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Homesick for Lubavitch געגועים לבית ליובאוויטש

Reb Benzi Avtzon

Weekly interviews with veteran chassidim about their memories of the Rebbe and of Crown Heights.

English · 103 episodes · 103 transcribed (English original; Hebrew translation on the Hebrew site) · Chabadpedia article (Hebrew)

List of episodes

  1. 1
    Ep. 1 // "Is Lubavitch Identity in Question?" with Rabbi Yossi Nemes English
    Rabbi Yossi Nemes · 29 Elul 5783 · 1:21:35
  2. 2
    Ep. 2 // "Am I a Lubavitcher?" with Eldad Drori English
    Eldad Drori · 11 Tishrei 5784 · 1:14:09
  3. 3
    Ep. 3 // "Chinuch vs Shlichus" with Rabbi Shmuel Wagner English
    Rabbi Shmuel Wagner · 17 Tishrei 5784 · 1:33:07
  4. 4
    Ep. 4 // Emergency Podcast "How Can We Think of Responding?" with IDF Veteran Leibel Mangel English
    Leibel Mangel · 24 Tishrei 5784 · 56:02
  5. 5
    Ep. 5 // "Does Shlichus Have Anything To Do With Me?" with Sholom Jacobs English
    Sholom Jacobs · 1 Cheshvan 5784 · 1:17:20
  6. 6
    Ep. 6 // Emergency Podcast "Wartime Changes Everything Including Lubavitch" with Rabbi Shmully Hecht English
    Rabbi Shmully Hecht · 24 Cheshvan 5784 · 1:42:20
  7. 7
    Ep. 7 // "Do I Really Belong Here?" with Captain Mendy Avtzon English
    Captain Mendy Avtzon · 25 Cheshvan 5784 · 1:14:41
  8. 8
    Ep. 8 // "Empower the Individual" with Rabbi Moshe New English
    Rabbi Moshe New · 26 Cheshvan 5784 · 1:49:28
  9. 9
    Ep. 9 // "From Lubavitch to Gateshead and Back" with Rabbi Moshe Leib Gray English
    Rabbi Moshe Leib Gray · 29 Cheshvan 5784 · 1:58:29
  10. 10
    Ep. 10 // "America Is Nisht Andersh" with Rebbetzin Bassie Garelik English
    Rebbetzin Bassie Garelik · 7 Kislev 5784 · 1:29:55
  11. 11
    Ep. 11 // "The Cost of Shlichus?" with Rabbi Levi Greenberg English
    Rabbi Levi Greenberg · 13 Kislev 5784 · 1:24:15
  12. 12
    Ep. 12 // “Winning in the Marketplace of Ideas?” w/ Yanki Tauber English
    Yanki Tauber · 20 Kislev 5784 · 1:42:59
  13. 13
    Ep. 13 // "The Other Side of Nostalgia" w/ Dr. Tali Loewenthal English
    Dr. Tali Loewenthal · 27 Kislev 5784 · 1:26:12
  14. 14
    Ep. 14 // "Happy Place Lubavitch" w/ Leibel Gniwisch English
    Leibel Gniwisch · 5 Teves 5784 · 1:38:58
  15. 15
    Ep. 15 // “Chabad Munt Pnimius” with Rabbi Dr. Reuven Leigh English
    Rabbi Dr. Reuven Leigh · 12 Teves 5784 · 2:00:13
  16. 16
    Ep. 16 // “Growing Up a Chossid” with Mrs. Fradel Sudak English
    Mrs. Fradel Sudak · 19 Teves 5784 · 2:14:58
  17. 17
    Ep. 17 // "To the Promised Land" w/ Zevi Slavin English
    Zevi Slavin · 26 Teves 5784 · 1:41:57
  18. 18
    Ep. 18 // “When Did We Stop Asking Questions?” w/ Rabbi Mendel Zirkind English
    Rabbi Mendel Zirkind · 4 Shvat 5784 · 2:34:13
  19. 19
    Ep. 19 // "In Defense of Gezhe" w/ R' Mendel Duchman English
    R' Mendel Duchman · 11 Shvat 5784 · 1:20:26
  20. 20
    Ep. 20 // "But I Want A Smile" w/ Mrs. Sandy Weinbaum English
    Mrs. Sandy Weinbaum · 18 Shvat 5784 · 1:55:14
  21. 21
    Ep. 21 // "Moving Beyond Process" w/ Rabbi Dovber Pinson English
    Rabbi Dovber Pinson · 23 Adar I 5784 · 1:29:38
  22. 22
    Ep. 22 // "How Far Can Video Take Us?" w/ Rabbi Elkanah Shmotkin English
    Rabbi Elkanah Shmotkin · 30 Adar I 5784 · 1:57:56
  23. 23
    Ep. 23 // "Should We Still Be Yearning?" w/ Rabbi Moshe Gourarie English
    Rabbi Moshe Gourarie · 7 Adar II 5784 · 1:57:01
  24. 24
    Ep. 24 // "Lubavitch Sense of Worthiness" w/ R' Chaim Itche Drizin English
    R' Chaim Itche Drizin · 15 Adar II 5784 · 1:37:34
  25. 25
    Ep. 25 // "The Line Between Good and Bad" w/ Eli Nash English
    Eli Nash · 21 Adar II 5784 · 1:24:24
  26. 26
    Ep. 26 // "The Lack of Atmosphere" w/ Rabbi Ruvi New English
    Rabbi Ruvi New · 28 Adar II 5784 · 1:15:41
  27. 27
    Ep. 27 // "The Paradox of Empowerment" w/ Rabbi Simon Jacobson English
    Rabbi Simon Jacobson · 6 Nissan 5784 · 1:53:40
  28. 28
    Ep. 28 // "The Price We Pay For Shlichus" w/ Rabbi Yossi Morozov English
    Rabbi Yossi Morozov · 27 Nissan 5784 · 1:15:01
  29. 29
    Ep. 29 // “On Lubavitch Community” w/ Mrs. Vivi Deren English
    Mrs. Vivi Deren · 4 Iyar 5784 · 2:40:47
  30. 30
    Ep. 30 // "My Struggle With Chitas" w/ Fitz Rabin English
    Fitz Rabin · 11 Iyar 5784 · 2:35:45
  31. 31
    Ep. 31 // "The Image I Remember" w/ Marc Asnin English
    Marc Asnin · 18 Iyar 5784 · 1:33:38
  32. 32
    Ep. 32 // "Shock of Yud Shvat" w/ Rabbi Shmuly Avtzon English
    Rabbi Shmuly Avtzon · 10 Sivan 5784 · 1:53:16
  33. 33
    Ep. 33 // "He Believed in Me" w/ Rabbi Pinny Andrusier English
    Rabbi Pinny Andrusier · 17 Sivan 5784 · 1:14:24
  34. 34
    Ep. 34 // "Fantasy of Going Back" w/ Rabbi Moshe Greenwald English
    Rabbi Moshe Greenwald · 25 Sivan 5784 · 2:57:46
  35. 35
    Ep. 35 // "Do You Notice the Narrative?" w/ Rabbi Peretz Chein (Bonus conversation w/ Chanie Chein) English
    Rabbi Peretz Chein; Chanie Chein · 1 Tammuz 5784 · 2:33:03
  36. 36
    Ep. 36 // "Making the Past Present" w/ Rabbi Dr. Shmary Brownstein English
    Rabbi Dr. Shmary Brownstein · 8 Tammuz 5784 · 2:49:03
  37. 37
    Ep. 37 // "The Need To Move Forward" w/ Mrs. Toby Hecht English
    Mrs. Toby Hecht · 7 Menachem Av 5784 · 1:49:09
  38. 38
    Ep. 38 // “Finding the Rebbe’s Softer Voice” w/ Rabbi Berry Farkash English
    Rabbi Berry Farkash · 14 Menachem Av 5784 · 2:05:48
  39. 39
    Ep. 39 // "Working With What I Have" w/ R' Yossel Mochkin English
    R' Yossel Mochkin · 21 Menachem Av 5784 · 1:49:39
  40. 40
    Ep. 40 // "May We See The Rebbe" w/ Mrs. Tzivia Jacobson English
    Mrs. Tzivia Jacobson · 28 Menachem Av 5784 · 1:59:54
  41. 41
    Ep. 41 // "More Needs To Be Demanded" w/ Rabbi Levi Avtzon English
    Rabbi Levi Avtzon · 5 Elul 5784 · 2:07:29
  42. 42
    Ep. 42 // "The Rebbe's Doctor" w/ Rabbi Michoel Seligson English
    Rabbi Michoel Seligson · 12 Elul 5784 · 2:05:10
  43. 43
    Ep. 43 // "The Narrative of Chassidus" w/ Rabbi Naftali Silberberg English
    Rabbi Naftali Silberberg · 19 Elul 5784 · 1:34:34
  44. 44
    Ep. 44 // "Rosh Hashana 5785" w/ Rabbi Yosef Katzman English
    Rabbi Yosef Katzman · 26 Elul 5784 · 2:45:35
  45. 45
    Ep. 45 // "Painting The Truth I See" w/ Mendel Treitel English
    Mendel Treitel · 4 Tishrei 5785 · 2:06:36
  46. 46
    Ep. 46 // “Taking the Rebbe At His Word” w/ Rabbi Dov Yona Korn English
    Rabbi Dov Yona Korn · 11 Tishrei 5785 · 1:59:00
  47. 47
    Ep. 47 // “Agree To Disagree” w/ Rabbi Yaakov Winner English
    Rabbi Yaakov Winner · 16 Cheshvan 5785 · 1:48:58
  48. 48
    Ep. 48 // "From Auschwitz to Lubavitch" w/ Rabbi Nissan Mangel English
    Rabbi Nissan Mangel · 23 Cheshvan 5785 · 1:36:48
  49. 49
    Ep. 49 // “Shlichus Love Story” w/ Rabbi Nissen Goldman English
    Rabbi Nissen Goldman · 30 Cheshvan 5785 · 1:47:58
  50. 50
    Ep. 50 // The Blessing of Helping Others w/ Rabbi Mordechai Avtzon English
    Rabbi Mordechai Avtzon · 7 Kislev 5785 · 2:21:31
  51. 51
    Ep. 51 // "The Spiritual Revival of Chabad" w/ Rabbi Elisha Pearl English
    Rabbi Elisha Pearl · 21 Kislev 5785 · 2:05:49
  52. 52
    Ep. 52 // "Cosmic or Homesick" w/ Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin English
    Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin · 28 Kislev 5785 · 1:44:08
  53. 53
    Ep. 53 // "Writing the Messy Divine" w/ Poet Yehoshua November English
    Yehoshua November · 12 Teves 5785 · 1:48:03
  54. 54
    Ep. 54 // "Where Even Is Home?" w/ Rabbi Shmully Metzger English
    Rabbi Shmully Metzger · 19 Teves 5785 · 1:53:06
  55. 55
    Ep. 55 // "A New Intellectual Stage" w/ Rabbi Dr. Eli Leib Rubin English
    Rabbi Dr. Eli Leib Rubin · 23 Adar 5785 · 2:15:06
  56. 56
    Ep. 56 // "How Teaching Has Changed" w/ Rabbi Yossi Rosenblum English
    Rabbi Yossi Rosenblum · 1 Nissan 5785 · 1:30:22
  57. 57
    Ep. 57 // "Chassidim That Work" w/ Rabbi Rafi Tennenhaus English
    Rabbi Rafi Tennenhaus · 8 Nissan 5785 · 1:36:43
  58. 58
    Ep. 58 // "Learning in Lubavitch" w/ Mr. David Shabat English
    Mr. David Shabat · 23 Nissan 5785 · 1:35:11
  59. 59
    Ep. 59 // "Talking to My Nefesh Habehamis" w/ Mayer Prager English
    Mayer Prager · 29 Nissan 5785 · 1:34:33
  60. 60
    Ep. 60 // "The Ability to Change" w/ Rabbi Chaim Shaul Bruk English
    Rabbi Chaim Shaul Bruk · 6 Iyar 5785 · 2:07:56
  61. 61
    Ep. 61 // "Finding the Treasure" w/ Rabbi Velvel Lipskier English
    Rabbi Velvel Lipskier · 13 Iyar 5785 · 2:18:52
  62. 62
    Ep. 62 // "Roots of Identity" w/ Rabbi Shlomo Elkan English
    Rabbi Shlomo Elkan · 20 Iyar 5785 · 1:42:44
  63. 63
    Ep. 63 // "Every Chossid is Different" w/ Rabbi Choni Friedman English
    Rabbi Choni Friedman · 27 Iyar 5785 · 2:01:37
  64. 64
    Ep. 64 // "Learning To Think" w/ Rabbi Tzvi Freeman English
    Rabbi Tzvi Freeman · 26 Sivan 5785 · 1:32:48
  65. 65
    Ep. 65 // "I Can Tell the Rebbe Anything" w/ R' Mendel Posner English
    R' Mendel Posner · 3 Tammuz 5785 · 2:07:38
  66. 66
    Ep. 66 // "Chabad Is All Of Ours" w/ R' Joey Rosenfeld English
    R' Joey Rosenfeld · 10 Tammuz 5785 · 1:33:52
  67. 67
    Ep. 67 // "He Stood Up For Me" w/ Rabbi Aharon Cousin English
    Rabbi Aharon Cousin · 17 Tammuz 5785 · 2:19:00
  68. 68
    Ep. 68 // "Looking For What I'm Looking For" w/ Tzvi Kilov English
    Tzvi Kilov · 24 Tammuz 5785 · 1:54:04
  69. 69
    Ep. 69 // "Lubavitcher Chinuch" w/ Rabbi Chaim Zusia "Zeidy" Fishman English
    Rabbi Chaim Zusia "Zeidy" Fishman · 2 Menachem Av 5785 · 1:56:10
  70. 70
    Ep. 70 // "Horizontal Connections" w/ Rabbi Yossi Lipsker English
    Rabbi Yossi Lipsker · 9 Menachem Av 5785 · 1:48:38
  71. 71
    Ep. 71 // "50 Years on Shlichus" w/ Mrs. Esther Goldstein English
    Mrs. Esther Goldstein · 16 Menachem Av 5785 · 1:31:04
  72. 72
    Ep. 72 // "A Tomim In Montreal" w/ Rabbi Joseph Polak English
    Rabbi Joseph Polak · 23 Menachem Av 5785 · 1:43:28
  73. 73
    Ep. 73 // "Today We're All The Same" w/ Rabbi Binyomin Scheiman English
    Rabbi Binyomin Scheiman · 30 Menachem Av 5785 · 1:38:05
  74. 74
    Ep. 74 // "Thinking The Unthinkable" w/ Prof. Eliot Wolfson English
    Prof. Eliot Wolfson · 7 Elul 5785 · 1:36:14
  75. 75
    Ep. 75 // "45 Years On Shlichus" w/ Rabbi Yosef Levin English
    Rabbi Yosef Levin · 15 Elul 5785 · 1:41:52
  76. 76
    Ep. 76 // "The Mystery of Emunah" w/ Rabbi Yitzchok Kaufmann English
    Rabbi Yitzchok Kaufmann · 12 Cheshvan 5786 · 1:31:49
  77. 77
    Ep. 77 // "The Ability To Adapt" w/ Rabbi Dovid Eliezrie English
    Rabbi Dovid Eliezrie · 19 Cheshvan 5786 · 1:44:54
  78. 78
    Ep. 78 // "We Need To Ask & Question Everything" w/ Rabbi Mendel Zirkind English
    Rabbi Mendel Zirkind · 25 Cheshvan 5786 · 1:47:28
  79. 79
    Ep. 79 // "Aiming for Higher" w/ Rabbi Michoel Gourarie English
    Rabbi Michoel Gourarie · 3 Kislev 5786 · 1:41:15
  80. 80
    Ep. 80 // "The Temptation to Spiritualize" w/ Rabbi Meni Even Israel English
    Rabbi Meni Even Israel · 10 Kislev 5786 · 1:24:19
  81. 81
    Ep. 81 // "The Case for Optimism" w/ Rabbi Mendel Cohen English
    Rabbi Mendel Cohen · 17 Kislev 5786 · 1:25:34
  82. 82
    Ep. 82 // "Wheelchair At The Rebbe's Farbrengen" w/ Tzvi Burston English
    Tzvi Burston · 24 Kislev 5786 · 41:26
  83. 83
    Ep. 83 // "On The Topic of Closeness" w/ Rabbi Leibel Korf English
    Rabbi Leibel Korf · 22 Teves 5786 · 2:03:34
  84. 84
    Ep. 84 // "When We Run Out of Answers" w/ R' Gershon Schusterman English
    Rabbi Gershon Schusterman · 29 Teves 5786 · 1:40:57
  85. 85
    Ep. 85 // "In Defense of Temimus" w/ Rabbi Shlomo Yaffe English
    Rabbi Shlomo Yaffe · 26 Adar 5786 · 1:42:13
  86. 86
    Ep. 86 // "Australian Balebos" w/ R' Don Wolf English
    Rabbi Don Wolf · 4 Nissan 5786 · 1:41:27
  87. 87
    Ep. 87 // "99 Years of Lubavitch" w/ Mrs. Hadassah Carlebach English
    Mrs. Hadassah Carlebach · 11 Nissan 5786 · 1:20:29
  88. 88
    Ep. 88 // "A Baal Teshuva's Eyes" w/ Reb Simcha Gottleib English
    Reb Simcha Gottleib · 25 Nissan 5786 · 2:41:59
  89. 89
    Ep. 89 // "In A Distant Place" w/ Rabbi Lazer Gurkow English
    Rabbi Lazer Gurkow · 2 Tammuz 5786 · 2:38:51
  90. 90
    Ep. 90 // "A Bochur in the 60s" w/ Rabbi Yosef Minkowitz English
    Rabbi Yosef Minkowitz · 13 Tammuz 5786 · 2:15:19
  91. 91
    Ep. 91 // "Where Are Today's Baal Teshuvas?" w/ Rabbi Ronnie Fine English
    Rabbi Ronnie Fine · 20 Tammuz 5786 · 1:24:17
  92. 92
    Ep. 92 // "One More Bochur in Yeshiva" w/ Reb Yitzchok Gniwisch English
    Reb Yitzchok Gniwisch · 27 Tammuz 5786 · 1:46:57
  93. 93
    Ep. 93 // "American Chinuch" w/ Rabbi Herschel Lustig English
    Rabbi Herschel Lustig · 5 Menachem Av 5786 · 1:21:44
  94. 94
    Ep. 94 // "Talking the Unfathomable" w/ Rabbi Mendy Katz English
    Rabbi Mendy Katz · 12 Menachem Av 5786 · 1:34:54
  95. 95
    Ep. 95 // "The Years Gone By" w/ Rabbi Zalman Lieberow English
    Rabbi Zalman Lieberow · 19 Menachem Av 5786 · 2:13:49
  96. 96
    Ep. 96 // "My Journey to Bittul" w/ Rabbi Moshe Genuth English
    Rabbi Moshe Genuth · 26 Menachem Av 5786 · 2:15:45
  97. 97
    Ep. 97 // "One Student At A Time" w/ Rabbi Uri Perlman English
    Rabbi Uri Perlman · 3 Elul 5786 · 1:43:30
  98. 98
    Ep. 98 // "Montreal Shlichus" w/ Rabbi Berel Mochkin English
    Rabbi Berel Mochkin · 10 Elul 5786 · 1:17:25
  99. 99
    Ep. 99 // "What Will Bring Moshiach?" w/ Rabbi Heschel Greenberg English
    Rabbi Heschel Greenberg · 17 Elul 5786 · 2:03:36
  100. 100
    Ep. 100 // "LIVE Q&A" moderated by Shaul Wolf English
    24 Elul 5786 · 1:34:39
  101. 101
    Ep. 101 // "The Two Worlds" w/ Rabbi Betzalel Marinovsky English
    Rabbi Betzalel Marinovsky · 14 Cheshvan 5787 · 1:44:46
  102. 102
    Ep. 102 // "The Army in Stamford Hill" w/ Rabbi Gedalia Potash English
    Rabbi Gedalia Potash · 21 Cheshvan 5787 · 1:19:36
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    Ep. 103 // "Living On A Verse" w/ Rabbi Gershon Avtzon English
    Rabbi Gershon Avtzon · 28 Cheshvan 5787 · 2:08:52