Yossi Lipsker

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Dec 19, 2017, 2:59 PM

Celebrating Jewish – נס

Eight ideas heavy enough to last eight nights…but Light enough to make you smile. 1) Chanukah is my Happy - נס/ness Holiday 2) A time to celebrate the Miraculous - נס/ness of the oil that burned for eight days 3) During these...

Jan 21, 2016, 7:54 PM

A Chasid Grows in Brooklyn

Yesterday marked the day in 1951 that the Lubavitcher Rebbe of blessed memory formally became the seventh Rebbe of Chabad. Though he is no longer physically present, I believe that the ideas he shared that day still resonate powerfully. The...

Nov 5, 2015, 6:39 PM

The Rabbis are coming

In Reading one of the Rebbes post holiday talks from 1968, addressing the Chasidim preparing to return home from abroad, after an uplifting holiday experience, you get a glimpse into a theological worldview that can only be summed up...

Oct 22, 2015, 9:37 PM

Here Come the Rabbis: A countdown to the Kinnus.

A first in a series: Celebrating The vision of the Rebbe, and in tribute to the beloved worldwide family Shluchim,in advance of the upcoming annual International conference. Elijah on Mount Carmel and the Kabbalah of Sacred Audacity. There is a fascinating...

Oct 18, 2015, 9:23 AM

All the Light We Cannot See

Just finished the book, All the Light We Cannot See. About a month ago, one of my aunts, visiting from New York borrowed it. Unbeknownst to her, I had only twenty pages left to the end. I found myself unwilling to...

Aug 18, 2015, 8:24 PM

Last night the book thief stole my heart

When life robs you, sometimes you have to rob it back.” -- Liesel Meminger I watched "The Book Thief” last night with three of my daughters. My thirteen year old twin daughters, might have been a bit traumatized. I m still glad they...

Aug 14, 2015, 6:46 PM

Back in the summer of ’69

Summer 1969. It was Shabbat Parshat Ekev. The Rebbe decided initially not to come down to Farbreng with the Chasidim that Shabbos. In the end, he changed his mind and did. While I can only speculate as to why that was, and...

Jul 29, 2015, 8:36 AM

The Blue Man Group hanging on the wall of the Waldorf Astoria

Saw this stunning painting over Shabbat in the stairway leading down to the shul in the stunning new Waldorf Astoria situated in the heart of Jerusalem and had to go back for another peek today and a photo (see...

Jul 23, 2015, 5:20 AM

A Farbrengen with Moses

A Farbrengen with Moses These are the words that Moses spoke to his people on the other side of the Jordan, Mayayver Layarden.” Thus begins the fifth and final book of the Torah, a touching and powerful portrayal of a...

Jul 12, 2015, 5:10 PM

I am Pinchas and so are you

Who was Pinchas? Was he the fiery zealot, who by supporting an aging forgetful Moses carves out his own place in history, or was he merely stepping -- unknowingly into a terrifying void, left intentionally -- by a Moses who finally refuses to continue...

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About Me

Rabbi Yossi Lipsker is the co-founder and executive Director of Chabad of the North Shore and spiritual leader of the Chabad Community Shul. He can be reached at Chabad@me.com