These classes were given to the Bochurim of Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati after the Passing of their beloved teacher הרב חיים שניאור זלמן בן הרב שלום שמעון יעקב שליט”א Baras. Class One: A talk on how Jewish people approach mourning. 1) Tzadok Hadin, we accept that we cannot understand 2) Sometimes you just cry 3) We…

Shloshim Given at the Shloshim for אייזיק יצחק בן שלמה ורחל דינה ע”ה. A man who had every reason not to live and lived life to the fullest. What is Shloshim (and more).

Thought One. Tzoros, what won’t destroy you will strengthen you (5775/2014). Hardships either bring the best or worst out of us, we survive by having Bitachon and learning to stop playing God. Thought Two. Mishna Neshama A thought on why we study Mishna to help along the Neshama of a deceased relative. Thought Three. אחרי…

Rabbi Avremel Levitansky, a talk (in two parts) given on the occasion of his tenth Yahrtzeit. Part One. Stories. Anecdotes about him, and some incredible stories about his relationship with the Rebbe and the Rebbe’s relationship with him. Part Two. He made everyone feel as though they were him while around him. The lesson is…

The Twenty third Yahrtzait of Ari Halberstam HaYa”D. When we look only only forward and when we afford ourselves to look back. A Kadosh, What is Mesiras Nefesh Al Kidush Hashem. What the Soul does for us and what we do for the Soul. Lessons: We Need G-d. We need one another.

Why Mishnayos in conjunction with a Yahrtzeit and a deceased person (beyond משנה אותיות נשמה) Neshamos of the deceased on the level of light not life, Mishnayos keeps them somewhat closer to life.

What to tell the Children? PDF A letter from the Rebbe telling a father how and what to tell his his children about the [passing of their mother. The class explores the Rebbe’s idea that death is only a physical separation but not a real disunion. The class explores the controversy of this idea which…

To Nediv’s Friends Given at the end of shiva to the friends of Nediv Kehati who passed away so suddenly at the age of thirty. This class makes three points: 1) feel, there is value in just crying, even our Rabbeiim cried. 2) Accept, as angry as you are you never need God more than…

A letter that explains sadness and mourning (5775/2014). This class is a class on a letter written to the Chossid Reb Eliyahu Shmuel Kahanov on the occasion of the passing of his wife, In this class the idea that emerges is that there is a difference between sadness by Tzadikim and by ordinary people.

Tragedy (5774/2014). Part of a Shiur given (at the Yeshiva) after the passing of Mrs. Rashi Minkowitz.