Since 5742 (1982), the Rebbe established a custom to give a siman for the coming year based on the Hebrew letters of its gematria. In this editorial, Levi Liberow goes through them and how from the Rebbe’s previous simanim we could learn this year’s siman: פלאות ודאי • Full Article

Op-ed by Rabbi Levi Liberow: Throughout history, the most consequential societal transformations have always been driven by individuals who refuse to accept the status quo. These change agents, and not the silent majority, are those who drive transformation. This reality underlies the Rebbe’s repeated calls for activism in spreading Yiddishkeit, and particularly regarding Moshiach • Read More

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