Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: How the chinuch of a child begins with the parents, why a chosson gives a simple ring under the chuppah to the kallah, the importance of Sholom Bayis, and why the Mezuzah is placed on a slant. Video
Should We Pay a Jew To Put on Tefillin?
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The Rebbe's clear response about the suggestion that a Jewish man be paid to put on Tefillin or get compensated for participating in a Chassidus class. Video
The Rebbe’s Defense of Using Benedictine Liqueur
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: Responses of the Rebbe to a young sibling getting married first, drinking Benedictine liqueur, and dislike of the term “Chatzer Lubavitch.” Video
‘Rebbe, I’m Ashamed by Things That I’m Doing’
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The Rebbe’s response to a frum Yid who was feeling ashamed that he wasn’t going to minyan, talking during davening, engaging in loshon hara, and not consistently saying Shema at night. Video
‘Rebbe, I’m Depressed and Overweight’
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: What the Rebbe responded to a person who wrote that he is depressed and overweight. Video
‘Rebbe, Why Did Hashem Make Me Ill?’
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The Rebbe's practical, medical, and spiritual answer to a woman who has been diagnosed with an illness, and why we make a big deal of birthdays. Video
The Doctor’s Apology From the Frierdiker Rebbe
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: A letter from the Rebbe offering a different view on suffering and exile, and why did a doctor apologize to the Frierdiker Rebbe. Video
Why The Rebbe Said Hashem Doesn’t Punish People
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The reply of the Rebbe to a childless woman who thought she was being punished by Hashem, and regarding the massacre of Oct. 7. Video
The Displeased Letter From a Jew in Italy
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The Rebbe's comment to Rabbi Dr. Nissan Mindel on the secular new year, and the letter from a Jew in Italy about the Pope's visit to a synagogue. Video
Couple Visited the Rebbes of Chabad, Bobov and Satmar
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: A story about the childless couple who turned to the Rebbes of Chabad, Bobov and Satmar; and the instruction to ask a "smart rov" regarding fasting. Video
The Segulah the Rebbe Gave for Fear of Flying
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The importance of carrying a photo of the Rebbe, or a dollar from the Rebbe wherever we go, the the segulah for aerophobia. Video
Chanukah Miracle Story Told by a Jew From Ekaterinoslav
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The letter from a Jewish man from Ekaterinoslav which led the Rebbe to invite him into his home in Crown Heights and gift him 2 photographs. Video
What is a Chossid, According to the Rebbe
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: Part three of the program on what does it mean to be a chossid according to the words of the Rebbe. Video
The Meaning of Being a Chossid
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: What does it mean to be a chossid - continuation from last 2 programs - based on the writing of the Rebbe found in the Mindel Archives. Video
Hashem Suffers When His Children Are Suffering
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The Midrash that discusses two tenants in the same building and how it relates to the current exile of the Jewish people. Video
The Rebbe’s Request to Sources on What’s a Chossid
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The time the Rebbe requested sources on what’s the definition of a chossid, and answered. Video
What the Frierdiker Rebbe Said During the Second World War
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: What did the Frierdiker Rebbe encourage people to do doing the Second World War while millions of Jews were being murdered by the Nazis and their antisemitic collaborators in the Holocaust. Video
Why We Knock Before Entering the Rebbe’s Ohel
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: Why we knock before entering the Ohel, and what did the Rebbe say to do when the land of Israel was at war in the past. Video
Rabbi Mindel’s Speech to YU Students
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The speech that Rabbi Dr. Nissan Mindel gave to students at Yeshiva University regarding Rosh Hashana at the invitation of Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm. Video
What Did the Rebbe Do in the Early Years
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: What did the Rebbe do, where did he live in the early years and how Merkos was established. Video
Questions That We Asked at a Farbrengen in Jerusalem
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: Questions that people asked about the Rebbe during a summer Farbrengen in Jerusalem and the answers given. Video
The Time Rabbi Hodakov Apologized to the Rebbe
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: Part 3 chronicling the Rebbe’s establishment of Vaad Hamosifin, to increase Chabad activities around the world. Video
The Names That Were Swiftly Sent in to the Rebbe
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: Part 2 about Vaad Hamosifin - campaign to add Chabad activities - that the Rebbe started, and the names of the Chassidim that were swiftly sent in. Video
The Memo of a Meeting With the Rebbe During Av 5748
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: Changes the a Rebbe implemented after the passing of the Rebbetzin, and a memo of a timely meeting on Av 5748 (1988). Video
Meshumadim, Wine and Coed Classes
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: Answers the Rebbe gave to having meshumadim attend Torah classes, serving wine to a non-observant crowd and teaching men, women together. Video