In the aftermath of World War II, Rabbonim and activists worked tirelessly to establish Jewish infrastructure for American Jewry. The frierdiker Rebbe, the previous Chabad Rebbe, was once approached by a community activist who questioned why Chabad did not preoccupy...
In the aftermath of the Yom Kippur War, Ariel Sharon, the decorated general and future prime minister, challenged the Rebbe. “Why does the Rebbe not move to Eretz Yisrael?,” asked Sharon. “When troops go to war, the commanding officer marches...
A Chassid once proudly shared with the chidushei harim, the first gerer Rebbe, his child’s advanced behavior. “My young son takes potatoes and rope and ties them around his arm and head as makeshift tefillin,” boasted the Chassid. “He walks...
Dr. Yaakov Brawer was a professor at McGill University of Montreal and would frequently lecture at Shabbatons in Brooklyn. It happened once that after speaking at one such Shabbaton, he wanted to daven minchahh with the Rebbe before he would travel home. His flight...
