Yud Tes Kislev – Our Life Depends On It
By Rabbi Akiva Wagner I was recently given a copy of memoirs written by Mrs. Mussia Schtroks and Mrs. Riva Raskin about their father R’ Avrohom Yeshaya Schapiro OBM. The following excerpt, although set...
Category: Farbrengens
The 15th of Elul – The Establishment of Tomchei T’mimim
By Rabbi Akiva Wagner The Alter Rebbe once remarked: “Der vos vet onhalten mein klamke, vet nisht shtarben ohn Tshuva” [whoever grasps my doorknob, is assured that he will not pass away from...
Elul – The King Is In The Field
By Rabbi Akiva Wagner Rabbi Reuven Dunin of blessed memory was a one-of-a-kind Chassid, shliach, and mashpia (chassidic mentor)—Someone truly unique. He made his first acquaintance with Chabad when he walked into the study hall...
Traveling To The Rebbe
By Rabbi Akiva Wagner Rabbi Yossi Zaltzman, shliach of the Rebbe to the Russian Jews of Toronto, shared the following story about his grandfather, R’ Avrohom Zaltzman, at a recent farbrengen: R’ Avremel...
Parshat Shoftim – A Little Less Worldly
By Rabbi Akiva Wagner The following story I once read in the sefer “Likuttei Sipurim” of Rabbi Mottel Perlow. However, some time has passed since then, and my sefer has since disappeared, so...
Parshas Re’eh – What Do You See?
By Rabbi Akiva Wagner The following story was told to me by R’ Mendel Aronow: The Tzemach Tzedek was not only a Rebbe of Chassidim and of Klal Yisroel, but also one of...
