The warmth of the Rebbe

I don't post all the JEM clips that they send me but I liked this one for the warmth the Rebbe expressed to these people.
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Points of Interest in Paris

Shturem has published a link to Google maps of places in Paris which may have interest to Chabadniks. The map appears here and was compiled by Jewish Educational Media to coincide with the release of the DVD The Early Years Volume III, which focuses on the Rebbe and Rebbetzin’s life in Paris in 1938-1940.

The Rebbe and the Belzer Rebbe (1928)

This is from the DVD "The Early Years" volume 1 from Jewish Educational Media.
Thanks to The Living Torah.

The "Gabbai Tzedokah" of Crown Heights

JEM have published excerpts from an interview with Reb Shimshon Stock OB"M which was recorded three months ago as part of its My Encounter with the Rebbe series.

Shimshon talks about how his organisation, Chevra Simchas Shabbos VeYomTov, was inspired by a sicha of the Rebbe on Rosh Hashana about 28 years ago.

A Freilichen Purim

Another video from JEM taken at the Rebbe's Purim Farbrengen in 5732 (1972).

"Hop Kazak", "Jump, Cossack, Jump". Rabbi Aryeh Leib of Shpoleh, the "Shpoler Zeide", danced to this song in competition against a Cossack to gain the freedom of a poor, Jewish innkeeper.


I think that it is also worth spending 5 minutes listening to this week's Living Torah sicha on Chabad.org. The Rebbe discusses the challenges we face living in countries where we are free to practice yiddishkeit in any way that we choose. What the Rebbe says is even more relevant today than when it was said 27 years ago.

Timely Advice from the Rebbe

This week's Living Torah is an excerpt from the farbrengen of Tu Bishvat 5748 (1988) where the Rebbe explains how to get advice from "Nosi Doreinu" when asking the Rebbe directly is not an option. The video is 9 minutes long but worth watching to the end. The last part is particularly interesting in how it relates to us today with regard to asking for brochos.