Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: What the Rebbe responded to a Kollel member who had Sholom Bayis issues and to the California boy whose parents weren’t going to send him to Yeshiva. Video
The People Who Sent the Rebbe’s Reports
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: Part 3 of the Rebbe's global campaign 32 years ago asking for added Chabad activities worldwide and the names of some of the people who reported back to 770. Video
Who Answered the Rebbe’s Call
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: Part 2 of behind the scenes plans for the Rebbe's global campaign 32 years ago; who around the world immediately answered the Rebbe's call? Video
The Campaign the Rebbe Launched 32 Years Ago
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The never-before-publicized yechidus in the summer of 5748 (1988) during which the Rebbe launched a new global campaign and the behind-the-scenes activities. Video
Why Chabad Women Insist on a Sheitel
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: What the Rebbe insisted to Rabbi Sholom Ber Goldshmid when he was engaged to be married, what nearly caused him to break the Shidduch, and the Rebbe's marriage advice. Video
Why Do We Give a Plain Gold Wedding Ring
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: Episode for Tu B'Av: What did the Rebbe say is the great miracle of a Shidduch and the Sholom Bayis of a couple. Video
Merkos Beginnings in a Single Room
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch was operating out of the Rebbe Rayatz’s Yechidus room. A letter shows the push to make it more established. Video
A Segulah the Rebbe Offered to the Ill
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: What the Rebbe suggested to a man suffering from a sleep disorder and the segulah to a woman who was in a dire condition at Mount Sinai Hospital. Video
What the Rebbe Said About the Secret of Chabad’s Success
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro, marking Yud Beis Tammuz - the Chag Hageulah of the Frierdiker Rebbe and the yartzeit of the Rebbe's secretary Rabbi Nissen Mindel: What did the Rebbe answer the question of what is the secret of Chabad's success? Video
When President Roosevelt Sneaked Out of the White House
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The historic march of 500 rabbis to protest the Nazi Holocaust, the Chabad delegation from the Rebbe Rayatz and how President Franklin D. Roosevelt sneaked out of the White House in a cowardly manner to avoid meeting them. Video
The Letter the Rebbe Didn’t Want to Answer
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: How did the Rebbe respond to a slanderous letter from a rabbi, why didn't the Rebbe ban smoking cigarettes, and the discussion between 2 rabbis about a chicken. Video
To the Shluchim Who Felt Discouraged…
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: What the Rebbe wrote to Shluchim who felt discouraged as they compared their activities to the ones of Shluchim who are considered very successful. Video
Why the Rebbe Refused a Chabad Donor’s Request
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The interactions of the Rebbe with a donor to Chabad causes, a young woman looking for a Shabbos meal and the request of a mazkir can teach us about favoritism and equality. Video
Telshe Teacher Who Exemplified Living With Moshiach
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: Why Pirkei Avos are called Ethics of the Fathers specifically, what they mean for parents and the example of Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Katz, a teacher at Telshe Yeshiva in Cleveland, Ohio. Video
The Rebbe’s Words To Ease the Pain
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: A selection of Nichum Aveilim letters from the Rebbe to people who lost a spouse, a parent and even children presented to comfort the many deaths during COVID-19. Video
“All Problems in the World Are Related”
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: What the Rebbe wrote to 2 Shluchim on this day - the 29th of Nissan and its relevancy to the current coronavirus pandemic. Video
When the Chossid Refused to Make Kiddush on Pesach
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The story of the famed chossid Rabbi Yitzchok Horowitz, known as Reb Itche der Masmid, and how he was saved from eating chametz on Pesach. Video
The Man Who Took a Sabbatical to Investigate Chassidim
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The secular Jew who took a sabbatical to investigate chassidim and his observations from visiting Klausenburg, Satmar, Bobov, Lakewood, Ger, Belz and then Lubavitch in the 'small zal' at 770 Eastern Parkway. Video
Rip Out Pages From Science Books?
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The Rebbe's instruction to teachers on how to teach reading Aleph Beis and what to do with problematic content in science books. And can every Yid have Ruach Hakodesh? Video
Be Cautious To Whom You Teach Kabbalah
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The letter the Rebbe instructed to be written to a man living in Korea who was interested in learning Kabbalah and how all teachers should be careful how they impart information. Video
The Letter the Rebbe Wrote on Behalf of the Rebbetzin
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: Interesting facts and stories about Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson in honor of her yartzeit on Chof Beis Shvat. And the letter the Rebbe wrote to the doctor on her behalf. Video
The Letter, Press Release and Camera From Yud Shvat
Yud Shvat special Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The letter of the Chassidim, the press release, and the camera that captured the Rebbe’s Farbrengen on Yud Shvat 5711 (1951). Also: How the Ohel was built in Queens. Full Story, Video
Why the Rebbe Hesitated to Accept Leadership of Chabad-Lubavitch
Historic Treasures with Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro - special for Yud Shvat: A never before published letter by the Chossid, R’ Avraham Sender Nemtzov, written to the Rebbe 3 weeks after Yud Shvat 1950 and why the Rebbe hesitated on accepting leadership of Chabad-Lubavitch. Full Story, Video
The Last Letters of the Rebbe Rayatz
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