Chassidim

Prayer Before Prayer

Shalom aleichem! The raffle winners have been drawn! Please visit www.QueensRaffle.com to see the winners! Thank you to the 178 people who purchased…

Wheel of Fortune

Shalom aleichem! Some 300 years ago lived an affluent man named Avigdor. He once brought a large sum of money to Rabbi…

The Sukkot Cigar

Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Alter (1866-1948), was the third Rebbe of the Gerrer Chassidic dynasty. Rabbi Alter, known as the Imrei Emes, once heard…

Hurt His Feelings

The name of Reb Berke Chein, who passed away in Israel in 1990, is loved and revered throughout the world of Chabad.…

The Shabbat Cigarette

Shalom Aleichem! Every holiday should have a “takeaway,” no? What was your “takeaway” for Passover this year? Please email me, I would…

Erudite Kabbalist

What’s separate and spread out, then joins together into a big circle, becomes lines, forms a triangle with a point in the…

Bitter Water

Shalom Aleichem! Today is a very special day on the Jewish calendar. The 10th of Shevat marks the 62nd yahrtzeit (anniversary of…

How Do You Give?

Shalom Aleichem! The founder of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, had many disciples. I like this story about two…