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
The Crucial Meetings That Established Chabad in the USA
Historic Treasures with Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro - special edition marking the day the Frierdiker Rebbe arrived in America: The early days of Chabad in America and the fascinating supporter and friend of the Rebbe, Julius Stulman, and the role he played in the Rebbe’s holy dreams that have come to fruition – with facts of his activities never before revealed. Video
Who Was Julius Stulman and What Did He Do For Chabad
Historic Treasures with Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro - special edition marking the day the Frierdiker Rebbe arrived in America: The early days of Chabad in America and the fascinating supporter and friend of the Rebbe, Julius Stulman, and the role he played in the Rebbe’s holy dreams that have come to fruition – with facts of his activities never before revealed. Video
Rare Recording of the Frierdiker Rebbe’s Farbrengen
Historic Treasures with Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro - special edition marking Tes Adar, the day the Frierdiker Rebbe arrived in America: The trip to America, the establishing of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch. Plus: Hear a rare recording of a farbrengen with the Frierdiker Rebbe – with parts of his sicha and a niggun. 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
The Exchange In Front of the Chosson and Kallah
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: An interesting exchange between the Rebbe and the 770 Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Yisroel Piekarski can provide an answer to the question whether a Rebbe can make a mistake. Video
The Alter Rebbe and the Vilna Gaon
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: Part 2 Special for Yud Tes Kislev: The life of the Alter Rebbe, his work against the Hisnagdus, trying to make peace, and writing of the Tanya and Shulchan Aruch. Video
When Two Lights Came Into the World
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: Preparing for Yud Tes Kislev: The life of the Alter Rebbe, his brilliance in all 4 areas of Torah, and the time when he fixed a broken sundial that no one else could. 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
Response to a Chabad Critic
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: A letter from Rabbi Nissan Mindel in reply to a critic of Chabad: whether the Rebbe performs miracles, the way Chasidim address the Rebbe, and why does the Rebbetzin drive a Cadillac. 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
Who Really Wrote Talks & Tales
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: Who wrote the "Talks and Tales" publication? What did the Frierdiker Rebbe say about its effect on him? Video
Rebbe’s Surprising “Refuah Shelaima”
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: What happened after the Rebbe blessed a perfectly healthy man with "Refuah Shelaima" during dollars? Why do we say L'chaim on wine? 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
“Trink Schnapps un Byse Herring”
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The humorous meaning of the letters of Teshuva from a farbrengen with 770 Gabbai R' Yochanan Gordon and what are the torn shoes found in Gan Eden. Video