One Purim night, we were Farbrenging with Rabbi Wagner in the big Zal, and Reb Mendel came in. We asked him to say something and he said that later on in the Farbrengen, he will reveal a big secret that was taught in Tomchei Temimim in Lubavitch. We...
Read StoryI was once sitting after davening by the table of Farbrengen and was hungry. I waited for the plate of cake to be brought out and quickly stretched out my hand to take from the few pieces there. Suddenly, I felt a slap on my wrist and a big voice...
Read StoryI merited to learn in Yeshivas Lubavitch Toronto for four years. I was there for two years (5758-5759) as a Talmid and two years ( 5762-5763) as a Shliach. From the very beginning of my time there, Rabbi Akiva Wagner Shlit"a (may he have a complete...
Read StoryThere was a bochur in yeshiva, many years ago, a very good bochur with a very good head, but he had many questions. The questions were in hashkofo issues, not questions that a "regular" bochur has, and he was very bothered by them, they disturbed him...
Read StoryOne Simchas Torah I was dancing with reb Mendel in Lubavitcher yeshiva in Toronto, when he turned to me and said ‘’ Mit Shich ‘’ which means ‘’With Shoes’’. I did not understand what he meant and asked him. He said he remembers...
Read StoryRabbi Menachem Mendel Aronow was my Mashpia from 1979 to 1989, in fact I bought a house on his street to be close to him. ...
Read StoryZaidy once asked me to help organize his collection of kfar chabad magazines. ...
Read Story1) When I needed tefillin for my boys' bar mitzvahs he took so much time and care with each one. Being in his little office i felt transported to another time and place. He was truly great and will be surely missed by all whose lives he touched. ...
Read StoryReb Zalman Moshe and Reb Dovid Horodoker were farbrenging together. In the middle, RZM asked RDH "Dovid, tell me the truth, do you have ahava veyirah? ...
Read StoryBy a farbrengen once the pesukim for the Rebbe (at the end of shmoneh esreh) came up. The Rebbe wrote that his pesukim are ...
Read StoryThere was once a bochur who was depressed (as bochurim sometimes are...). I tried to speak to him, but didn't get anywhere. I told the bochur to write to the Rebbe, which he did. He opened an igros, and there was a letter from the Rebbe telling him...
Read Storywhen my father got married in 5706 in Pocking, Reb Mendel Aronow OBM arranged for Him a Sirtuk, which my father wore for many many years, until he was once climbing on something and them it tore, his wife Tried sewing it but was unable to fix it so...
Read StoryAnyone growing up in Toronto in the past 50 years will only have the best memories of Reb Mendel! His modest home on Fairholme was the place to go for Sefarim ,Tefillin, Mezuzos,Arbah minim and Matzohs. ...
Read StoryAt a farbrengen, Rabbi Aronow z”l said the following story. When he was a young bochur, he was part of a group of bochurim running for their lives across the continent. Their ultimate goal was Samarkand, in Uzbekistan. During their travels, they...
Read StoryHaircut coupon It was once a few days before I would be going home for vacation. And rabbi aronow saw me that I had long hair, and needed a haircut. He gave me a coupon to get a free haircut at the barber across the street from yeshiva!
Read StoryWhy don't they feed soldiers well, and let them sleep a lot. It is an order to train them that when they have to fight they should be dedicated with kabolas ol. The same applies to bochurim and Chassidim.
Read StoryI once bought a pair of to filling by Rabbi Aronov for mivtzoim. when it came time to measure the size of the של ראש, he measured it with his own head saying, ''מיין קאפ איז גוט פאר אלע קעפ''
Read StoryI once ran out of matza late on mivtzoim. It was the Friday before pesach vacation and this was the last opportunity for me to give it out. I quickly took a cab back to yeshiva, only to find out that they were out too. They suggested I run across the...
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