One Motzei Shabbos a number of years ago, a mispalel in our Flatbush Chabad shul who regularly stays behind after Motzei Shabbos Maariv to see and hear the video of the Rebbe, approached me as I was putting away the video equipment we use for the said purpose. He told me, “Rabbi, I’m going to tell you something you might not like.” • By Levi Liberow • Full Article

Op-ed by Levi Liberow • Yiddishkeit is not a religion of ideas alone. Rather to create of this world a dira b’tachtonim  This transition from ideas to events and people can be seen in what is the pinnacle of Yiddishkeit – Moshiach. The concept of Moshiach begins as a sublime idea, but the Jewish concept of Moshiach clearly focuses on an era of Moshiach that is ushered in and led by a Moshiach-person • Full Article

Op-Ed by Levi Liberow: We have high-end and specialty restaurants both milchig and Fleishig, fine smoked meats, 24-hour and specialty coffee shops, and liquor-infused ice cream. These “new-age” dining options sit side-by-side with thriving traditional restaurants, bakeries and world-famous cholent-and-kugel places • Full Article

Op-Ed by Levi Y. Liberow: I always wondered what it felt like to be in 770 (or in any shul during Yom Tov) at the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War, I always wondered what went through the minds of the thousands of Chassidim there when the horrifying news came. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would ever get the answer. But one difference was that unlike fifty years ago, “It happened Yom Kippur as they were praying,” our lasting memories will be from “It happened Simchas Torah as they were dancing,” and this, my dear friends and brothers, is a matter of crucial importance • Full Article

One of the main problems I have with applying the primary message of “Yatir M’b’chayohi” to our situation after Gimmel Tammuz is the last line in Siman Chaf Zayin in Iggeres Hakodesh, making a clear distinction between connecting to a Tzaddik before and after his histalkus • By Levi Liberow • Full Article