Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro - special for Yud Shvat: Interesting details of the Rebbe Rayatz’s visit in Chicago, citizenship documents and the last letters he wrote - just a week before his passing. Full Story, Video
The Maggid Shiur That had Doubts in Emunah
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The Maggid Shiur in a Brooklyn Yeshiva that had doubts in Emunah and what the Rebbe suggested he do. And what impressed the wealthy donor about a school principal that he never saw in any other Yeshiva. Video
The Rebbe’s Letter to the Activist Trying to Return the Seforim
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: A letter the Rebbe's wrote in the 1970s to an activist who volunteered to try to rescue the books and manuscripts of the Schneerson Archive from Russia and the significance of the seforim to the Jewish people. Video
The Rebel Bochur at Tomchei Tmimim
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: What did the Rebbe Rashab say when he was asked to expel a rebel Bochur from Tomchei Tmimim? And education and parenting lessons from the Rebbe. Video
The Chossid Who Collected Pink Slips
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The seforim printed in English and the chossid R' Elimelech Lasker who collected pink slips because he kept being fired from his job - and was very proud of it. Video
The Exchange In Front of the Chosson and Kallah
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: An interesting exchange between the Rebbe and the 770 Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Yisroel Piekarski can provide an answer to the question whether a Rebbe can make a mistake. Video
The Alter Rebbe and the Vilna Gaon
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: Part 2 Special for Yud Tes Kislev: The life of the Alter Rebbe, his work against the Hisnagdus, trying to make peace, and writing of the Tanya and Shulchan Aruch. Video
When Two Lights Came Into the World
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: Preparing for Yud Tes Kislev: The life of the Alter Rebbe, his brilliance in all 4 areas of Torah, and the time when he fixed a broken sundial that no one else could. Video
Mission to Redeem the Chabad Library
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: Revealing previously unreleased information about the mission to redeem the Schneerson Library from Russia, shedding new light on the failed mission in 1988. Full Story, Video
Response to a Chabad Critic
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: A letter from Rabbi Nissan Mindel in reply to a critic of Chabad: whether the Rebbe performs miracles, the way Chasidim address the Rebbe, and why does the Rebbetzin drive a Cadillac. Video
The Questions the Rebbe Asked a Chosson
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: What the Rebbe's secretary Rabbi Dr. Nissan Mindel wrote about shidduchim and marriage. Plus: The questions the Rebbe asked a Chosson. Video
Who Really Wrote Talks & Tales
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: Who wrote the "Talks and Tales" publication? What did the Frierdiker Rebbe say about its effect on him? Video
Rebbe’s Surprising “Refuah Shelaima”
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: What happened after the Rebbe blessed a perfectly healthy man with "Refuah Shelaima" during dollars? Why do we say L'chaim on wine? Video
The Vatican’s Letter to the Rebbe
Special episode of Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: Why did the Vatican write a letter to the Rebbe? What is the Rebbe's approach to the 7 Mitzvos Bnei Noach which surprised the world? Video
“Trink Schnapps un Byse Herring”
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The humorous meaning of the letters of Teshuva from a farbrengen with 770 Gabbai R' Yochanan Gordon and what are the torn shoes found in Gan Eden. Video
Chosson Changed His Mind After Watching Program
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Hours before last Shabbos, Rabbi Shalom Ber Schapiro received a phone call about his latest Historic Treasures program on COLlive.com. What the person said left him (and us) speechless. Full Story, Video
Loving A Yid That You Don’t Know
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The four levels of love for a fellow Jew, even one that we don't know. Video
The Note the Rebbe Wrote to Shluchim
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The telling note the Rebbe wrote to Shluchim and what did 3 Satmar chassidim do at a Farbrengen of the Rebbe at 770. Video
Why All Chassidim Rushed to My Daughter’s Wedding
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: Why Chassidim in Crown Heights all flocked to a wedding on 13 Elul 5749 and details of the Rebbe Rashab's wedding which had 3 conditions. Video
Rabbi Hodakov’s Clever Tactic That Worked Wonders
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The letter the Rebbe wrote to teachers; the question of a Chicago rabbi about sermons; the tactic Rabbi Mordechai Hodakov suggested; and the meaning of Pirkei Avos. Video
