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Saturday, 22 Iyyar, 5786
  |  May 9, 2026

When the Rebbe Asked to Whistle

Shabbos Night Live with Rabbi Shmuel Butman: The weekly story of the Rebbe, and the connection between coronavirus and the comment of Rabi Eliezer that an individual was "ugly" (Taanis 20b). Video

What To Do When Someone Curses You

Shabbos Night Live with Rabbi Shmuel Butman: To learn from the story of Dovid Hamelech when Shimi Ben Geiro cursed him, we need the explanation of the Alter Rebbe. Video

A Dream Followed the Visit to the Ohel

Shabbos Night Live with Rabbi Shmuel Butman: A person received an answer at the Ohel and then the Rebbe in a dream. Plus: What exactly happened at Sinai in the year 2448 and didn't Avrohom, Yitzchok and Yaakov learn Torah beforehand? Video

The Anti-Religious Judge’s Hakafos With the Rebbe

Shabbos Night Live with Rabbi Shmuel Butman: What happened when Israeli Supreme Court Justice Haim Cohen, known as an anti-religious figure, came to 770 Eastern Parkway on Simchas Torah 1975, and what does it mean to "unpack the packages." Video

He Saw the Rebbe in a Dream

Shabbos Night Live with Rabbi Shmuel Butman: The weekly story of the Rebbe, the Tzemach Tzedek's advice to be saved from a plague, and what is the neshama (soul) of Sefires Haomer? Video

“This is For Your Business”

Shabbos Night Live with Rabbi Shmuel Butman: The weekly story of the Rebbe and what the Mitteler Rebbe says in Imrei Binah: "The intensification of darkness is a sign of the light of Moshiach." Video

“A Time of Distress”: What Can Be Done

Shabbos Night Live with Rabbi Shmuel Butman: It is an "eis tzara" - a time of distress with shuls, yeshivos and mivkahs being closed all over the world. The second part of the posuk tells us what to do about it. Video

The Hippie and the Satmar Chossid

Shabbos Night Live with Rabbi Shmuel Butman: Weekly story of the Rebbe and the Purim connection between the "big picture" (the universe) and the "small picture" (the person). Video

“My Sister, Sheindl Schneerson”

Shabbos Night Live with Rabbi Shmuel Butman: Weekly story about the Rebbe , the hidden message of the Rebbe in the first Maamar on Yud Shvat 5711 (1951) and the Moshiach prophecy for 24 Shvat. Video

The Rebbetzin Asked to Visit Her Aunt in Tel Aviv

Shabbos Night Live with Rabbi Shmuel Butman: When Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson asked, "Please visit my aunt in Tel Aviv" and additional stories in honor of her yartzeit of Chof Beis Shvat. Plus: The special campaign the Rebbe started in her honor. Video

The Rebbe Said, “By the Ohel, I’m Warm”

Shabbos Night Live with Rabbi Shmuel Butman: "Shtus Dikdusho" - sanctified foolishness is what our generation needs to counterbalance "Shtus Dileumas zeh" - foolishness coming from "the other side." And the story of Rav Shmuel ber Rav Yitzchok and the comment of Rav Zeira. Video

“Yidden, We Have a Rebbe!”

Shabbos Night Live with Rabbi Shmuel Butman: Why are we celebrating 70 years when the Rebbe accepted the 'nesius' (leadership) of Chabad-Lubavitch only on Yud Shvat 5711? The answer can be found in the teachings of the Rebbe. Video

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