Category Archives: Chabad

A Torah Perspective on National Borders and Illegal Immigration

By Nochum Mangel and Shmuel Klatzkin: If the heavens and earth and all of mankind are created by one G‑d, what does the Torah, G‑d’s instruction manual, tell us about One World–ism? Does it recognize national boundaries as legitimate? In … Continue reading

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A Lecture On The Seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe

Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff says: “Having spent a lot of time around Gedolei Yisrael (great rabbis), the more intelligence you have, the more critical you are. You have to learn a lot of mussar to remove that negative outlook to be … Continue reading

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Sima Yumash – An Orthodox Victim Of Childhood Sexual Abuse – Tells Her Los Angeles Story

Jewish Community Watch (JCW) names the abuser as Rabbi Sholom Dovber Levitansky: Sholom (Dovber) Levitansky has been added to the Wall of Shame due to his alleged sexual abuse of a number of female minors. Multiple victims came forward and … Continue reading

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The Tefillin & The Pork Sandwich

Last night, I heard Rabbi Moshe Greenwald​ (Chabad in downtown Los Angeles) tell stories about putting tefillin on a secular Israeli who was holding a pork sandwich in his unwrapped hand, and of Chabadniks wrapping tefillin on Jews outside a … Continue reading

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The Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Estate Was Worth $57,000

Rav Samuel Belkin of YU similarly died poor. Rabbi Rakeffet contrasts this behavior with all the Jewish crooks, including murderers, who put on kipot and act all religious. There have been articles written on whether or not it affects a … Continue reading

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