Rabbi Mordechai of Nadvorna: Above Time
Rabbi Mordechai Leifer of Nadvorna (Nadvirna, Ukraine) was born on the 19th of Iyar 5584 (1824) to Rabbi Yissachar Dov, the first Rebbe of Nadvorna....
Category : Spiritual Masters
Rabbi Moshe Segal: The Yom Kippur Shofar of Liberty
Long ago, the mitzvah of blowing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah was performed during Shacharit—the morning prayer. The Jerusalem Talmud[1] explains that the sages moved...
The Ba’al Shem Tov: When the Fox Forgot his Parables
The Midrash[1] relates the following parable: Once the lion, the king of the animals, became angry with all the animals. The animals consulted each other...
Preparing for Selichot with Rebbe Michel of Zlotshov
* based on a shiur given on Motza’ei Shabbat 26 Elul 5773 Notes taken during class, not reviewed nor edited by HaRav Ginsburgh 1....
Rabbi Simchah Bunim of Peshischa: Loving Lowliness
Rabbi Simchah Bunim Bonhardt of Peshischa (Przysucha) was a disciple of The Holy Yid, Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Rabinowitz of Peshischa. Both were disciples of the...
The Tzror Hachaim of Selish: Torah, Shoes and Salvation
Rabbi Shmuel Shmelkeh Klein was born in 5565 (1805) to his mother Pessil and his father, Rabbi Yosef. He was named after his uncle, the...
The Holy Or HaChaim: Keeping the Fire in Purgatory Off
Rabbi Chaim Ben-Atar, known as the holy Or HaChaim for his famous commentary on the Torah, was born in 5456 (1696) in Morocco. Even as...
12 Tamuz: The Rebbe Rayatz
Click here for Rabbi Ginsburgh's fascinating class on the 12th of Tamuz. ...
Ba’al Hahafla’ah: Worldly Matters for Tzaddikim?
Rabbi Pinchas Horowitz, known as the Ba'al HaHafla'ah after his series of books by this name on the Talmud and Shulchan Aruch, was born in...
The Rebbe’s Children
This is a story about one of the shluchim (emissaries) of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. It took place in the days when international travel was complicated...
