From the desk of Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Director of the Meaningful Life Center: Abraham, “father of all nations,” was the first true pioneer. He stood up to an entire selfish world and trail blazed a spiritual path to life, forever changing history. It was Abraham’s embrace of a higher set of values of love, generosity and service that forged the standard for the basic human rights that we take today for granted. What was Abraham’s secret? What shaped this man? From where did he derive the power and courage to defy the tide of his times? How can we emulate Abraham and acquire his courage in our own lives? • Click to Read

From the desk of Manhattan Shliach Rabbi Sholom Schapiro: The greatest selling point today is comfort. Take a look at so many commercial advertisements, trying to sell things from cars, to health insurance, to beauty products. They all play relaxing music, show waterfalls, butterflies, or some other bucolic image, and wait for you to be seduced by the spirit of relaxation the image conveys. All we want, they seem to say, is to be in a place where we can just zone out and get comfortable. All we seek is to feel truly relaxed • Click to Read

What lessons and relevance can we find in Abraham’s journey toward Jerusalem? Join renowned Shliach Rabbi Heschel Greenberg in discussing how our personal journeys all have the same end-goal, leading us to the world’s ultimate fulfillment with Moshiach • Video

Irgun Torah, known for its interesting and innovative content, is beginning a new daily cycle of learning Kitzur Shulchan Aruch with shiurim from renowned Crown Heights educator Rabbi Mendel Yusewitz • Full Details

How much of your potential has been actualized? As you may have guessed, this is a trick question. Because we must first know how much potential we have before determining the amount that has been tapped. The real question then is: Do you know how much potential you contain? How deep is your soul? Or in the words of Alice’s Wonderland: How far down does the rabbit hole go? • Click to Read

I have been, baruch Hashem, blessed with a few children. While they are well-behaved during the day, they have a very difficult time sleeping through the night. One child gets nightmares and wakes up screaming and another one has a bed-wetting issue. Has the Rebbe ever addressed these issues, so that I may learn from his responses how to address the needs of my children? Rabbi Gershon Avtzon of Yeshivas Lubavitch – Cincinnati answers • Click to Read

Delve into the Rebbe MH”‘s brocho he gave on Erev Rosh Hashana 5751 with a thorough synopsis from Rabbi Heschel Greenberg, Shliach to Buffalo, NY • Audio

Renowned author and possek Rabbi Gavriel Tzinner signed semicha certificates in preparation for the upcoming Chag HaSemicha for the graduating students of Machon Lemaan Yilmedu’s semicha program.

Delve into the sicha of Ki Savo 5751 with a thorough synopsis from Rabbi Heschel Greenberg, Shliach to Buffalo, NY • Audio

From the desk of Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Director of the Meaningful Life Center: Compare the names of these two Torah chapters: Last week’s portion began, “when you will go out.” This week’s portion opens, “when you will enter.” Go out vs. enter: There are times and situations when we must “go out,” and there are times and situations when we must enter • Click to Read

From the desk of Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Director of the Meaningful Life Center: From West to East the shadowy ripples of the grand Tzimtzum’s black hole leave their mark in the rifts and tensions exposed by virtually every philosophy and school of thought • Click to Read

Many shluchim and rabbanim who handle siddur kiddushin are aware of the complexity of this important subject about which the Shulchan Aruch paskens that “whoever is not expert in the nature of gittin and kiddushin should not be involved with them, as one can easily err.” Next week will begin the first cycle of the most comprehensive course of study on the subject of chuppa-kiddushin by Machon Limud Horaah – Lemaan Yilmedu • Full Story

From the desk of Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Founder and Director of the Meaningful Life Center: How can I find a healthy, meaningful and above all, permanent relationship? No adequate answer will be found to this question until we first understand what exactly a relationship is. The word “relationship” means two things relating to one another. But what is the essence of a relationship? What makes a relationship work? What ingredients are necessary? • Click to Read

From the desk of Rabbi Yehoshua Hecht, Shliach in Norwalk, Connecticut: We need to judge for ourselves whether something is proper and good, or corrosive and injurious, and  to be negated. Is this going to nurture the good within me, or will it feed the potential for evil that lurks  within? Judging alone is not enough, there must be the willpower to enforce our sense of right and wrong • Click to Read

The hardworking team of Heichal Menachem has made the thousands of hours of Chassidus shiurim given by R’ Yoel Kahn available to all on one user-friendly webpage. The classes on the site are divided by topic, making it convenient and easy to use • Full Story

Do you have a vision of your life in, say, 10 years? What dreams and aspirations would you like to see fulfilled? (And this is not about how much money you want to make…). Do you have an overall vision for your life, or is your life driven and defined by the needs and demands of the moment? • Click to Read

What does it take to fill a glass? An ounce? Eight ounces? A liter? It depends, of course, on the size of the glass. A one ounce glass takes just an ounce to be full, but a gallon glass requires a whole gallon. ChabadInfo.com presents a short piece on Chassidus written by Rabbi Sholom Schapiro, Shliach and director of the New York Torah Center in Manhattan • Click to Read

Delve into the sicha of Re’eh 5751 with a thorough synopsis from Rabbi Heschel Greenberg, Shliach to Buffalo, NY • Audio

Prepare for Tishrei with the Alter Rebbe, master the Halachos of upcoming yom tov!  Sign up to receive a swift, clear and concise shiur with Rabbi Mendel Yusewitz directly to your whatsapp inbox • Full Story

This past week, a gold medalist diver explained how he would lie in bed and visualize over and over how his dive would go flawlessly. In the end, it played out exactly like the visualization. ChabadInfo.com presents a short piece on Chassidus written by Rabbi Sholom Schapiro, Shliach and director of the New York Torah Center in Manhattan • Click to Read

As the chinuch of our children is primary in each of our lives, we are always looking for the correct balanced approach to maximally engage and impact them. In this interpretation of the Gemara, Reb Levik points out the proper approach • Full Article