How did the Rebbe heal a gravely ill – and religiously skeptical – woman? How was his father-in-law revived by a Chassid’s ...

He was one of the finest teachers that I studied with in college – a genius as an educator and a sincere and compassionate human being. He is the person that I chose to personify the quintessential ...

By Bentzion Pearson  Each year, as the season of “Yud Shvat” arrives, the thoughts of a chossid naturally turn to that ...

With the recent passing of David Weiss-Halivni, we’ve lost a world-renowned Talmud scholar. I had a relationship with him of over thirty years and was a doctoral candidate of his. (Honesty requires me ...

In Hebrew we refer to a great spiritual giant as a gadol. Too often, especially in the modern era of hagiography, the word is too broadly applied and thereby diluted. However, to those who have ...

Lamar Odom shared a personal moment of prayer at the grave of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Schneerson in Queens, N.Y. Odom donned a skullcap in the photo as he stood at the final resting place for ...

It was 40 years ago. I was 14 years old in Brooklyn, teetering on the cusp of adolescence, when my parents began talking about sending me to Israel for a year of study. The idea filled them with a ...

Ten years ago, in the summer of 2014, bestselling author Joseph Telushkin came to El Paso for an event at UTEP promoting his newest New York Times bestselling biography: Rebbe: The Life and Teachings ...

Late last night, the Rebbe appeared in one of my dreams. Yes, the Moshiach. Yes, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Yes, the rabbi that escaped from Hitler’s hands to end up living in New York. Yes, ...

My chaver Billy Altshul informed me that our rebbe Rav Aharon Lichtenstein has been awarded the Israel Prize 2014 in Jewish religious literature. Shema — n 1. the central statement of Jewish belief, ...