Each year we try to share some Rebbe stories and inspiration in honor of the Rebbe’s Gimmel (3rd of) Tammuz yartzeit (anniversary of passing) as a way to connect with the Rebbe, and be inspired.
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...In June 2023 in the days leading up to Gimmel (3rd of) Tammuz, the Rebbe’s yartzeit, I (Mendel) attended the Chabad on Campus Shluchim Kinus conference held in Woodcliff Lake NJ. The nearby local Chabad rabbi asked if I would … Read the rest
...TIRE TRACKS
Before blessing the people, the Kohain recites the blessing… who has commanded us with the Mitzvah of blessing his people with LOVE!
R’ Yisroel ShemTov, a Chassidic Jew from Crown Heights, can sometimes have a gruff voice or … Read the rest
...J. is a student from Monsey-area, he was in a pizza shop there on a Friday between Finals Week and Graduation Weekend. He was eating his pizza and overheard two middle-age/older men (maybe in their 60’s or so) sitting next … Read the rest
...When on Twitter the other day, in the week leading up to Shavuot 5783/2023, I got a promoted ad from “TOMRA Food” which highlights their technology and machinery to use in things like shelling nuts, to separate the shells from … Read the rest
...Mendel’s father, Rabbi Yisroel Rubin, has a rich novel interpretation of this Mishna in the 6th chapter of Pirkei Avot, which is otherwise troubling to us Chabad folks, as Rabbi Yosi ben Kisma seems to be “a Rabbi against Outreach”!… Read the rest
...“There Is A Bird On Your Head” is a cute picture-book short story in Mo Willem’s brilliant “Piggie and Gerald” series, that has both superficial and meaningful connection to the Torah portion of Parsha Shemini.
One of the main deeper … Read the rest
...Some descriptions of “The Force” in the fictional Star-Wars would seem quite familiar to those who study Chassidic (or Kabbalistic) teachings. We’ll share a few interesting parallels, and then get to the classic Star Wars wish “May The Force Be … Read the rest
...No, the title of this piece is not what you’re probably thinking. It’s not as morbid as you might imagine. Read on.
It’s a story in three parts that all came together on Pesach 5783/Passover 2023.
PLEASE PRAY AT MY … Read the rest
...AN AMERICAN JEWISH SOCIAL COMMENTARY
A novel insight into Talmud Megillah 7 shared by Rabbi Yisroel Rubin at post-Purim 5783/2023 Beis-Medrash Night at Albany’s Shomray Torah (in honor of the upcoming yartzeit of his father, R’ Moshe Rubin, on Erev … Read the rest