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Rabbi Rubin’s R’ Yosi Ben Kisma

Mendel’s father, Rabbi Yisroel Rubin, has a rich novel interpretation of this Mishna in the 6th chapter of Pirkei Avot, which is otherwise troubling to us Chabad folks, as Rabbi Yosi ben Kisma seems to be “a Rabbi against Outreach”!… Read the rest

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Takeaways from Mo Willems “There Is a Bird On Your Head”

“There Is A Bird On Your Head” is a cute picture-book short story in Mo Willem’s brilliant “Piggie and Gerald” series, that has both superficial and meaningful connection to the Torah portion of Parsha Shemini.

One of the main deeper … Read the rest

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May The Force Be With You – Star Wars & Shemini

Some descriptions of “The Force” in the fictional Star-Wars would seem quite familiar to those who study Chassidic (or Kabbalistic) teachings. We’ll share a few interesting parallels, and then get to the classic Star Wars wish “May The Force Be … Read the rest

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The Truck on Central Ave Behind the Gravestone on Fuller Road

No, the title of this piece is not what you’re probably thinking. It’s not as morbid as you might imagine. Read on.

It’s a story in three parts that all came together on Pesach 5783/Passover 2023.

PLEASE PRAY AT MY Read the rest

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Everyone has Their Purim!

AN AMERICAN JEWISH SOCIAL COMMENTARY
A novel insight into Talmud Megillah 7 shared by  Rabbi Yisroel Rubin at post-Purim 5783/2023 Beis-Medrash Night at Albany’s Shomray Torah (in honor of the upcoming yartzeit of his father, R’ Moshe Rubin, on Erev Read the rest

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Hakhel Halftime Superbowl LVII (2023) Insights

As is our tradition with the help of sports enthusiast students and alumni, we try to come up with a number of interesting and insightful messages to be learned from particulars of the teams or players of that year’s Superbowl … Read the rest

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The Kiddush Cup Dumpster Dive

Well, we didn’t exactly dumpster dive, but here’s the story.

We hosted an alumni Bris here and in the hasty cleanup two Kiddush cups got lost. One was a nice cup, but the other had sentimental value as it was … Read the rest

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The Best Torah Teachings…

One night recently, we happened to be  sitting & schmoozing with some visiting Chassidic Chevra, active businesspeople, from Satmar, Viznitz, Kloizenberg, etc.

One says to me as he was leaving: “Lubavitcher Torah (teaching) is the best Torah”.

I replied: “There’s … Read the rest

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Know Thy Friends

For “Shabbat360” of 2023/5783 our theme and logo this year was a meaningful twist on the Life360 app which shares location and other phone info with selected friends and family for safety and comfort purposes. Their slogan is Find Friends … Read the rest

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Some Chanukah Tweets

Looking back at our Chanukah tweeting over the years is a little telling, as we’ve been much more focused on “sharing the lights” than on meaningful messages as we’ve done for tweets for many of the other holidays. But Chanukah Read the rest

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