Motzoei Shabbos Story: How the Rebbe respond after a 1-year-old boy visiting from Israel refused to accept a dollar during a Yechidus of his parents. Full Story
The Chief Rabbi’s Fake Cousin
Photo: Hasidic Archives
Motzoei Shabbos Story: When Israel's Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu announced that an aspiring dayan was his relative, the state board was quick to approve him for a job. The truth was only revealed later... Full Story
What a Chossid’s Forged Passport Revealed
R' Nachum Gurewicz * Photo: Hasidic Archives
Motzoei Shabbos Story: When R' Mulik Gurewicz applied for a loan to purchase an apartment, the clerk started asking him a slew of questions about his forged Polish passport. There was a good reason for it. Full Story
Where Did The Rebbe Find the Time?
The Rebbe on 2 Menachem Av 5737 (RebbeDrive) and Avidor Hameiri (Israel National Archive)
Motzoei Shabbos Story: Israel's first Poet Laureate Avigdor Hameiri was surprised that the Rebbe found the time to read his novel which openly displayed his hatred for Jewish faith and traditions. Full Story
The Walking Collision With the Rebbetzin
Motzoei Shabbos Story: When a yeshiva bochur in a hurry mistakingly bumped into Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson on a Motzoei Shabbos, she held onto the fence not to fall but also looked away... Full Story
When Melbourne Had a Health Scare
Moztoei Shabbos Story: How did the Rebbe respond to a string of tragedies and deaths in the Chabad community in Melbourne, Australia, in 1990? Full Story
A Job For the Chossid Who Wouldn’t Work
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Motzoei Shabbos Story: The chossid R' Berel Gureveitch refused to work in the Soviet sewing factory despite harsh consequences. But his insistence actually led to a clever and permissible solution. Full Story
When Things Are in Turmoil
R' Yehuda Krinsky speaks at Tzach convention, early 1960's
Motzoei Shabbos Story: The life lesson that Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky received from the Rebbe on his very first day of work as part of the Rebbe’s secretariat at 770 Eastern Parkway. Full Story
When to React, When to Stay Silent
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Motzoei Shabbos Story: A chossid from Vilna once visited the Alter Rebbe about a confrontation his son-in-law was had with an aggressive acquaintance. He was worried about what may come, but the Alter Rebbe was not sympathetic. Full Story
The Beautiful Reason a Chossid Wore a Non-Chabad Tallis
Motzoei Shabbos Story: When the known Chabad activist R' Zushe Wilmovsky showed up to shul wearing a silver crowned Tallis, he was the subject of jokes and comments. There was a beautiful reason behind it. Full Story
How Alaska’s First Mikvah Got Built
Motzoei Shabbos Story: How the first Mikvah in the state of Alaska was built at the Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage in 5733 with the encouragement of the Rebbe and with a specific instruction. Full Story
The Problem With Being Sick
Illustration Photo: Hasidic Archives
Motzoei Shabbos Story: The importance of good health is illustrated by the response of the Rebbe Rashab to a comment made by the chossid R' Zalman Persitz during a farbrengen, after drinking a few l'chaims. Full Story
Fear in the Rebbe Rashab’s House
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Motzoei Shabbos Story: After fleeing the town of Lubavitch during World War I, the Rebbe Rashab moved to Rostov-on-Don and lived in a small apartment on Pushkinskaya Ulitsa. Living on the floor beneath him was a Russian general who was known to be a vicious man... Full Story
When the Attacker Is Ruthless
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Motzoei Shabbos Story: One day, a group of thugs arrived at the home of Dovid Itkin, a real estate broker in Warsaw. The gang read from a prepared paper that demanded the large sum of 200 gold rubles. The Rebbe Rashab said to make peace with them... Full Story
Daily Schedule Recommended by Rebbe
Motzoei Shabbos Story: While Dr. Yaakov Hanoka found it difficult to balance his harried schedule - learning graduate school, working in a lab until midnight, meeting friends and learning at 770. He turned to the Rebbe for advice. Full Story
Rosh Yeshiva’s Envelope of Cash
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Motzoei Shabbos Story: What made Rabbi Chaim Meir Bukiet, Rosh Yeshiva of the central Lubavitch Yeshiva - 770 in Crown Heights, to hand an envelope of cash to a bochur and where did the funds come from. Full Story
Why the Rebbe Went to a Side Room
Motzoei Shabbos Story: After working in the diamond district, Rabbi Berel Junik would go to the home of the Rebbe and Rebbetzin to assist them as a mashbak (servant). Once, the Rebbe saw him at the door and went into a side room so he will not be seen... Full Story
The Jewish-Led Battle Against the Teaneck Menorah
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Motzoei Shabbos Story: Mayor of Teaneck Mohammed Hameeduddin helped light Chabad's Menorah in front of the Municipal Building this year. Local Jewish organizations have long tried to stop it from happening... Full Story
A Dying Woman’s Comfort
Rabbi Yekusiel Farkash * Photo: Hasidic Archives
Motzoei Shabbos Story: Frantic with worry, Rabbi Yekusiel and Rochel Farkash made their way to New York, to request a blessing for their daughter, Chana. It was 1976, and she was battling a malignant form of cancer. Full Story
The Blessing on a House That Burned Down
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Motzoei Shabbos Story: When a large fire burned down the home of the famous chossid Reb Shmuel Munkes, he friends observed him recite an unexpected blessing... Full Story
The Wealthy Man Who Refused To Be Paid Back
Illustration Photo: Hasidic Archives
Motzoei Shabbos Story: The great tzadik, R' Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev almost never attended funerals. One exception was at the funeral of Herschel, a wealthy man in the community. The reason why is linked to 2 moving episodes in his life. Full Story
Why the Tzadik Returned The Letter
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Motzoei Shabbos Story: After the passing of the Maggid of Mezritch, a group of Chassidim approached Rabbi Mendel of Horodok, to become their Rebbe. What he did next puzzled them. Full Story
Why a Rov Wouldn’t Eat Honey Cake
Motzoei Shabbos Story: A chossid of the Alter Rebbe who was a Rov in Minsk would always refuse to eat honey cake. He once revealed the admirable reason for this uncommon practice. Full Story
When There Are Three Witnesses
Photo: Moreshet Auction House
Motzoei Shabbos Story: How R' Moshe Feinstein, one of the foremost expert on Jewish law in the United States, delicatly handles a rare case of chalitzah for a Jewish woman in New York. Full Story
No Apology Needed
Motzoei Shabbos Story: When Reb Noteh of Monastyryshche visited the town of Lubavitch, one chossid was eager to meet him - so eager he slapped someone in the face. Full Story