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'''Meron''' is a village in northern Eretz Yisroel near the city of Tzfat, where several Tannaim are buried. ...toward the village of Meron, and then they knew that it was indeed decreed from Shamayim that the village of Meron is the worthy and honored place for the ...

...ity of the earthquake, with a lower effect the further populated areas are from the epicenter. ...decisive factor in the departure of the entire Chabad chassidic community from the city, in favor of establishing and consolidating the Chabad community t ...

...esponses from the Rebbe and the Frierdiker Rebbe, as well as various items from Beis HaRav. ...t to his heart? When he replied English, the Rebbe instructed him to daven from a siddur with English translation. When he passed by for kos shel bracha so ...

...aKodesh, served as the Rosh Yeshiva of Chabad Chassidic Yeshivas Lubavitch Tzfat, an educator, was a member of Agudas Chassidei Chabad in Eretz HaKodesh and ...e was adopted by his grandfather, the shadar Rabbi Alexander Sender Menkin from Paris, and in the home of his uncle Rabbi Yehoshua Dobrawsky. ...

...e of the Tanna Rabbi Chutzpit HaMeturgeman - One of the Ten Martyrs - Near Tzfat]] ...ought: "Pray for the well-being of the government, for without fear of it, people would swallow each other alive." ...

| burial_place =Bastia (1942), Tzfat (reinterned in 1955) ...y was later transferred to Eretz Yisroel and buried in the old cemetery in Tzfat. ...

...]] - 5th of [[Menachem Av]] 1572) was among the [[Mekubal|Mekubalim]] of [[Tzfat]] and one of the most important Mekubalim of all generations. His approach ...from Rabbi Betzalel Ashkenazi (author of the Shita Mekubetzet), as well as from the [[Radvaz]]. At age fifteen, he married his cousin. He spent a long time ...

...t Shabbat - when we welcome the Shabbat - we say six psalms from Tehillim, from Psalm 95 through Psalm 100, followed by Psalm 29. These psalms are called " ...osed by Rabbi Shlomo Alkabetz - a great Kabbalist who lived in the city of Tzfat during the time of the Arizal. After this prayer, we say the Song of the Da ...

...engen on '''Simchat Torah'''. The photo was taken by a non-Jewish reporter from the "New York Times" at a farbrengen in the year 5728/1967.]] Our Rebbeim spoke extensively about the greatness of this holiday, from which joy extends throughout the entire year, and therefore one must be car ...

...the year 5690 (1930), he was sent at seven years of age to study Torah far from his parents. In 5711 (1951), Reb Heshil arrived from Paris to settle in Montreal according to the Rebbe's instructions; the Kabb ...

...e Rebbe's instructions, compiled an album collecting pictures and speeches from the Siyum HaRambamim during the first years of the takana (enactment). The ...whoever conducts a Siyum HaRambam would receive a bottle containing mashke from Fez. ...

...f the group of shluchim to Eretz HaKodesh along with six other shluchim to Tzfat. ...ed to print the Tanya in Egypt, for which he also received many directives from the Rebbe. The printing of the Tanya was mentioned by the Rebbe during a fa ...

...d to the Canadian government to grant visas to the Tomchei Tmimim students from Shanghai. The Canadian government agreed, and out of eighty visas distribut ...rrival, the yeshiva opened. Rabbi Aryeh Leib Kramer served as its director from then until his passing. Rabbi Yitzchak HaKohen Hendel stood at the head of ...

...replaced the korbanos service in connecting man with Hashem, and the term from the laws of korbanos was borrowed to refer to thoughts unrelated to davenin ...ids a person from dwelling on foreign thoughts<ref>This concept is learned from the verse (Bamidbar 15:39): "and you shall not follow after your heart," wh ...

* His Excellency, the wealthy minister Eliyahu Sassoon from the city of Mumbai, for the elevation of his wife's soul. The Rebbe explained that his special relationship to the Shul stems from the fact that it is not "like all other Chabad Shuls in all their places of ...

...h and one of the leaders of the Chassidic aliyah to Eretz Yisroel in 5537. From 5548, after the passing of [[Reb Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk|Rabbi Menachem ...usual behavior of his chassidim aroused bewilderment and strong opposition from those around them, both non-Jews and Jews. When he went to debate with the ...

...dy reciting Mishnayos by heart. Many times his mother had to pull him away from learning so that he would eat, drink, etc. On one occasion, his father R' L ...d to take a matchbox and say, what comes here from Atzmut, what comes here from Atzilus, and so forth. ...

The Vilna Gaon also opposed Chassidism and Chassidim due to misinformation from opponents. It's told that some opponents swore before the Vilna Gaon that C ...in 1770 when some of the Vilna Gaon's students brought supposedly upright people who testified that Chassidim were careless with Jewish law and disregarded ...

...assidim for the maintenance of the Rebbe's household was already practiced from the early establishment of Chassidism. ...fund. In 5714 (1954), responsibility was transferred to Machne Israel, and from 5754 (1994), the collection was separated and transferred to Kupat Rabbeinu ...

...his release, she was the first to deliver the news of redemption by phone from Kostrama to her father's apartment in Leningrad. ...chuppah ceremony was held in the yeshiva courtyard, where more than 5,000 people crowded together. ...