{"id":58898,"date":"2014-10-07T16:30:13","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T00:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=58898"},"modified":"2014-10-07T16:31:36","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T00:31:36","slug":"why-are-lubavitchers-so-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=58898","title":{"rendered":"Why Are Lubavitchers So Happy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Joseph Telushkin’s biography, Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History<\/a>:<\/p>\n

My wife, Dvorah, often commented that whenever I spent the day researching at 770 Eastern Parkway, the generic address for the Chabad movement’s Brooklyn headquarters, I came home in an uplifted, invigorated mood. That is because Lubavitchers as a group are upbeat, a result in large part of the influence exerted upon them by the Rebbe and his teachings, even now, almost 20 years since his death. If one can make a generalization about so large a group of people as Lubavitcher Chasidim, one generalization I feel comfortable in making is that Lubavitchers exude a warm calm and optimism, they avoid negative language, and the mood they convey is contagious. I am a happier and more spiritual person as a result of writing this book…<\/p>\n

* Failed Messiah has a post<\/a> on Chabad mobile succah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Joseph Telushkin’s biography, Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History: My wife, Dvorah, often commented that whenever I spent the day researching at 770 Eastern Parkway, the generic address for … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chabad"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t