rebbetzin Chana |  | | During the later years in the Soviet Union, when the “Jewish street” (as Jewry was called there) featured absolutely no Jewish life and religious activities were strictly prohibited, my husband was nevertheless able to achieve many accomplishments, some surreptitiously and some openly. He would achieve this by employing a “proletarian”approach, which is why those whose task it was to curb his activities turned a blind eye ■ more | | | |
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| Mazel Tov!
Lubavitch of Edgware Expanding! |  | Mazel Tov! With gratitude to Hashem, Lubavitch of Edgware has completed the purchase of 228 Hale Lane, a 2,000 sq ft property ■ The last sum of money was raised an hour before Shabbos on Friday Parshas Yisro 5772 and then Rabbi Leivi Sudak finally completed the purchase. With only an hour before Shabbos Rabbi Leivi Sudak, and family, together with Rabbi Zalman Sudak rushed to make the new house usable for Shabbos ■ more 
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| Part XIX
Memoirs of Rebbetzin Chana |  | Memoirs of Rebbetzin Chana - Part 19: Today I read in the newspaper that the writer, Peretz Markish, has been exiled to some unknown location in the Soviet Union. This news reminded me of an episode in the life of my husband, of blessed memory ■ more
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| Part XVIII
Memoirs of Rebbetzin Chana |  | | Memoirs of Rebbetzin Chana: Some time before, I had set aside some white flour,2 with which I baked two hamantaschen. Although it’s a minor custom, it played an important role in our lives, reminding us that we were still human and still Jews, and that not every day was the same. We were reminded that we could be concerned with loftier concepts—not just with thinking about our daily bread ■ more | | | |
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| Shloshim for Rabbi Bryski
A Legacy of Faith, Courage and Will |  | | “If I had to encapsulate the life of my father in one sentence, it would probably be that he exemplified the traits of his forebear, Aaron HaKohen, as a man who loved and pursued peace. Indeed, he synthesized the ideals of Tov LaMakom – endearing to G-d’ and ‘Tov Labriyos – endearing to man’ in almost prototypical fashion ■ more | | | |
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| Part XVII
Memoirs of Rebbetzin Chana |  | Our reserves of patience began to run out. As it later became clear, my husband was probably already suffering from the illness which would later take his life, for he no longer seemed to possess the same fortitude as before—although that was the time when he needed it more than ever ■ more
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