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  • 18:17, 17 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page Rabbi Yaakov Peretz Bluming (Created page with " Rabbi Yaakov Peretz Blumming is a Chabad chossid, resident of Boro Park, who focuses on explaining the Rambam and is the author of the 'Rambam Ha'aruch' series of seforim. = Life History = Born to Rabbi Ben Tzion Blumming and his mother Mrs. Rachel. He grew up in Flatbush, where he met Rabbi Chaim Block, the Rebbe's shliach in San Antonio, South Texas, who brought him closer to Toras Chabad in general through learning Tanya, and over time he became closer to the Rebbe...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 15:23, 17 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page Rabbi Moshe Feinstein (Created page with "Rabbi Moshe Feinstein was the president of the Agudath Harabbonim of the United States and Canada, chairman of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah in the United States, Rosh Yeshiva of Mesivta Tiferes Yerushalayim in New York, and one of the greatest poskim of his generation. He maintained a connection with the Rebbe in his battles for Torah integrity and engaged in Torah discussions with him. == Life History == Born on 7th of Adar 5655 in the Uzda district near Minsk, then Rus...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 15:22, 17 February 2025 User account LisaFiller03 talk contribs was created Tag: Abuse filter
  • 14:51, 17 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page Rabbi Yechiel Michel HaLevi Epstein (Created page with "Rabbi Yechiel Michel HaLevi Epstein (20 Shevat 5589 - 22 Adar II 5668; 1829-1908) was a Rav, posek, and author of the Aruch HaShulchan on all four sections of the Shulchan Aruch. He is also known as the "Aruch HaShulchan" after his sefer. == Life History == Rabbi Epstein was born in Bobruisk, Belarus, to Rashka and Rav Aharon Yitzchak HaLevi, who was a talmid chacham and merchant. His family, the Epstein family, is descended from the Sephardic Benveniste family and from...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 14:45, 17 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs deleted page Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneerson (אדמו"ר הרש"ב) (content was: "#RedirectRabbi Sholom DovBer Schneerson - The Rebbe Rashab", and the only contributor was "להתראות" (talk))
  • 14:43, 17 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs moved page Aharon Kozin to Rabbi Aharon Kozin without leaving a redirect
  • 13:26, 17 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page Mesechtas Kiddushin (Created page with "Mesechtas Kiddushin, part of Seder Nashim, contains 4 chapters and 81 pages. The tractate deals with the laws of kiddushin (betrothal) and lineage. Kiddushin is the acquisition of marriage, where the woman becomes betrothed to her husband for all matters of marriage. This tractate is one of the Gemara tractates studied in Chabad yeshivos. = Explanations of the Tzemach Tzedek = ==== Doubtful Kiddushin ==== When a person betroths five women by saying "one of you is bet...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 13:24, 17 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page Rabbi Yechiel Menachem Mendel Kalmenson (Created page with "Rabbi Yechiel Menachem Mendel Kalmenson is the Rosh Yeshiva of Tomchei Tmimim in Brunoy, France, and author of the series of seforim Mai Tal, Afikei Mayim, and others. == Life History == Born to Rabbi Yekusiel Dov Ber Kalmenson together with his twin brother Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Kalmenson in the town of Brunoy. He learned in Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch in Brunoy under Rabbi Yosef Goldberg and Rabbi Nissan Nemenov. He married his wife Mrs. Sterna Kalmenson, daugh...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 13:23, 17 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page Tomchei Tmimim Brunoy (Created page with "Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch Yeshiva in Brunoy, under the Rebbe's leadership, was founded in 5707 (1947) by the instruction of the Frierdiker Rebbe. Today, the yeshiva is considered one of the largest and most famous Chabad yeshivas, including both a small yeshiva (yeshiva ketana) and large yeshiva (yeshiva gedola) with approximately 380 bochurim. The yeshiva is located in Brunoy, in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, 20 kilometers from central Paris. The yeshiva was establ...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 13:16, 17 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page Derech Mitzvosecha (Created page with "Also known as Sefer Taamei HaMitzvos, this is a book focusing on the reasons for the mitzvos according to Chassidus, written by the Rebbe the Tzemach Tzedek. The book was first published by A.E. Rabinowitz printing in Poltava in 1911 and is currently published by Kehot. The book is divided into three parts: "Taamei HaMitzvos", "Shoresh Mitzvat HaTefillah", and "Articles and Additions". "Derech Mitzvosecha Part Two", known as 'Shoresh Mitzvat HaTefillah', deals with exp...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 13:14, 17 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page Mesechtas Bava Kama (Created page with "Tractate Bava Kama contains ten chapters and one hundred and eighteen pages. It is the first gate among the three tractates dealing with laws between man and his fellow man (which were later collected in Shulchan Aruch section Choshen Mishpat). The tractate deals with laws of damages, theft, and robbery. This tractate is one of the Gemara tractates studied in Chabad yeshivas. == Mazik == A Mazik is a person, ox, or any other thing that causes damage to another's proper...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 13:12, 17 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page Rabbi Avrohom Dovid Wilhelm (Created page with "Rabbi Avrohom Dovid Wilhelm (19 Shevat 5689 - 5 Tammuz 5763, 1928-2003) was a Holocaust survivor, a man of chesed, and one of the prominent askanim of Crown Heights. == Life History == Born to Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Aryeh (Leib) Wilhelm and Mrs. Reizel on 19 Shevat 5689 in Mihalifalva, Romania. At age two, he became an orphan from his father. When the Holocaust broke out, he was taken with his family to labor camps until they reached Auschwitz, where he lost his mother, br...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 13:10, 17 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page Rabbi Michel (Michele) Yechiel Opotzkier (Created page with "Rabbi Michel was one of the most important chassidim of the Alter Rebbe, the Mitteler Rebbe, and the Tzemach Tzedek. == With the Alter Rebbe == R' Michele was among the first chassidim of the Alter Rebbe. His father, R' Meir Zalman, was among the hidden tzaddikim in the period before the revelation of the Baal Shem Tov, and received a blessing for long life from the Baal Shem Tov. When his father was ninety years old, the Baal Shem Tov said to him: "At ninety one spea...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 13:06, 17 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page New Haven Mesivta (Created page with "New Haven Mesivta is a Yeshiva Ketana (high school) operating in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Alongside the Yeshiva Ketana, there is also a Yeshiva Gedolah (post-high school) operating in the city. == Establishment of the Yeshiva == The Yeshiva was founded in 2004 alongside the Yeshiva Gedolah in New Haven, which had been operating since 1976 (founded by Rabbi Dovid Shlomo Deitsch). Shortly after, the local community - which until then consisted almost entirel...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 20:14, 16 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page Vaad for Implementing the Rebbe's Instructions (Created page with "The "Vaad L'Sidur Asifos-Hisvaaduyos L'Mimeush Hora'os K"K Admur Shlita" (also known in short as the "Vaad Hamimush") is a committee of several Tmimim who learned in 770 during the years 1986-1990 and set for themselves the goal of bringing the Rebbe's instructions into action. == History == On the eve of 15 Menachem Av 1986, the Rebbe held a farbrengen, and at its conclusion instructed to conduct a Chassidic farbrengen, giving Rabbi Dovid Raskin water and mezonos as pa...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 20:12, 16 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page Rabbi Efraim Fishel Oster (Created page with " Rabbi Efraim FishelOster (born 1979) is a Rosh Mesivta at Yeshivas Ohalei Torah Crown Heights and serves as a Moreh Tzedek and Maggid Shiur in the Crown Heights neighborhood. = Life History = Born in Toronto to his father Rabbi LeibelOster. In his childhood, his family moved to live in Monsey, where he went to study at Yeshivas Beis Dovid, studying there until reaching Beis Medrash. For Beis Medrash, he transferred to study at Tomchei Tmimim Morristown during 1996-19...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 20:10, 16 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page Rabbi Moshe Sofer - The Chasam Sofer (Created page with "Rabbi Moshe Sofer, known as the Chasam Sofer (7 Tishrei 5523 - 25 Tishrei 5600 / 1762-1839), was a Rav and Rosh Yeshiva in the cities of Prostejov, Mattersdorf, Dresnitz, and Pressburg in Hungary. He was among the greatest poskim in recent generations. == Life History == Born in Frankfurt to a simple family. From his youth, he was known as a great iluy and wrote Torah chiddushim. At age nine, he began learning with Rabbi Nosson Adler, who followed kabbalistic customs, a...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 20:07, 16 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page Kohanim (Created page with "The Kohanim are the descendants of Aharon HaKohen who were chosen from the tribe of Levi to perform the service in the Beis HaMikdash. == Hierarchical Structure == Among the Kohanim themselves, there were three levels: * Kohen Hedyot (regular Kohen) * Segan Kohen Gadol (deputy High Priest) * Kohen Gadol (High Priest) Various Tanaim served in these positions. For example, Rabbi Yishmael Kohen Gadol, who was among the Asara Harugei Malchus (Ten Martyrs), Rabbi Chanina S...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 20:05, 16 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page Rabbi Eliyahu Matusov (Created page with "Rabbi Eliyahu Matusov is a member of Otzar HaChassidim editorial board and the Institute for Preparing Dach (Chassidic discourses) for publication. He assisted in editing Chassidic seforim published by Vaad L'Hafatzas Sichos. == Life History == Born in Casablanca, Morocco in 1954 to his father, the shliach Rabbi Shlomo Matusov. Shortly after his bar mitzvah, he went to study at Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim in Brunoy. At age 18, he traveled to the Rebbe for the first ti...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 20:03, 16 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page The Great Escape from Russia 1946 (Created page with "During World War II (1939-1945), many Polish citizens fled from their German-occupied homeland and scattered throughout Russia. After the war ended, the Russian government decided to allow Polish citizens to return to their homeland and provided freight trains (called 'Eshalons') for their transport. As part of these exit permits, permission was also granted for "family reunification" of Polish citizens who had married Russian citizens, allowing them to leave Russia...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 19:54, 16 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page Rabbi Moshe Rubinson (Created page with " Rav Moshe Robinson (? - 23 Teves 5709) served as the director of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Berditchev and as Rosh Yeshiva of Tomchei Temimim in Brunoy. == Life History == Born to Rav Ben Tzion Robinson and his wife Sarah in the city of Karalovitz. Rav Moshe studied in Tomchei Temimim in Lubavitch under the leadership of the Frierdiker Rebbe. After the rise of the Communist regime, he managed the underground Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Berditchev. Following an infor...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 19:51, 16 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page Shleimus Ha'aretz (Created page with "Shleimus Ha'aretz (or the campaign for Shleimus Ha'aretz) is a campaign led by the Rebbe to prevent giving away territories from Eretz Yisroel or areas vital to its security ("land for peace"). The struggle also included pressure on the Israeli government to achieve clear victories in its wars. The struggle began immediately after the Six Day War and continues to this day. In cases where the Israeli government did not follow the Rebbe's advice - their actions led to har...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 16:21, 16 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page The Mamzerim Case (Created page with "In Kislev 5733 (published on November 19, 1972), Rabbi Shlomo Goren issued a controversial ruling known as "The Mamzerim Case" (or "The Brother and Sister Ruling"). The ruling attempted to clear the siblings Chanoch and Miriam Langer from suspicion of being mamzerim, which sparked great anger among the Charedi community and widened the rift between the Charedi public and the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. == Historical Background == In 5683, Bolek Borkowski and Chava Ginzbu...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 16:16, 16 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page Snow (Created page with "Snow is a form of precipitation consisting of crystalline and airy ice flakes, relatively large, that fall from clouds to the ground. == Snow in Halacha and Chabad Teachings == Snow is mentioned in Tehillim as a source for contemplating the greatness of Hashem Yisborach: "Fire and hail, snow and vapor, stormy wind fulfilling His word." The halachic approach to snow varies. In the laws of tumah and tahara, snow is considered neither a liquid nor a food. In the laws of m...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 16:14, 16 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs moved page HaTikvah: The Rebbe's Perspective to HaTikvah without leaving a redirect
  • 16:14, 16 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page HaTikvah: The Rebbe's Perspective (Created page with "The national anthem of Medinat Yisrael is "HaTikvah." Before that, it was considered the anthem of the Zionist movement, and after the establishment of the state, Israeli society regarded it as the state anthem. In 2004, it was officially enshrined in law as the official anthem. The song carries lyrics expressing the yearning to be a free nation in our land. The Rebbe opposed playing the song at public Chabad events for various reasons, in addition to its heretical mean...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 16:09, 16 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page The State of Israel (Created page with "The State of Israel is a sovereign governmental entity established by the Zionist movement in the area of (most of) Eretz Yisroel and slightly beyond. It was established on Hey Iyar 5708 (1948). Regarding the attitude towards the state, there were differences of opinion among Gedolei Yisroel. Our Rebbeim's approach to the idea of establishing the state was negative, but given the circumstances that arose in 5708 (1948) and the danger of annihilation that Jews faced at th...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 16:00, 16 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page Rabbi Menachem Mendel Futerfas (Created page with "(Also known as: Reb Mendel. 20 Tishrei 1908 - 4 Tammuz 1995) was a chossid and mekushar to our Rebbeim, a man of mesiras nefesh who established underground branches of Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim behind the Iron Curtain. From 1973, under the Rebbe's direction, he served as the head mashpia at the central Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim in Kfar Chabad and as a shadar abroad to inspire spiritually and raise funds. He served as a board member of Beis Rivka and the Bucharian Yeshiva ins...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 15:47, 16 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page Rabbi Avraham of Kalisk (Talmid of the Maggid of Mezritch) (Created page with "Rabbi '''Avraham HaCohen of Kalisk''' (passed away on 4 Shvat 5570), was among the talmidim of the Maggid of Mezritch and one of the leaders of the Chassidic aliyah to Eretz Yisroel in 5537. From 5548, after the passing of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk, he led the Chassidic settlement in Eretz Yisroel. In later years, he strongly disagreed with the Alter Rebbe regarding the dissemination of Chassidus. == Life History == He was born in the Lithuanian town of Kalisk to...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 15:44, 16 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page Pri Ha'aretz (Created page with "Pri Ha'aretz is a Chassidic sefer containing maamarim on the weekly parshiyos by Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk. It was first printed in 1814 in Kopust, then in 1849 in Zhitomir, and in 1911 in Lemberg. The introduction to the sefer includes the biography of the author in a kuntres called "Nefesh Menachem." In 2007, the sefer was reprinted with the addition of dozens of letters mentioning the Alter Rebbe, regarding the episode of his appointment as the Rebbe of the c...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 14:54, 16 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page Chabad Chassidus Philosophy (Created page with "The philosophy of Chabad Chassidus is characterized by its depth and pursuit of understanding the profound concepts explained in Kabbalah and their application to avodas Hashem. This approach is fundamentally rooted in the teachings and path of the Baal Shem Tov, but primarily continues the way of the Maggid of Mezritch, with a certain expansion based on intellectualism. For this reason, some have defined the Baal Shem Tov, the Maggid of Mezritch, and the Alter Rebbe, fo...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 14:51, 16 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page Category:Concepts in Judaism (Created page with "Category: Category's")
  • 13:41, 16 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs moved page The Sefer HaTanya to Tanya
  • 12:35, 16 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs moved page Krias shma shaal hamita - bedtime shma to Krias Shema She'al HaMitah without leaving a redirect Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
  • 12:31, 16 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs moved page The Magid of Mezritch to The Maggid of Mezritch without leaving a redirect Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
  • 12:27, 16 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs moved page Reb Refoel Wilschansky to Rabbi Refoel Wilschansky without leaving a redirect Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
  • 22:55, 15 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs moved page Dovid schochet to Rabbi Dovid schochet without leaving a redirect Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
  • 22:50, 15 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs moved page Ezra Binyomin Schochet to Rabbi Ezra Binyomin Schochet without leaving a redirect Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
  • 22:38, 15 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs moved page Yaakov Yehudah Hecht to Rabbi Yaakov Yehudah Hecht without leaving a redirect Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
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  • 22:24, 15 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page The Mitzvah of Krias Shema (Created page with "The mitzvah of Krias Shema is a positive commandment from the Torah that expresses acceptance of the yoke of Heaven by the one who recites it. Krias Shema includes three parshiyos: the parshah of "Shema", the parshah of "V'haya Im Shamoa", and the parshah of Tzitzis, and it is recited twice daily: in the morning and evening. When saying the verse "Shema Yisroel Hashem Elokeinu Hashem Echad", it is customary to cover the eyes with the right hand in order to remove distr...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 22:22, 15 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page Torah (Created page with "Torah is a general term for all the holy writings of Judaism, from the Five Books of Torah to the latest Torah innovators. The Torah is the supreme wisdom through which Hashem created the world and through which humans can understand and fulfill His will, thereby connecting with Him. The Torah is divided into two main layers: the external Torah - Nigleh, and the internal Torah - Chassidus. In Nigleh there is the Written Torah and the Oral Torah. The Written Torah consis...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 22:11, 15 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page Hovaya Al Yedei Tahara (Creation Through Purity) (Created page with "One of the fundamental rules regarding mikvaos is "Hovaya Al Yedei Tahara" (creation through purity), which is a Torah commandment derived from the verse "But a spring or a cistern, a gathering of water, shall be pure." Our Sages interpreted the words "shall be pure" to mean that the creation of the mikvah must be done through pure means - meaning through items that cannot receive tumah (ritual impurity). == Practical Implications == This halacha has many practical impl...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 22:09, 15 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page Parshas Yisro (Created page with "Parshas Yisro is the fifth parsha in Sefer Shemos (from Chapter 18, verse 1 until Chapter 20, verse 22). == First Aliyah == Yisro, who was Moshe's father-in-law (father of his wife - Tzipporah), after hearing about all the miracles and wonders that Hashem did for Moshe and Bnei Yisroel, comes to the desert with Moshe's wife and two sons. Moshe Rabbeinu and all the leaders of the nation meet Yisro. Moshe tells his father-in-law about their exodus from Mitzrayim, about Kr...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 22:06, 15 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page Matan Torah (Created page with "Matan Torah at Har Sinai was an event where Hashem revealed Himself to Bnei Yisrael at the foot of Har Sinai and gave them the Aseres Hadibros. The event occurred on 6 Sivan (or 7 Sivan according to Rabbi Yosi) in 2448. It took place 50 days after Bnei Yisrael left Mitzrayim. On Rosh Chodesh Sivan, Bnei Yisrael arrived at the foot of Har Sinai. They rested for three days from their journey, and during the next three days they prepared themselves for kabbalas haTorah. The...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 22:01, 15 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs created page Sanhedrin (The Judicial System) (Created page with "The term "Sanhedrin" refers to the Jewish nation's judicial system, but its essence is different and opposite from parallel institutions of other nations. The essence of judicial systems in other nations is to serve society and the individual: to restrain violence, protect citizens, enable reasonable living, and grant liberty. Such a judicial system has no ideology and does not aspire to reach anywhere beyond arranging normal life. The essence of the Sanhedrin is exactly...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 19:58, 15 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs moved page Meir Plotkin to Rabbi Meir Plotkin without leaving a redirect Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
  • 19:39, 15 February 2025 Raphaelwilmowsky talk contribs moved page Bar mitzvah to Bar Mitzvah without leaving a redirect Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
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