“Toldos Rabbi Moshe ben Admor Ha’Zakein” is about the life of the Alter Rebbe’s son who had to leave the environs of the beis medrash and run for his life, spending the rest of his life in exile We spoke with the author of the book, Rabbi Eliyahu Matusof, who clarified the facts about a subject that engaged many people in controversy over the last 200 years • By Beis Moshiach Magazine • Full Article

Prior to the current Russian-Ukrainian war, thousands of people would flock to Haditch year-round to daven at the tziyun of the Alter Rebbe, but for more than 200 years, great efforts were made to preserve the sanctity of the place and to maintain a “ner tamid” there. • Over the years there were full-time shamashim who lived nearby and brought pidyonos there that were sent from all over Russia by the Chassidim. A fascinating historical overview providing a glimpse into Haditch since the time of the passing of the Alter Rebbe • Full Article

From Beis Moshiach: Colel Chabad is a charity over two centuries old. It was founded by the Alter Rebbe to support the Chassidim who moved to Eretz Yisrael and its first method of fundraising was none other than the good old tin can that we still use to this day in our kitchens (with upgraded design, of course…) • Special for 24 Teves • Full Article

Chabadinfo in collaboration with Beis Moshiach Magazine presents: From The Rebbe’s Pen, a series featuring a twice-weekly letter or ma’aneh (response) from the Rebbe MH”M • A individual wrote to the Rebbe a letter with several questions on the Rambam’s introduction to the Mishneh Torah. One of them was regarding how the Raavad’s glosses, which contain sharply worded critique on the Rambam’s rulings, were published in the standard Rambam editions • Special for Chof Teves – The Yom Hiloula of the Rambam • Full Article

The Rebbe often refers to the Rambam as “the guide of the perplexed,” guiding the path for all the bewildered people unable to find the proper path in his own generation, and so too, in all other generations that followed. However, as the Rebbe pointed out on another occasion, the Rambam is currently residing in the higher world and therefore, “he needs that also in the lower world there be those who are involved in spreading his Torah teachings to the point of actual practice.” • In honor of the yartzeit of the Rambam on 20 Teves, we present a study of 14 — quite random — comparisons between the approach of the Rambam in his generation and the Rebbe in our generation, in response to a variety of issues • Full Article

Chabadinfo in collaboration with Beis Moshiach Magazine presents: From the Rebbe’s Pen, a series featuring a weekly letter or ma’aneh (response) from the Rebbe MH”M • On 3 Kislev 5732 (1971), The gabaim of the shul in 770 reported to the Rebbe that they intended to distribute photocopies of each week’s “Chassidishe Parsha” to be studied • Full Article

From Beis Moshiach Magazine: Rabbi Teitz sat in thought and then suddenly jumped from his chair and went over to a desk drawer from where he removed a letter with a government logo on it. He waved it and said, “Oy, R’ Michel, R’ Michel, who knows, perhaps it was for a time like this that I attained a connection to kingship! • Full Article

Last summer, Mendel Hecht and Moshe Wajsbort, under the directorship of the Aleph Institute, conducted a “tour” of Texas incarceration and correction facilities, bringing the light of Torah and Yiddishkeit to people who perhaps need it most • Full Article

Shluchim and leaders of Jewish student groups on campus told Beis Moshiach’s Jonah James what it’s like to be on college campuses raging with anti-semitism in recent years, and especially in recent months since the horrific Simchas Torah attacks • Full Article

Chabadinfo in collaboration with Beis Moshiach Magazine presents: The Rebbe’s Opinion On, a series featuring the Rebbe’s opinion and directive on various subjects • The Baal Shem Tov teaches that from everything a person sees or hears, one can – and must – learn a lesson in serving Hashem. This is true also regarding the game of chess ([especially] since which we find that many gedolei Yisrael played it on Nittel night and the like • Full Article