New Collaboration Gives Glimpse of the Rebbe to Yiddish Speakers

By COLlive reporter

In the post Gimmel Tammuz era, videos and recordings of the Rebbe speaking, and interviews with people who met the Rebbe are a vital source of inspiration for chassidim worldwide. This is certainly the case for our children and mekuravim who never merited to see the Rebbe.

Throughout the years since Gimmel Tammuz, JEM (Jewish Educational Media) set out to research, catalog, and produce content from throughout the Rebbe’s nesius. Thanks to their efforts, Jews of all backgrounds can be swept up in the magical experience of a Yud Shevat farbrengen or be moved by the Rebbe’s loving smile to a small child.

In JEM’s continued aim to service everyone and bring its reach to new heights, JEM partnered with Heichel Menachem to curate an experience that delivers specifically to the Yiddish-speaking communities.

The film is a collection of clips on different topics ranging from the Rebbe’s incredible geonos and hasmodo in learning to his humility and devotion to the Jewish people as a whole.

Watching the clips, one quickly notices the attention put in to cater to the Yiddish-speaking communities. The stories touch on nuanced subjects more relevant to the frumer audience, and the narrations are done entirely in Yiddish.

The film offers an ideal opportunity for Lubavitchers to share the greatness of the Rebbe with their frum, non-Lubavitch friends and family. For Lubavitchers, too, there is much to gain from the film, including fascinating interviews and footage from JEM’s vast archive.

The videos are available for free online at https://videos.jem.tv/video-player?produced=2148 and can be purchased in DVD format at Heichal Menachem, Merkaz Stam, and Hamafitz Judaica in Crown Heights for $5 each.