Menachem Zeev Greenglas

After This entire section, till the end of paragraph 15, is quoted from the work entitled Taharas HaMayim by Rabbi N. Telushkin. the first edition [of Taharas HaMayim] had already been typeset, I received a memorandum recorded for his own use by R. Yaakov...

The HaYom Yom, entry for 21 Teves. Previous Rebbe once met a watercarrier with his filled buckets, and said, “Concerning an encounter with water the Baal Shem Tov said: ‘When encountering water, one should say, The Baal Shem Tov stated that this is a sign...

“You From a letter of the Rebbe Shlita [reprinted in his Igrois Koidesh, Vol. X, p. 218]. are no doubt aware of our custom to affix the mezuzos immediately upon moving into the house, needless to say without a blessing. Thirty days later, however, one of ...

“As to the forthcoming birthday “On this day one’s mazal is dominant and assists him (see Talmud Yerushalmi, Rosh HaShanah 3:8). On the joy and distinctive status of the birthday of a tzaddik, see: Midrash Tanchuma, end of Parshas Pekudei (concerning Yitz...

“It From a letter of the Rebbe Shlita [reprinted in his Igrois Koidesh, Vol. X, p. 218]. is true that in the halachic literature the question of Chinuch HaBayis [lit., ‘dedication of the house’] is a subject for debate. See, for example, the Acharonim [i....

“...It From a letter of the Rebbe Shlita. For a lengthy treatment of this subject see “Two Letters” of the Rebbe Shlita (N.Y., 5719; Heb.). [See also Igrois Koidesh (Letters of the Rebbe Shlita), ed. R. Shalom Dober Levin (Kehot, N.Y.; Heb.), Vol. XIII, p...

“The From a letter of the Rebbe Shlita [dated 23 Teves 5725 (1964), and appearing in Teshuvos U’Biurim, p. 420]. steadily increasing number of people who seek to adopt children includes couples who are most particular about even the minutest detail of the...

[In the original, these topics are arranged in Hebrew alphabetical order.]

[Yiddish: “the anniversary of a person’s decease,” referring in this context to the passing of a near relative.] “Every day The first four paragraphs of this section are extracts from the will of the Rebbe Rashab, though not verbatim. (Like all the footno...

[In keeping with Talmudic tradition, the subject of this section is here referred to euphemistically as Semachos (pl. of simchah; lit., “joyous occasions”).] At a funeral, children and grandchildren do not follow the bier of either a father or a mother. A...