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" So if Rav Shach, let’s say, and the Lubavitcher Rebbe may have  sichsuchim , some arguments; I don’t know if they have, but if they have some  sichsuchim , it’s none of our business. It’s the fire of Gehenim to open up your mouth. Keep your mouth closed. It’s a tragic mistake to mix in. And the wisest way is to say nothing at all, and to have the greatest  derech eretz  the greatest respect, for all those people who are recognized. After all, the Lubavitcher Rebbi is recognized by many people. And Rav Shach is recognized by many people. So we should keep our mouths closed and recognize both of them. That’s the way we should follow. " All Credit is to Toras Avigdor.org “When Rav Shach and Lubavitch had differences, I came home, eager to hear my father’s take. He was a real  baal hashkafah , and I was sure he would have insight into the disagreement, but when I asked him, he looked at me in astonishment. ‘What’s your last name, Itche Meir?’ he asked me, repe...

                      Parshas Acharei Mos-Kedoshim Iyar 5780 Based on the Torah of our Rosh HaYeshiva HaRav Yochanan Zweig Weekly Insights Printer Friendly Format   Click Here This week's Insights is dedicated in loving memory of Mrs. Berkowitz, Shaindel bas HaRav Yosef. "May her Neshama have an Aliya!"     To Sponsor an Issue of Insights  Click Here    The Essential Torah   You should not take revenge and you shall not bear a grudge against the members of your people; you should love your fellow as yourself; I am Hashem (19:18). Rashi (ad loc) quotes the well known statement of the Tanna R' Akiva regarding the end of this verse (" ...

THE HASIDIC REBBE WHO CAN INSPIRE US ALL MAY 2ND, 2017 Earlier today, the last surviving great-great-great-grandson of the illustrious nineteenth-century Hasidic leader, Rabbi  Yisrael of Ruzhyn , died at the age of 94. Rabbi Yisrael Shalom Yosef Friedman Ben-Shalom was an unassuming and fairly anonymous man who lived in  Gilo , Jerusalem, for the last few years of his life. Known as the “Pashkan Rebbe”, he was an enigma – although even the word “enigma” does not quite do his story proper justice. It is no coincidence that this unusual rabbi died on the fifth day of the month of Iyar — the Jewish calendar anniversary of Israel’s declaration of independence in 1948. Not only was he a lifelong dedicated and devoted Zionist, but in contrast to every other Hasidic rabbi of his pedigree, Rabbi Friedman Ben-Shalom treated  Yom Haatzmaut  (Israel Independence Day) as a religious festival, and recited the  Hallel prayer with a blessing as part of hi...

5586/1825 Harav Menachem Mendel of Kosov,  zt”l , the Ahavas Shalom Harav Menachem Mendel was born c. 5529/1769 in Kolomaya. His father, Harav Yaakov Koppel Chassid, was one of the closest Chassidim of the Baal Shem Tov and was the  baal tefillah  in his  beis medrash . His mother was Rebbetzin Chayah, daughter of Harav Zalman of Kolomaya. He married the daughter of his uncle, Harav Shmuel Simcha Zimmel of Kosov . Initially, Reb Menachem Mendel learned and developed under his distinguished father. Later, he traveled to other leading  tzaddikim  of the generation, including Harav Ze’ev Wolf of Tcharni-Ostroha, who, before leaving for Eretz Yisrael in 5558/1798, appointed Rav Menachem Mendel to serve in his stead as Rebbe. Reb Menachem Mendel was a close Chassid of Harav Tzvi Hirsch of Nadvorna,  zy”a, mechaber  of  Tzvi Hashem Latzaddik . Reb Menachem Mendel journeyed to Harav Tzvi Hirsch of Nadvorna for 12 years. Reb Menachem Men...

I’m a Clandestine Chabadnik, Rav JB Soloveitchik Says in Recording An extraordinary address by the Rav, Rabbi  Joseph Ber Soloveitchik  at a Chassidic farbrengen in Boston in 1968 dispels the foundations of the opposition to Chassidus and reveals that the reason the  Vilna Gaon  refused to meet the  Alter Rebbe . January 8, 2020 108 By COLlive reporter An audio recording of Rabbi  Joseph Ber Soloveitchik , the “Rav” who was the outstanding figure of modern Orthodox Judaism in 20th century America, is said to have profound historic significance as it authoritatively refutes the traditionally accepted basis for opposition to Chassidus. The recording is of an extraordinary address that the late Rosh Yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) at Yeshiva University in New York City gave at a Yud Tes Kislev Farbrengen in Boston, Massachusetts in 1968 celebrating the Rosh Hashana of Chassidus. In this captivating oratio...