“Choose Life! 8 Chassidic Stories for the Jewish New Year” by Libi Astair (Kindle Edition) Rebbe Zusha of Hanipoli was once walking down the street when he was asked by a Russian police officer, “Where are you going?” Where are you going? That’s a good question for any day of the year, but it’s especially [...]
Like the previous works in the Kol Menachem series, Megillat Esther, Slager Edition is predominately based on the scholarly output of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902–1994). Most of the Rebbe’s teachings were initially delivered at regular public gatherings (farbrengens) attended mainly by his own followers and disciples; they were later published, often under the Rebbe’s own editorial guidance. [...]
“Noam Elimelech – Prayers and Customs” (Chassidic Classics) – Kindle Edition, transl. Tal Moshe Zwecker. The customs and guidance for life as taught by the Rebbe Elimelech of Lizhensk a student of the Great Maggid of Mezritch. Contains Tzetal Katan (a seventeen-point program on how to be a good Jew) & “Hanhagos HaAdam (a list [...]
At midnight after Shabbat this week we gather in shul for the first of the annual selichot (penitential) prayers. Slowly the somberatmosphere builds as we realise that Rosh Hashana is now just five days away, and the time has come for us to focus on the High Holidays. Traditionally, on this first night of selichot the synagogues would [...]
There is a story about King David mentioned by Talmud in Tractat Shabbat (30b): ”the Angel of Death stood before him but could not prevail against him, because learning did not cease from his mouth.” It wasn’t only an escape before death but, foremost, a commandment fulfillment rooted from Joshua (1:8): “This book of the law shall not [...]
There was a time, not too long ago, just going back a few years really when you couldn’t find Perek Shirah at all. Many Rabbis didn’t even know about this t’filah. It had been hidden from us for hundreds of years. But the time has come for Perek Shirah to be revealed once again. Perek [...]
