Short Stories of the Rebbe

“My field was electrical engineering," the Rebbe told me. "But I prefer to turn on the lights in people’s souls.”

A short story with the Rebbe.

A question asked by Dr. David Weiss, a professor at Berkeley in California, during his visit to the Rebbe.

How a conversation Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to Congress, had with the Rebbe, turned disappointment into opportunity and helped feed hungry children across America.

When a widow shared how lonely she felt with the Rebbe, he shared a powerful message of hope and the essential truth: We're never alone, because G-d is always with us.

When the Rebbe explained the deeper meaning of the game to chess champion Sammy Reshevsky.

The Rebbe enlightens a young lady who was dating for marriage on the true meaning of love.

In 1974, Rabbi Moshe Yitzchak Hecht, a Chabad rabbi in New Haven, Connecticut, wrote to the Rebbe after 33 years of tremendous work, begging the Rebbe to help him.

When Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Weinreb was a young psychologist in Silver Spring, Maryland, he faced a personal crisis and sought out sage advice.

When a curious boy posed a question to the Rebbe’s mother.

Two boys playing outside their home in Brooklyn had no idea that the friendly Jewish man who'd stop to say hi was none other than the Rebbe.

The secretariat office was already closed for the day, so Rabbi Yosef Wineberg slipped the urgent letter through the Rebbe’s door. Then the unexpected happened.

The locked gates to Brooklyn’s Botanical Gardens didn’t stop the Rebbe from doing Tashlich on Rosh Hashana that year.

Why was the Rebbe calling for joy and celebration during a time of war?

A group of Israelis wounded whilst serving in the IDF came to Brooklyn for an exclusive visit with the Rebbe. The Rebbe insisted on changing and reframing their disability to positive empowerment.

The Rebbe asked the Bar Mitzvah boy, who was a baseball fan, what is the difference between a player and a fan?

What is the connection between tefillin and computers?

Taibel Lipskier was a refugee from the Soviet Union. Turning to the Rebbe about her fears and worries, he gave her advice that changed her life.

When a teen questioned whether the Rebbe really felt her pain, he replied with an analogy.

When Jacques Lipchitz, a world-renowned sculptor, left an unfinished work, his wife was unsure of how to proceed. The Rebbe's wisdom empowered her.

The Rebbe showed a group of college students that making a miracle is easier than they thought.

Chances are you are not as busy as Rabbi Adin Even-Israel (Steinsaltz); feeling overwhelmed, he turned to the Rebbe for advice.

The Rebbe shared with a bride and groom the kabbalistic reason why weddings are joyous occasions.

When a bereaved mother was inconsolable after the loss of her young son, she came to the Rebbe desperate for comfort and left with an entirely new perspective.

Did you ever forget an anniversary or birthday of a loved one? Here's what the Rebbe told one husband who forgot…

The Rebbe's reply has proven itself right again and again.

Zalman Jeffe, a prominent businessman from Manchester, UK, had a close connection with the Rebbe. When he shared concern about his business fortunes, the Rebbe’s reply rings true in many areas of life.