POTD - Rabbi Rakeffet @ 770 (Updated ד'אב)

with Rabbi Leibel Groner

עם הספרן הגה"ח ר' שד"ב שי' לוין

with admirers, outside on Eastern Parkway

עם הרב חיים ברוך שי' הלברשטאם (שמאל, עם הטלית) בחדר השידורים






















בגן עדן התחתון עם הרב חיים ברוך שי' הלברשטאם

היו ימים - ר"ח כסלו תשנ"ב אין זיבן זיבעציג

2 recent articles about the Yosselle Schuchmacher saga and the Lubavitch connection

Sholom Shtroks, son of Nachman and uncle of Yosselle Schumacher, recently passed away. He was directly involved in the saga of not returning Yosselle to his parents and even sat in jail for what seems like almost three years, until he was pardoned by the newly elected President Shazar. The following are two articles recently published about Sholom and about the meetings that took place between the Rebbe and a delegation of Satmarer Rabbonim in 770.

  פרשית יוסלה וחבד לפי חומר חסוי שהותר לפרסום לאחרונה

  משלחת סטמר בליובאוויטש

Rabbi Shmuel Lew tells us about his life - from Torah Vodaas to London

  Derher - Cheshvan 5776 S Lew Only

Box.com link

י"ט כסלו תשכ"ב - אפסטעיר"ס

On YomTov, up until the passing of his mother-in-law on 10 Teves 5731, keyodua, the Rebbe would eat the seudos upstairs in the Frierdige Rebbe's apartment. There were other occasions, such as Purim, Yud Tes Kislev and Yud Beis Tammuz, when there would be a small, short farbrengen before the large farbrengen in 770. These pictures are from one such farbrengen, Yud Tes Kislev 5722. Near the Rebbe sits Reb Shmuel Levitin and next to him Reb Shlomo Aron Kazarnovsky. The late Leibel Bistritzky is also visible standing behind RSAK in picture 4.

לזכרו של ראש הישיבה, הגה"ח ר' מרדכי מענטליק ע"ה

See Here

יארצייט הרש"ל - ארבעים שנה

Reb Shmuel Levitin was the zkan and most respected Lubavitcher chossid from his arrival in NY in 1938 until his passing on 11 Elul תשל"ד. The Rebbe had great derech eretz for Reb Shmuel  as well and would write his name as such: הרש"ל. There are countless such stories. Reb Shmuel was Rov in Rakshik, Lita until he left Europe. He was a grandson of the great Reb Gershon Ber of Pahar, and would call himself a 5th mekabel of the Alter Rebbe. He was sent to the US by the Frierdige Rebbe as a שד"ר in 1938 and was thus saved from the horrors of WWII, but he lost his wife and several of his children, r"l.  In Crown Heights he was the Rov of the Lubavitcher shul - 770, until his passing. He was the first when it came to kibbudim, went along with the Rebbe to shiva calls or to visit the camps, etc. Bekitzer, he was the man. He was already a "zach" בחייו  of the Rebbe Rashab, being sent on shlichus to the Republic of Georgia, where he exhibited great mesiras nefesh and brought many closer to Torah, as well as to Chassidus. Anybody who came in contact with him will tell you one thing for sure, he was a great פקח. Anyway, we all know that in Lubavitch we say Yisgadal VeYiskadash, not "deil" and "deish." Reb Shmuel, however, had this minhag to say "deil" and "deish," which was apparently how the Rebbe Rashab would say it. Here we bring you a recording from Reb Shmuel davening for the amud and being oleh leTorah in the summer of 5725/1965, where we can hear saying it as such.

Thanks for listening.

! דאס הייסט תיקון

און דוקא פאר ישראל דוכמאנ'ס יארצייט פאסט טאקע אזא תיקון. ממנו יראו וכן יעשו

זאל ער זיין א מליץ יושר פאר זיין משפחה

  מקור

הכתר על "ס"ת של משיח" בבית רבינו

COL

when all else fails - post pictures!

Between work, sending kids off to camp, trying on shirts before the nine days and my usual hectic schedule of Torah and Avodah, there has been little time for long blog posts. So we do what we can to keep you entertained and informed. Enjoy these treasures, pictures of Reb Yoel Kahan at 770 on Chol HaMoed Sukkos, courtesy of Chabad Lubavitch Archives.

I've decided to go all out here in regards to CH Rabbonim election and the ensuing politics. From Day One, that is.

?ר' איד, וואס לאכט איר אזוי? אויף וועמענ'ס חשבון


?ר' עמרם? איר זענט אויך דא
איך בין דאך דארט אויפגעוואקסן, און איך ווייס ווי איר האלט .....


? איך גלייב נישט. וואס זוכט דער בורשטינער צדיק דארט? ער פלעגט דאווענען אלץ קינד ביי אים אין שול?


.....וולפא, דאס איז דער מכה בפטיש


הרב שוויי זיצט כשושנה בין החוכים


.....דער גרויסער פאטער , היינט שעפט ער שוין נחת פונעם זונ'דל


DALOY HUNGARIANS IN LUBAVITCH!!!!

I'm not sure what brought this on now. Maybe it was the passing of Reb Moshe Morozov, who was once very actively involved in the whole process, before old age prevented him from continuing. Or maybe it was the fact that people ask me all kinds of questions and I figure that if they get their info elsewhere it might not be as good as if they get here. But I want it all here on the table, going back to ששת ימי בראשית. Why, after years of using Rav Osdoba for their agenda, they decided that he isn't good for them anymore, and especially why the Russians decided now that a young Hungarian is good for them and their agenda? I'd like your input, please. I know the answers, more or less, I just wanna hear ALL the details here. Years ago they needed Rav Marlow for their power struggle and they got him and used him, but what good is Braun for them now?

I started this thread on Thursday, when we weren't sure if there would be a Hachtoroh or not, but now that there was one last light, and they brought out anybody that RYYB had a shaychus with as a child until he joined Lubavitch, I'm even more intrigued. I look around at those in attendance and all I see is rabblerousers, troublemakers and those looking to destroy Lubavitch for personal reasons. And, of course, locals looking for a bite to eat and a way to pass the time. And some bachurim. And they too were sent to the coronation by the leadership of OT, which also is part of the troublemaking crowd, as was the MC, one of the first to make himself big by destroying what others built with their sweat and tears, and using the "Moshiach" issue to the appeal to the ass - , I mean masses. I don't usually discuss internal Lubavitch politics, but I'll do it, and may G-d forgive me, for I know not what I'm doing here.