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 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

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 • This week, in honor of the Hilulah of the Rambam, one of the most prominent Sephardim, on Chof Teves, we present two letters of the Rebbe to Sephardic individuals of Sephardic descent, highlighting the communities special traditions • Full Article

From Beis Moshiach Magazine: For Asara B’Teves, the day Yerushalayim’s walls were breached, we went out to scout one of Yerushalayim’s gems — one of the oldest Chabad Shuls in Eretz Yisrael with a rich history of Avodas Hashem • Full Article

From Beis Moshiach Magazine: Rabbi Shmuel Teichman was a member of the “Kevutza” from Eretz Yisrael learning for a year at 770, when the long-awaited announcement of “Didon Notzach” came on a cold winter day and sent 770 into a warm joyous frenzy. Each year, he and his fellow Kevutza friends gather for a farbrengen on this day, and this time Beis Moshiach’s Menachem Ziegelbaum joined the Farbrengen • Full Article

Rabbi Reuven Matusof sat down to farbreng with Beis Moshiach’s Menachem Ziegelbaum for a lively Hei Teves Farbrengen that went far beyond the book fairs: “The Rebbe’s Nesius was ratified. That meant that the Moshiach phase got a green light.” • By Beis Moshiach Magazine • Full Article

From Beis Moshiach Magazine: Inspiring and heartwarming Chanukah stories from “The Inside Story” – a book which presents Reb Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin‘s life for seven years “in a place called prison” until his miraculous release on Zos Chanuka 5778 • Presented in honor of his Chag Hageulah on Zos Chanukah • 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

On the night between December 24 and 25, “Nittel Nacht” is observed by many Jewish communities originating from Eastern Europe and Hungary. The main custom is to avoid Torah study from sunset to midnight. What is the meaning of the word “nittel,” and according to which calendar is its date determined? Why don’t we study Torah on this night, and how is it possible that Torah can add chayus to the kelipos? Why do we play Chess on Nittel? What else is recommended to do on this night? Is it true that one may learn Chassidus on this night? A fascinating compilation of sources, minhagim and explanations on this unique minhag by Rabbi Zalman Hertzel from a forthcoming book on Jewish customs • Full Article

“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