A chassidishe shochet in Nikolayev, R' Asher Grossman was a devoted chossid and a talented ba'al menagen. When his friend, R' Meir Shlomo Yanovsky, was quarantined with typhus, he came daily and shouted Tanya to him, hoping it would give him the strength to overcome his illness.

A fascinating account by a writer in the Orthodox German newspaper Der Israelit recounts his journey to Lubavitch for Shavuos 5671 (1911) to spend Yom Tov with the Rebbe Rashab which overturned everything he believed about Chassidus, leaving him awestruck by the fiery davening, soaring niggunim, and spiritual power surrounding the Rebbe.

Reb Pinchas "Reizes," so named after his mother-in-law who supported his becoming the Alter Rebbe's chossid, was a wealthy chossid and devoted choizer. When the Alter Rebbe would sometimes fall to the floor in dveikus, he would drop near him to catch every word.

It was late one blustery Friday night under Communism when knocking was heard on the door of a chossid’s home in Nevel. Terrified, he opened the door, to find the town's shochet Reb Chaim Dovid Lein looking for candlelight by which to learn a maamar.

A rosh yeshiva, rov, and schochet, R. Yehoshua Lein of Nevel was given a seder in learning by the Rebbe Rashab. When asked when to learn them, the Rebbe advised him to delay it until later in the day, so he would carry around that obligation.

In a powerful interview, mashpia Rabbi Yossi Paltiel discusses learning the Rebbe’s Chassidus according to its original intent, warns against turning therapy into a lifestyle, and challenges the growing obsession with self-absorbed healing that keeps people stuck and imprisoned.

From weekly phone calls to life-changing bonds, three JNet "couples" open up about how learning together led to lasting friendship, deepened Yiddishkeit, and journeys they never expected.

Reb Yosef, the son of R. Yissochor Ber the rov of Lubavitch, was married to the Tzemach Tzedek’s aunt, and was affectionately known as “Der Feter Yossele” (Uncle Yossele). When chassidim found him sitting in the snow deep in thought, his answer surprised them.

2 Iyar marks 192 years from the birth of the Rebbe Maharash. From the Margins of Chabad History relates an episode of fake news from the contemporary maskilic press that gives us a glimpse of the respect in which he was held, details about his travels, and the loyalty of his devoted chasidim.

A respected tomim and chozer, R. Avraham Baruch Pevzner was sent by the Frierdiker Rebbe to serve as a rov and mashpia in Minsk. When the KGB confiscated the Rebbe's picture during a search of his home, he went after them to get it back.

In honor of 18 Nissan, 148 years from the birth of Harav Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, the Rebbe’s father, From the Margins of Chabad History presents a series of newspaper articles about his appointment as rov of Yekatrinoslav and his mesiras nefesh under Soviet rule.

The Australia series From the Margins of Chabad History continues, now relating the story of R. Chaim Yaakov Slonim of Chevron, a great-grandson of the Mitteler Rebbe who helped strengthen frum life in Ballarat and Melbourne at the turn of the century.

A talmid of Tomchei Temimim, R. Fallik Gurary, brother of the Rashag, went on to become a gvir and askan like his father. Despite being arrested and exiled to Siberia for his activities, he and his wife remained committed to raising their children with a staunch dedication to Yiddishkeit and Chassidus.

In honor of the approaching yom tov of Purim, From the Margins of Chabad History presents two unknown accounts of Purim with the Rebbeim—from Lubavitch with the Rebbe Rashab and Riga with the Frierdiker Rebbe.

An incredible masmid who learned at every moment - even on his deathbed - R. Volf Levitin was chosen to oversee the learning in the Zal in Lubavitch. Goyim were in awe of him, and when drinking in his wife's taven, they would ask if they were disturbing him from learning.