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

We live on shlichus and am part of the board of our local day school. The curriculum includes limmudei chol (secular studies). Are there certain policies that the Rebbe would want me to try to implement in the school in regards to limmudei chol (besides cancelling the limmudei chol all together which is currently not possible)? Rabbi Gershon Avtzon of Yeshivas Lubavitch – Cincinnati answers • Click to Read

From the desk of Rabbi Gershon Avtzon of Yeshivas Lubavitch – Cincinnati: What do people mean when they tell you that “It is all in your head?” Usually, it is a disparaging remark. When you are complaining to them about a personal issue that you are experiencing – usually connected to anxiety or fear – people might respond by trying to convince you that the source of your issue is only imaginary and thus it would be best to just forget about it • Full Article

We are a new community and are planning to open up a Chabad school. Some parents would prefer the classes to be taught in Yiddish, while others — whose children do not have a background in Yiddish — would like the classes to be taught in English. Has such a situation been addressed by the Rebbe? Rabbi Gershon Avtzon of Yeshivas Lubavitch – Cincinnati answers • Click to Read

Springfield,IL Shliach Rabbi Mendy Turen celebrated his thirtieth birthday this past Friday. What he thought was a regular trip to Target turned into a birthday surprise to remember when Rabbi Gershon Avtzon, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati caught him completely off guard • Watch

Today, the United States of America celebrates 245 years since the drafting of the famous Declaration of Independence. While the goal of the declaration was to declare their independence from England, they also declared that our true dependence is on G-d Almighty our creator. They were religious men and were deeply committed to freedom of religious practice and observance • Full Article

One Purim night, we were farbrenging and Reb Mendel came in. We asked him to say something and he said that later on in the Farbrengen, he will reveal a big secret that was taught in Tomchei Temimim in Lubavitch. He got up and said: “In Lubavitch it was taught: If you do not learn, you will not know anything”, and with those words he left the Farbrengen • Full Story 

In connection with the auspicious day of Gimmel Tammuz, ChabadInfo.com presents to you a special talk given by Rabbi Gershon Avtzon of Yeshivas Lubavitch – Cincinatti, about “our Gimmel Tammuz hashkafa” • Audio

Construction of the new building of Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinatti, under the auspices of Rabbi Gershon Avtzon, is already well underway! With more work to go until completion, the unique 770 shape of the building is already starting to take form. The bochurim in yeshiva used the construction site as an opportunity to make a great kiddush hashem by installing a large “kabbolas pnei moshiach” sign with the Rebbe MH”M’s picture for all to see • Full Image

One way or another, we are being heavily swept in a transformative direction,  while the world is looking to us for answers! While it is exciting  to be on the cusp of Geula, we wonder how we can channel that passion in ways that can tangibly impact multitudes of people? • Full Story

This week we begin learning the section of “Shluchim v’Shutfin” in the Rambam. This section deals with the laws pertaining to agents and partners of a person. Written by Rabbi Gershon Avtzon • Full Story

This week we are learning Hilchos Rotzeach uShmiras Nefesh — the laws of a murderer and protection of life” in the Rambam and we are also approaching the Yom Tov of Pesach, on which we celebrate the redemption from exile. At the beginning of Perek 7, halacha 1, the Rambam writes that “when a talmid (a student of Torah) is exiled to a city of refuge, his teacher is exiled together with him. Written by Rabbi Gershon Avtzon • Full Story

On 11 Nisaan, Rabbi Gershon Avtzon, was invited to the Ohio Statehouse to share a message about Pesach and the National Education Day declared annually in honor of the Rebbe’s birthday. Rabbi Avtzon, and his family, used the special opportunity to meet with the local senators and members of the general assembly to discuss matters of importance to the Jewish community  and to distribute Shmurah Matza to the Jewish politicians • Photos, Video

This week we learn the laws of “Chovel Umazik – The Laws of Injury and Damages” in the Rambam. In the final halacha of this section the Rambam writes (8:15): “When a ship is about to sink because it is heavily loaded, and one traveler gets up and makes it lighter by throwing into the sea some of its cargo, he is not liable to pay for it, because the cargo is considered like a Rodef who is pursuing them to kill the passengers. On the contrary, by jettisoning the cargo and saving them, he performed a great mitzvah.” Written by Rabbi Gershon Avtzon • Full Story

This week, we will be learning the Halachos of “G’zeila V’Aveida — the laws of stolen and lost objects” in the Rambam. Before we get into the specific laws discussed in this section, we need to address a more basic question: Why would the Rambam connect the laws of lost objects with the laws of stolen objects, as they seemingly have no connection! Stealing an object is a sin, while losing an object is just something that happens on occasion?! Written by Rabbi Gershon Avtzon • Full Story

This week we are learning The Laws of Mikvaos — purification through immersion in a mikvah. The general lesson to be learned from the laws of Mikva, is the power of complete immersion, as the Rambam himself writes in the final Halacha of this section. Written by Rabbi Gershon Avtzon • Full Story

Right before Purim, Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati received great news: the city has approved the permit to remodel the Yeshiva building as a replica of 770. Rabbi Gershon Avtzon, the Rosh Yeshiva, hurried downtown to accept the permit on behalf of the Yeshiva • Full Story

In preparation for the upcoming Yud-Alef Nissan, the Mayor of Cincinnati – the honorable Mr. John Cranley –  has signed a proclamation designating 11 Nissan as Education and Sharing day in Cincinnati in honor of the Rebbe. The proclamation was organized by Rabbi Gershon Avtzon and will be prominently hanging on the wall of Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati • Photos

This week we are learning the laws of Tumas Ochlin — “food that becomes impure” in the Rambam. In short: Food items that were in contact with something impure, can become impure. But there are several conditions for this to happen. Written by Rabbi Gershon Avtzon • Full Article

Klal Yisroel mourns today the loss of a Jewish giant, Rabbi Dr. Avraham Twersky A”H. He was a living legend in our times as a Chassidic Jew, a descendent of many Tzaddikim, who was also a world-renowned psychiatrist who saved the lives of thousands of people caught up in addictions and other issues. Written by Rabbi Gershon Avtzon • Full Story

There are certain events that remain etched in a person’s memory for many years to come. One of the days for me, personally, was the day I arrived – with my Chavrei Kevutza – on Shlichus to Yeshivas Lubavitch in Toronto. It was a Friday morning, and we had travelled on a bus the entire night, and I was very excited: I was returning to the Yeshiva where I had spent a few years as a Talmid and was looking forward to giving back as much as I could. Written by Rabbi Gershon Avtzon • Full Story

The days of Tes-Vov and Chai Elul were celebrated with great fanfare and excitement in Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati. Thursday night (15 Elul), the Talmidei Hashluchim arranged “Chadaram-dancing” and a big Seuda, which was followed by Farbrengens for each individual shiur with their Mashpia. The Shturem continued with a special “Seder Hashkem” the next morning which included more dancing and Farbrengen • Full Story, Photos

Until Moshiach is fully revealed, Hashem clearly wants our input in a strong way. Can it be that Hashem and Moshiach are literally “waiting for the vote of Am Yisroel?” If so, how do we “go to the polls” and “make our vote count”? • Full Story, Videos

I would like to share a story with you that I heard from a Shliach in Eretz Yisrael. He was approached by a very prominent Rabbi, requesting the newest volume of Igros Kodesh. The Shliach asked him the obvious question: “Why Igros? There are Sichos, Maamarim etc” • Full Story