Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: A selection of Nichum Aveilim letters from the Rebbe to people who lost a spouse, a parent and even children presented to comfort the many deaths during COVID-19. Video
“All Problems in the World Are Related”
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: What the Rebbe wrote to 2 Shluchim on this day - the 29th of Nissan and its relevancy to the current coronavirus pandemic. Video
When the Chossid Refused to Make Kiddush on Pesach
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The story of the famed chossid Rabbi Yitzchok Horowitz, known as Reb Itche der Masmid, and how he was saved from eating chametz on Pesach. Video
The Man Who Took a Sabbatical to Investigate Chassidim
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The secular Jew who took a sabbatical to investigate chassidim and his observations from visiting Klausenburg, Satmar, Bobov, Lakewood, Ger, Belz and then Lubavitch in the 'small zal' at 770 Eastern Parkway. Video
Rip Out Pages From Science Books?
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The Rebbe's instruction to teachers on how to teach reading Aleph Beis and what to do with problematic content in science books. And can every Yid have Ruach Hakodesh? Video
Be Cautious To Whom You Teach Kabbalah
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The letter the Rebbe instructed to be written to a man living in Korea who was interested in learning Kabbalah and how all teachers should be careful how they impart information. Video
The Letter the Rebbe Wrote on Behalf of the Rebbetzin
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: Interesting facts and stories about Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson in honor of her yartzeit on Chof Beis Shvat. And the letter the Rebbe wrote to the doctor on her behalf. Video
The Letter, Press Release and Camera From Yud Shvat
Yud Shvat special Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The letter of the Chassidim, the press release, and the camera that captured the Rebbe’s Farbrengen on Yud Shvat 5711 (1951). Also: How the Ohel was built in Queens. Full Story, Video
Why the Rebbe Hesitated to Accept Leadership of Chabad-Lubavitch
Historic Treasures with Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro - special for Yud Shvat: A never before published letter by the Chossid, R’ Avraham Sender Nemtzov, written to the Rebbe 3 weeks after Yud Shvat 1950 and why the Rebbe hesitated on accepting leadership of Chabad-Lubavitch. Full Story, Video
The Last Letters of the Rebbe Rayatz
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro - special for Yud Shvat: Interesting details of the Rebbe Rayatz’s visit in Chicago, citizenship documents and the last letters he wrote - just a week before his passing. Full Story, Video
The Maggid Shiur That had Doubts in Emunah
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The Maggid Shiur in a Brooklyn Yeshiva that had doubts in Emunah and what the Rebbe suggested he do. And what impressed the wealthy donor about a school principal that he never saw in any other Yeshiva. Video
The Rebbe’s Letter to the Activist Trying to Return the Seforim
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: A letter the Rebbe's wrote in the 1970s to an activist who volunteered to try to rescue the books and manuscripts of the Schneerson Archive from Russia and the significance of the seforim to the Jewish people. Video
The Rebel Bochur at Tomchei Tmimim
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: What did the Rebbe Rashab say when he was asked to expel a rebel Bochur from Tomchei Tmimim? And education and parenting lessons from the Rebbe. Video
The Chossid Who Collected Pink Slips
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The seforim printed in English and the chossid R' Elimelech Lasker who collected pink slips because he kept being fired from his job - and was very proud of it. Video
Mission to Redeem the Chabad Library
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: Revealing previously unreleased information about the mission to redeem the Schneerson Library from Russia, shedding new light on the failed mission in 1988. Full Story, Video
The Questions the Rebbe Asked a Chosson
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: What the Rebbe's secretary Rabbi Dr. Nissan Mindel wrote about shidduchim and marriage. Plus: The questions the Rebbe asked a Chosson. Video
The Vatican’s Letter to the Rebbe
Special episode of Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: Why did the Vatican write a letter to the Rebbe? What is the Rebbe's approach to the 7 Mitzvos Bnei Noach which surprised the world? Video
Why All Chassidim Rushed to My Daughter’s Wedding
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: Why Chassidim in Crown Heights all flocked to a wedding on 13 Elul 5749 and details of the Rebbe Rashab's wedding which had 3 conditions. Video
Rabbi Hodakov’s Clever Tactic That Worked Wonders
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The letter the Rebbe wrote to teachers; the question of a Chicago rabbi about sermons; the tactic Rabbi Mordechai Hodakov suggested; and the meaning of Pirkei Avos. Video
What R’ Mendel Futerfas Did Without a Crowd
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The Rebbe's reaction to Rabbi Dr. Nissan Mindel translating the Tanya into English for the first time in 1962; the meaning of a birthday; what the Mashpia R' Mendel Futerfas did when a crowd didn't show up. Video
The Rebbe’s Deep Respect For His Childhood Teacher
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: Why did the Rebbe stand for a 2-hour Yechidus with R' Schneur Zalman Vilenkin? And why did the Litvish Telshe Rosh Yeshiva send a bochur from Yeshiva in Cleveland to the Rebbe in Crown Heights? Video
The Dowry Rebbetzin Chana Requested
Watch for Chov Av: Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro. The astonishing comment Reb Levik Schneerson said about his son, the Rebbe; the teacher of the Rebbe and his brothers; the dowry Rebbetzin Chana requested; and the significance of the number 9. Video
How the Rebbe Saw the World Differently
Now on Thursdays: Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro. The Rebbe's answer to "Why must we learn Chassidus," and the elder Chossid's comment on seeing New York's skyscrapers. Video
Nurse Mania, the Wool Coat and Listening to a Rebbe
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: Recalling Mania, nurse of the Rebbetzin Shterna Sarah, the wool coat of the Rebbe Rayatz and the lesson on listening to a Rebbe. Full Story, Video
Story the Rebbe Sent to Intellectuals Meeting in Manhattan
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro, uncovering fascinating tales and artifacts from Chabad Rebbes. This week, special for Yud Beis Tammuz and the yartzeit of Rabbi Dr. Nissan Mindel OBM: The instructions and story the Rebbe sent to a study group in Manhattan for intellectuals and professionals. Video