The Rebbe’s mother Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson, whose Yahrzeit is 6 Tishrei, was an extraordinary woman—a true helpmate to the Rebbe’s father...

While many Jews might eschew Western science, the Rebbe saw its enormous potential and its amazing compatibility with Torah thought. The Avn...

For many a ba’al teshuvah, the road to a consuming life of Torah observance is paved with difficulty, and questions and doubts inevitably ar...

Dear Readers. With thanks to Hashem we would like to announce the birth of our twin baby Boys,May they be a true source of 'Nachas' ...

“Rebbetzin Chana,” obm, mother of the of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, was a heroine in her own right. A staunch helpmate to her exiled husband dur...

The Caribbean, once a refuge and vibrant center for Jewish life, became, literally, a Jewish graveyard in the end. How did the Rebbe predict...

What is a Jewish soul? Can it ever be tainted? The Avner Institute would like to present an insightful conversation that took place when Rab...

The following is a profound letter from the Rebbe to a philanthropist involved in Jewish causes in New York and Israel. The Rebbe describes ...

In honor of Yud Beis Tammuz, the day marking the liberation of the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, obm, from Soviet i...

Some people had the honor of spending hours with the Rebbe in private audience. Yet thousands who merited a mere short moment felt transform...

The Avner Institute would like to present a heartwarming encounter which took place with the Rebbe while he was living in Paris and which en...

“Rebbe, how do I maintain a peaceful home? What if we have disagreements over furniture?” The following is an insightful reply of the Rebbe ...

The Avner Institute would like to present excerpts of a diary recorded over Shavuos 1980 by the famed Chossid Zalman Jaffe. Mr. Jaffe, a bus...

What can be wrong with a simple handshake? Especially when it is a widespread custom? The Avner Institute would like to present a letter of ...

Lag B’Omer is a special day, marking the passing of famed Kabbalist Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. Jews all over the world celebrate with music an...

The Avner Instute would like to present a fascinating interview with the Rebbe by Shmuel Avidor, a longtime devotee, conducted shortly after...

Where was G-d? Why do the wicked prosper? The enormity of the Holocaust was asked by a Harvard professor whose faith was challenged by the s...

This Friday, March 26 -- 11 Nissan -- marks the 108th birthday of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson. The Avner Institute wou...