Profiles

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Born to Lead

How does a young man assume the leadership of a dying chassidus at the age of 18 and transform into an empire of Torah, chessed, and kiruv?

The Moment

Wednesday, June 03, 2020

Rebbe of Body and Soul

Rav Eliezer Zev Hager brings healing when all seems hopeless

Oneg Shabbos

Thursday, January 10, 2019

Soldier of Fortune

Now that he was in the Czar’s army, he knew he’d take revenge and right the injustice done by none other than his own brother

Oneg Shabbos

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

And Seal Us for Life

For the sake of saving a life, said Rav Chaim HaLevi of Brisk, we must try everything, even something that goes against logic, even on Yom Kippur

Oneg Shabbos

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Sweet Recovery

“Every time your wife feels a headache coming on, tell her to take a candy, make a brachah with kavanah, and the pain will go away immediately”

Oneg Shabbos

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Executed Plan

Reb Ezra was sentenced to death in front of hundreds of cheering spectators. Why wouldn’t the Rav permit his widow to remarry and move on with her life?

Oneg Shabbos

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Back from Beyond

They’d waited years to be blessed with a child. Would their deal with G-d be wiped away minutes after it was fulfilled?

Oneg Shabbos

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

More Than a Melamed

Rav Aharon of Premishlan may have had humble beginnings. But news of his powers soon spread far and wide

Oneg Shabbos

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Mistaken Identity

The Hungarian army drafted young Jews to fight alongside the Axis powers in their invasion of the USSR. Could a chassid ...

Oneg Shabbos

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

The Rebbe’s L’Chaim

All Zechariah wanted was to help out his widowed mother. How did this diligent, hardworking boy wind up with a noose around his neck?

Oneg Shabbos

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Drug of Choice

Little Yisrael Leib emerged from the camps determined to break with his past. Years later, would his long-buried Jewish lo ...