Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Guaranteed success in educating one's child



Based on a comment of the Chasam Sofer there is a guarantee when it comes to education

Is education a 24/7 job?




The words of the "Shma Yisroel" prayer seem to imply that we have no breaks from our job as educators of our children

Forced Vegetarians


What are the effects of eating meat and drinking fine wine?
What was the advertisement to come to Rava's Yeshiva?
Who can't eat meat?

Thursday, January 16, 2014

The Fatherhood Project


All of us are affected by our father. Maybe he wasn't there, maybe he was there too much. What did your parents do right and what did they do wrong?

Filmmaker Corbyn Tyson explores what it means to be a good dad. This is a series that looks at what it means to be a father today and the role our dads played in our lives.

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Lubavitcher Rebbe on the connection between Chanukkah and Thanksgiving



Some 25 years before the two holidays were to fall on the same day, the Lubavitcher Rebbe explains the connection between the American holiday of Thanksgiving and the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.

Both represent the story of people who fought religious persecution and being thankful to G-d for being able to express their spirituality freely.

Video is courtesy of JewishMedia and Chabad.org

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Five Year Old Genius Arden Hayes on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Jimmy Kimmel Live - Five Year Old Genius Arden Hayes

Adorable five-year-old genius Arden Hayes demonstrates his incredible wealth of knowledge in world geography.

Monday, November 11, 2013

Jewish Man Finds $98K In Desk He Bought On Craigslist

Imagine buying a desk under $200 on Craigslist only to find thousands of dollars hidden inside.

That’s exactly what happened New Haven Rabbi Noach Muroff and his wife. They found a huge pile of cash after buying a desk. When the couple brought the desk home it wouldn’t fit through the door. The couple had to pull the desk apart, including the file cabinets. Behind the drawers they discovered a plastic bag filled with cash. they counted up and there’s $98,000 cash sitting in the bag. The couple couldn’t believe their eyes. They picked up the phone and called the original owner

The original owner was speechless. “Oh my gosh, because I… oh my God,” she said. The former owner had stuffed her inheritance in the desk and forgot where she put the money. The rabbi and his wife returned the cash to the rightful owner. Rabbi Muroff said the most important thing in life is to be honest.

Saturday, November 9, 2013

The Rebbe's approach for dealing with those that apposed Chabad and the Rebbe


The Lubavitcher Rebbe helps save the "Olameinu" magazine

Rabbi Don Yoel Levy is director of the OK Kosher Certification. During the early 1960s, his father, Rabbi Berel Levy, was privy to the Rebbe's methods of working with other Jewish movements.

From Living Torah Disc 99 Program 394

Thursday, November 7, 2013

A Comptroller Can Pull Strings

In anticipation of New York City mayoral elections, the Rebbe asks then comptroller and mayoral candidate, "Why do you want to be mayor -- who's the actual boss of New York City, the mayor or the comptroller?"

26 Av, 5749 - August 27, 1989

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Excerpts from the new video "Glimpse Through the Veil 2"

"Miracles, and retelling the wondrous deeds of the righteous, uplift the individual, evoking a desire to shake oneself free from the mundane; they stir the soul -- even one mired in the depths..."
- The Rebbe, 1932

770 Eastern Parkway was the address thousands turned to in search of wisdom, comfort, and a miracle. Presented here are eight first-hand accounts of miraculous healing in the wake of the Rebbe's blessings.

Saturday, November 2, 2013

The Substance of Hasidic Style


Chasidic Uniforms In Brooklyn - Documentary

The Chasidic community are recognized for their conservative dress, but what is the meaning behind their style, StyleLIkeU Uniforms Presents: The Substance of Hasidic Style

Friday, November 1, 2013

The Martyrs of Mumbai (This Week in Jewish History) Dr. Henry Abramson


Pakistani terrorists attacked the Chabad House in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday, 29th of Heshvan, 5769 (26 November 2008). Part of a concerted attack that killed 179 and wounded hundreds, they murdered the young Chabad emissaries running the house, Rabbi Gavriel and Mrs. Rivky Holtzberg. Their infant son, who turned two the day after his parents were brutally killed, was heroically rescued by his Indian caregiver.

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Is Evil Rational? -- Prager University


Is evil rational? If it is, then how can we depend on reason alone to make a better world? Best-selling author Dennis Prager has a challenging answer.

The Legendary Maggid Of Jerusalem, Harav Shalom Schwadron Zt''l Delivering A Lecture


Rav Sholom Mordechai Hakohen Schwadron Zt"l (Hebrew: הרב שלום מרדכי הכהן שבדרון‎) (1912--21 December 1997) was a Charedi rabbi and orator. He was known as the "Maggid of Jerusalem" for his fiery, inspirational mussar talks. Some of the stories he told about the character and conduct of Torah leaders and tzadikim of previous generations were incorporated in the "Maggid" series of books by Rabbi Paysach Krohn, whom Rav Schwadron mentored.