There is an ancient custom that a groom be called up to the Torah on the Shabbat before the wedding. In Yiddish this is called “Aufruf” which literally means “calling up” to the Torah. Shabbat Chatan, which preceded the wedding of the Rebbe, was held in Riga, in the …
Kislev, 9 is a special date which marks both the birthday and day of passing of Rabbi DovBer of Lubavitch, or the Mitteler Rebbe – son of and successor to the founder of Chabad Chassidism, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi. Rabbi DovBer is known for his unique style of …
On the 11th of Cheshvan of the year 1656 from Creation, the soul of Metushelakh left this world. It was exactly seven days before the beginning of the Great Flood. For in another seven days, I will make it rain upon the earth for forty days and forty nights, and …
Beginning from the evening prayer on the 7th of Cheshvan in Eretz Israel, the words “v’ten tal u’matar livracha” (“send dew and rain for a blessing”) are recited in the 9th blessing of “Shemoneh Esrei” (this blessing is known as “Birkat HaShanim”). The Alter Rebbe explains: – In the …
Cheshvan is the eighth month of the Jewish calendar counting from Nisan. Throughout the Mishnah and Talmud, and many later works, the month is called Marcheshvan. Some explain that the word “mar” means “bitterness”, while others maintain that it means “a drop of water,” as in the verse “like a …
Rebbetzin Chana was born in 5640 (1880) in Nikolayev, Ukraine, to Rabbi Meir Shlomo and Rachel Yanovsky. She was remembered by Chassidim as a particularly bright child. During a farbrengen on Vov Tishrei 5749, the Rebbe said that whenever a new maamar from the Rebbe Rashab arrived at her father’s …
