Berger

97 articles by Berger.

Succos in the ussrSukkosBerger · Chabad History · #1185I sat with Rabbi Abba Dovid Gurevitch for a fascinating talk about the different Succos holidays he celebrated at various stages in his life.
How Will the Muslims React to the Mobile Succa?SukkosBerger · Shlichus Stories · #1185I was on shlichus in Tashkent in 5753. My friends and I used military trucks for Mivtza Succa. At the time, I wrote the following journal entries:
The Mystery Aide on the Canceled TripBerger · Chabad History · #1183In 5694 (1934), the Rebbe Rayatz planned a second trip to Eretz Yisrael. The question arose as to who would accompany the Rebbe on this trip?
Elul of Terror for Moscow ChassidimBerger · Chabad History · #1182Elul 5695/1935. The KGB bursts into the homes of seven Chassidim in the dark of night and arrests them.
3rd Stop: Int’l AirportBerger · World news geula report · #1177Schneur Berger was there, at Israel’s International Airport, to witness air traffic control divert planes to military airfields to clear the runways for gigantic clouds.
The Maccabees of Crown HeightsBerger · Chabad History · #1166Crown Heights has been in the news lately, and not for good reasons, since Jewish residents have been attacked by passersby.
Chassid, Torah Scholar, and Tireless Public ServantBerger · Profile · #1154Rabbi Yaakov Mizrachi a”h was a fascinating personality.
Guardian of the ShluchimBerger · Feature · #1141The horrifying massacre in Pittsburgh shook up the world. President Trump was quick to protest the fact that there was no security at the entrance to the house of worship.
The Esrogim That No Borders Could Hold BackSukkosBerger · Chabad History · #1135Chabad custom is to use an esrog from Calabria (Genoa). Chassidim faced many a challenge over the years in obtaining these esrogim, that went beyond high prices.
Loyal Chassid and Paragon of ChesedBerger · Chabad History · #1130He was born and raised in an atmosphere of perpetual fear and yet his life was suffused with mesirus nefesh to observe mitzvos.
Captivator of HeartsBerger · Obituary · #1119He was a loyal soldier of the Rebbe and presented himself wherever he was needed: kibbutzim, yishuvim, before religious groups and in front of people from the HaShomer HaTzair kibbutzim.
The Role of the Poles in the Nazi Killing MachineBerger · Current Events · #1109The recent controversy emanating from Poland these days began with the passage of a law prohibiting referring to Nazi death camps as “Polish camps.” It only intensified with the…
The Rebbe Consoles RashagBerger · Chabad History · #1107The room was packed with bachurim and some men, and it was difficult to see the Rebbe. It was warm and very crowded.
The First YechidusBerger · Diary · #1104In this installment of his diary, the late R ’ Saadya Maatuf shares very openly about his first yechidus, and about the preparations that he made over a period of a few weeks leading up to that momentous occasion.
A Warm Winter Teives with the RebbeBerger · Chabad History · #1099The weather in the month of Teives 5734 was unusually cold, but inside 770 there was a fiery flame of Chassidus and hiskashrus.
Chanuka Alight with the RebbeChanukahBerger · Chabad History · #1096The Rebbe looked at the menora from time to time, and when they sang HaNeiros Halalu … The Rebbe said the words one time, but did not repeat the words that are repeated to fit the tune.
In the Shadow of WarBerger · Chabad History · #1089Many events took place in 770 related to the Yom Kippur War, even after the ceasefire went into effect.
The Rebbe Says to Conquer Damascus!Berger · Tishrei · #1088Many awesome and inspiring events transpired during the days of Sukkos and Simchas Torah 5734, some of them related to the Yom Kippur War which was then at its height.
Everyone Has a StoryBerger · Stories · #1085One fine day four years ago, I was busy working at my computer when the phone rang.
Pioneer and Trailblazer of “K’vutza”Berger · Obituary · #1084For decades now, thousands of talmidim have spent their K ’ vutza year with the Rebbe.
The Feeling of Tishrei Is in the AirBerger · Preparing for Tishrei · #1083When the Rebbe was getting ready to leave 770, R ’ Zushe Partisan and all of the guests who had just arrived in 770 stood at the ready.
Kos Shel Bracha in the Month of AvBerger · Chabad History · #1080Menachem Av 5733: Once again we get a glimpse into the events of the month in 770, from the diary of R ’ Saadya Maatuf a ” h.
Presidential Visit or a Chassid Meeting His Rebbe?Yud-Beis TammuzBerger · Diary · #107512 Tammuz 5733.
Stories of the Legendary Rav of PoltavaBerger · Chabad History · #1071“He will be the rav of a large city,” predicted the Rebbe Maharash.
Six Detectives Surrounded the RebbeBerger · Chabad History · #1069When the Rebbe left 770 and began to walk home, an additional six plainclothes detectives accompanied him, all dressed in shorts and short sleeves.
Chassid and Paragon of ChesedBerger · Obituary · #1068The warm, pleasant, sweet persona of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Deitsch, Hy”d, was known to thousands of people who met him along the various stations of his storied life, as director…
The Lag B’omer Parade the Rebbe Did Not AttendLag BaOmerBerger · Chabad History · #1067The Rebbe held a surprise farbrengen this Shabbos, and at the end of the farbrengen announced that the parade could take place without his being present.
The Boy Who Was Born a Veritable OrphanBerger · Obituary · #1067Rabbi Shlomo Vishedsky a”h was born with a twin sister while their father, the mashpia R’ Moshe, was being interrogated by the KGB for his role in the smuggling of Chassidim out of Russia.
The Rebbe’s Visit to the Pesach SederBerger · Chabad History · #1064A personal diary recorded by R’ Saadia Maatuf, describing his year on k’vutza, from Nissan 5733-Iyar 5734.
Practicing Judaism Openly in the Soviet “Paradise”Berger · Chabad History · #1059Both were child heroes who observed Yiddishkait under Soviet rule. They had to deal with hostile classmates, they learned Torah secretly, and had to hide in times of danger.
“The Close-Lipped Contact Man"Berger · Obituary · #1054Rabbi Nachman Elbaum a”h, Gerrer askan and confidante of Gerrer Admurim, passed away recently.
Raised in the Shadow of Lubyanka PrisonBerger · Obituary · #1053This past summer, we lost a special Chassid, R’ Yosef Lebenharz, who grew up in an apartment that faced the infamous Lubyanka, headquarters of the Moscow secret police.
Traveling Salesman of Chabad S’farimBerger · Obituary · #1051R’ Azriel Schanowitz a”h, a Chabad Chassid in Crown Heights, passed away on 11 Cheshvan.
Rabbi Yisroel Grossman A”HBerger · Profile · #1046For decades, the gaon Rav Yisroel Grossman a”h was the rosh yeshiva in yeshivos Tomchei T’mimim, at first in Lud, then in Kfar Chabad and Migdal HaEmek.
Man of ChesedBerger · Obituary · #1045Every year, thousands of Chassidim would see Rabbi Shimon Goldman a”h go up to the farbrengen bima with a shtraimel on his head.
Humble Genius, Dedicated ChassidBerger · Chabad History · #1042Throughout the years, recordings of the Rebbe’s sichos played in his house.
A Conditional DivorceParshas Ki SeitzeiBerger · Chabad History · #1038In a dramatic pronouncement, the Rebbe Rashab established that all T’mimim are soldiers fighting the wars of Dovid.
The Rebbe Rashab Told Him: “At Times You Are a Beinoni”Berger · Profile · #1037Profile of a Chassid from the generation of founders of Tomchei T’mimim in Lubavitch, the Gaon and Chassid, Rabbi Yisroel Noach Blinitzky, the mashpia who served as an outstanding role model for the T’mimim.
The Rebbe’s Covert OperativeBerger · Profile · #1032For sixty years, R’ Uri Cohen worked assiduously to save Jews in various countries: Holland, Iran, Ukraine, Germany, while simultaneously founding schools in Holland.
Hiskashrus of Love Behind the Iron CurtainBerger · Chabad History · #1028Twenty-two years have passed since we last saw the Rebbe. Many ask how we can be truly mekushar under these circumstances.
A Harsh Exile Is Worth More Than a Million RublesBerger · Chabad History · #1027“ If they gave me a million rubles I would not go back to exile in Shymkent, but the merit of being in the exile of Shymkent I wouldn’t sell for a million rubles.” That is what…
Long Years in the Merit of the Rebbe’s BlessingBerger · Miracle Story · #1007Mrs. Yaffa Wolpo, who passed away a few weeks ago, had an amazing miracle with the Rebbe.
Image of an Old-World ChassidBerger · Profile · #999The Chassid who did not have sons in the underground network of Tomchei T ’ mimim but was one of its biggest fundraisers, as a result of which he suffered torture in a Russian prison.
The Libel of Yud-Tes Kislev 5715Yud-Tes KislevBerger · Feature · #997An uninvited guest attended the central Yud-Tes Kislev farbrengen of 5715 in Kfar Chabad and afterward wrote a letter replete with hatred and lies against the Chabad movement.
A Tower of Chassidic StrengthBerger · Profile · #990Whoever knew the Chassid, R’ Chaim Shneur Zalman Kozliner, known by the acronym “Chazak,” knows that he was a different sort of Chassid.
A Soldier Till the EndBerger · Obituary · #984A shocking tragedy: a shliach of the Rebbe, R’ Boaz Lerner a”h, an expert on mikvaos, founder of the Nachalat Menachem neighborhood, passed away in the middle of a farbrengen in…
The Chassid Who Battled and Emerged VictoriousBerger · Obituary · #983R ’ Yaakov Noach Strasberg ’ s life was a series of tragedies and hardships, but he heroically withstood all the suffering and emerged a staunch Chassid and mekushar of the Rebbe .
A Chassid in All His WaysBerger · Obituary · #979R’ Sholom Feldman a”h merited to receive so much from the Chassidim of the previous generation.
The Rebbe’s PupilBerger · Feature · #976“The Rebbe taught us alef-beis.” * The Rebbe would visit the Steiner home in Nice and teach the children. * Exclusive to Beis Moshiach.
The “Shevet Ha’levi” and the Admorei LubavitchBerger · Obituary · #974The world-renowned halachic authority Rabbi Shmuel Wosner zt ” l was in contact with our Rebbeim.
Learning and Teaching Torah with Mesiras NefeshBerger · Profile · #971R ’ Sholom Eliyahu Vilenkin a ” h was born and raised in a home saturated with Torah and Chassidus. For many years he learned assiduously in secret yeshivos Tomchei T ’ mimim.
Literary Giant & Humble ShliachBerger · Obituary · #969The Chassid R ’ Chanoch Glitzenstein a ” h was one of the distinguished Chabad askanim in Eretz Yisroel since the beginning of the Rebbe ’ s leadership and was one of the people…
The Watchman at the Ohel in RostovBerger · Feature · #966We don ’ t know much about the secret connection between our Rebbeim and the watchman at the Rebbe Rashab ’ s Ohel in Rostov, R ’ Mottel Lifshitz a ” h.
A Loyal Soldier ThroughoutBerger · Obituary · #963R ’ Yaakov Levkivker a ” h was never willing to talk about his life of mesirus nefesh for Torah and mitzvos.
Mechanech and MashpiaBerger · Obituary · #961R’ Avrohom Meizlich a ” h was a model of what it means to be a true mechanech and mashpia.
Surreptitious ScrivenerBerger · Obituary · #958His appointed role as the Rebbe ’ s eyes and ears in Yerushalayim and the regular reports he sent covering every detail of what was going on among Chabad Chassidim in the holy…
The Man and the Revolution He WroughtBerger · Obituary · #950“ R ’ Mulle ” was how R ’ Shmuel Azimov, the Rebbe ’ s shliach to France, was known. He was mekarev thousands to Judaism, the Rebbe and Chassidus.
Total Dedication to the Chinuch of His ChildrenBerger · Profile · #948The life of the Chassid R ’ Chaim Bentzion Raskin a ” h was devoted to the pure chinuch of his children to Torah , yiras Shamayim and Chassidus, despite the strong winds of…
The Flourishing of Judaism in MalachovkaBerger · History · #947The Chabad community in Malachovka went through much travail.
A Chassidic Suburb Called MalachovkaBerger · History · #946Not many Jews living there now know that Malachovka is a place that was once infused with Chassidic spirit, mixed with the blood and tears of Chassidim .
“The Prophecy I Broadcasted Came True!”Berger · Feature · #943Shabtai Bibi was on Kol Yisroel for decades, first as a technician and then in an impressive series of positions until he became manager of Moreshet which broadcasts religious programming.
Litvishe Gedolim in Tomchei TmimimBerger · Feature · #942Special shiurim in Halacha and Agada were given in Yeshivas Tomchei T’mimim in Kfar Chabad by Rabbi Eliezer Silver z”l and Rabbi Moshe Feinstein z”l who also farbrenged with the residents.
Total Self SacrificeBerger · Profile · #940R ’ Shraga Elimelech ( Meilich) Kaplan went to Tomchei T ’ mimim and became one of the diligent talmidim there.
“For Fear of Heaven You Need to Go to Lubavitch”Berger · Profile · #939R’ Shraga Elimelech (Meilich) Kaplan went to Tomchei T’mimim as a thin, sickly child. He overcame many obstacles and became one of the diligent talmidim there.
Rabbi Zalman Abelsky A”H: 62 Years on ShlichusBerger · Obituary · #937R ’ Zalman Abelsky a ” h served as a soldier, commander and general for 62 years in the Rebbe ’ s army, ready to take on any task that would give the Rebbe nachas.
The Rebbe’s Shliach to Lead Georgian JewryBerger · Obituary · #935Under the watchful eye of the communist government, Chacham Moshe Michaelashvili went from house to house teaching Torah.
R’ BerishBerger · Profile · #929A mashpia, a symbol of bittul, a lamdan, a Chassid, mekushar – all these descriptions apply to R’ Dov Berish Rosenberg, mashpia in the Chabad community of Lud.
The Golden LinkBerger · Obituary · #928R’ Chaim Menachem Teichtel a”h, one of the senior, distinguished Chabad Chassidim in Yerushalayim, passed away on Isru Chag Pesach at the age of 92.
R’ PinyeBerger · Profile · #925Fifty-one years have passed since that Friday, 9 Iyar 5723/1963, when R’ Pinchas Todros (Pinye) Altheus passed away.
The Rebbe’s Gift of a Home and ChildrenBerger · Stories · #924“There is no chance that you will have children. You don’t seem to understand that there are cases in which treatments can help but there are cases when they don’t help.”
Military ShlichusBerger · Profile · #921As a senior military chaplain, R’ Yaakov Shmueli was very involved in mivtzaim and was a big help to shluchim who worked with IDF soldiers.
An Entire Community Under ArrestBerger · History · #921“During the interrogation, all were seen to have outstanding abilities, answering the questions like idiots who did not know a thing and did not even understand what they were…
The Rebbe Sets the Time and the NameBerger · Stories · #915“We have five daughters, boruch Hashem, but we have been praying for a son for many years,” said Mrs. Cohen from Migdal HaEmek to her neighbor Mrs. Penina Levy.
The Guardian on the DoorpostsBerger · Mivtza Mezuza · #914On Motzaei Yud Shvat 5734, the Rebbe gave the signal for the Mezuza Revolution.
Encouragement and Joy for Israeli SoldiersBerger · Feature · #913R’ Eliezer Lichtstein shares his recollections of the massive activities, which he coordinated, that Lubavitchers from Yerushalayim did with soldiers on bases and posts throughout the country.
U’faratzta the Man Behind the SongBerger · Obituary · #907He went far in his musical studies and then changed the course of his life under the influence of the mashpia, R’ Reuven Dunin a”h.
When Chapter Six of Tanya Began Affecting the Leftist WriterBerger · Profile · #902Avigdor Hameiri (1885-1970), a celebrated writer who was identified with the Leftist camp, became friendly with R’ Meir Blizinsky.
A Fiery Chassid from Tzfas in Frigid CanadaBerger · Profile · #899Rabbi Yeshaya Horowitz served as rav of the Chabad community in Tzfas for fifteen years and then thirty years as the rabbi of Winnipeg and western Canada.
The Chassid Who Refused to Back DownBerger · Profile · #898For many years, the NKVD kept R’ Gavriel under surveillance. They waited for the day tha...
Pure Faith in the RebbeBerger · Preparing for Tishrei · #894“ Even now, as darkness has been covering the world for so many years, when I came and saw that the enthusiasm for the Rebbe was far greater than what I had previously experienced, my spirit was uplifted.
A Proud Jew and Chassid in a Top Secret Soviet Warplane FacilityBerger · Profile · #893He was a man of chesed who provided food for the needy and shared his home with any Chassid who needed a roof over his head , even if he was being pursued by the cursed communists .
“The Heart and Mind of Chabad in Worcester”Berger · Obituary · #890Rabbi Yehuda Tzvi Fogelman a”h spent 70 years on shlichus, 67 of them in Worcester, Massachusetts.
A Paragon of Mesirus NefeshBerger · Obituary · #888For nineteen years, the Rebbe kept in his room the pages of the Machzor that Rabbi Moshe Greenberg a”h wrote when he was in a Siberian labor camp.
‘You Are My Soldier!’Berger · Chabad History · #888After the war, R’ Uri Nosson Nota Barkahan a”h returned to Riga and, with a few other survivors, began reestablishing the Chabad community.
Remembering the Chassidic Martyrs of RigaBerger · Chabad History · #887One of the outstandingly beautiful Chabad communities of days gone by was in Riga, Latvia before the Holocaust.
Between Lubavitch and YerushalayimBerger · Chabad History · #884About the relationship between the Rebbe Rayatz and Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, despite the physical distance between them and the difference in their ideologies and approach.
The Chassid Who Had Free Access to the Rebbe’s RoomBerger · Obituary · #882Rabbi Yehuda Leib Bistritzky a”h had a special relationship with both the Rebbe Rayatz and the Rebbe and Rebbetzin.
Scion of Shedlitz Chassidus Who Came to LubavitchBerger · Obituary · #878He grew up in the house of his father, the Admur, and during the Holocaust he wandered from place to place until he ended up in Tomchei T’mimim.
The Nazi Hunter and the RebbeBerger · Feature · #875For over fifty years, Tuvia Friedman a”h pursued Nazi war criminals in order to bring them to justice. At a certain point, he wondered whether to continue this work.
Massacre in Kfar ChabadBerger · Chabad History · #87557 years have passed since that tragic night, Rosh Chodesh Iyar, when terrorists murdered five students and a teacher in the vocational school in Kfar Chabad.
Entire Family ArrestedBerger · Profile · #872R’ Nosson Krepel Kublanov a”h passed away one year ago. He and his family were moser nefesh for Torah and mitzvos and for Chassidus and Chassidim in the Soviet Union.
A Giant of GenerosityBerger · Obituary · #870In Moscow, Tashkent, in displaced persons camps, in Paris, and in Kfar Chabad, during peacetime and war, R’ Zalman Sudakevich a”h was a model of unconditional chesed.
‘You Can Already Feel in the Air That the Rebbe Is About to Come’Berger · Feature · #867In 5726, Yitzchak Nimtzovitz of Galei Tzahal, Israel’s Army Radio, attended a farbrengen that took place in Kfar Chabad.
The Rebbe and Three StoriesBerger · Rebbe Stories · #825WHY THE REBBE TOLD ME TO STUDY MEDICINE The scene is set at the Friday night meal at the home o...
The ‘Dry’ FarbrengenAdarBerger · Feature · #778“NO” TO BOOTLEGGED ALCOHOL When the Rebbe Rayatz visited America in 5690/19...
The Rebbe’s View on Ministerial MalfeasanceBerger · FeatureChareidim are thrilled with the appointment of R’ Litzman as a minister in the Israeli government.
The Orphan from AgadirBerger · Chabad History53 years ago this month, eighty-eight students in the Chabad yeshiva in Agadir, Morocco perished in a powerful and devastating earthquake that rocked the city.