Homesick for Lubavitch

By Homesick for Lubavitch

An exploration of Lubavitch identity in 2023, hosted by Bentzi Avtzon.... more

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The podcast currently has 82 episodes available.

Homesick for Lubavitch episodes:

December 03, 2023 Ep. 12 // “Winning in the Marketplace of Ideas?” w/ Yanki Tauber
Yanki Tauber is a writer who lives in Woodmere, NY where for over a decade he has been working on his newly released Chumash, the OpenBook Torah.
What makes his Chumash different is the confidence it has that the reader can be brought into the process of commentary, and the more the reader knows about the process the better.
We discussed his upbringing in Crown Heights and his special relationship with his grandfather, the famous poet and chossid Zvi Yair, and how this led to the manner in which he approached his Chumash.
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1h 43min
November 26, 2023 Ep. 11 // "The Cost of Shlichus?" with Rabbi Levi Greenberg
Rabbi Levi Greenberg is a shliach in El Paso, TX which is also where he grew up as a shliach himself.
Continuing the discussion raised in previous episodes, we discuss the challenges of leaving home for schooling at a young age, the cost of raising children in faraway cities, and the metrics of a successful shlichus.
Along the way, the conversation veers into familiar territory of the "chassidishe maase," how it has or hasn't changed over time, and what it means to realize some of our heroes, the early shluchim, were also human.
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1h 25min
November 20, 2023 Ep. 10 // "America Is Nisht Andersh" with Rebbetzin Bassie Garelik
Rebbetzin Bassie Garelik is one of the earliest shluchim, having been sent to Italy over 60 years ago.
She was also born in the United States, growing up in Pittsburgh, which is why I wanted to have her on the podcast to discuss what it was like to grow up in America before Lubavitch - and indeed Yiddishkeit - was established here the way it is today.
We discussed what it was like to grow up in her parent's home, and what has and hasn't changed in the generations since.
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1h 30min
November 13, 2023 Ep. 9 // "From Lubavitch to Gateshead and Back" with Rabbi Moshe Leib Gray
Rabbi Moshe Leib Gray was a teenage Lubavitch yeshiva student when he found himself in the renowned yeshiva of Gateshead just a year after Gimmel Tammuz.
This would not be the last time he'd find himself somewhere unexpected: Never expecting to go on shlichus, today he is the shliach at Dartmouth University.
In this podcast he tells us his amazing story and the lessons he learned along the way.
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1h 59min
November 10, 2023 Ep. 8 // "Empower the Individual" with Rabbi Moshe New
Rabbi Moshe New is the senior rabbi of the Montreal Torah Center and a shliach for over forty years.
In this episode, we talk about his upbringing in Australia and the changing Lubavitch landscape he observed as he travelled to the United States and finally to Montreal.
We also discuss how the landscape continues to change and how it might point in a more positive direction, namely with a more specific focus on empowering the individual.
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1h 50min
November 09, 2023 Ep. 7 // "Do I Really Belong Here?" with Captain Mendy Avtzon
Captain Mendy Avtzon is my brother and currently serves as a JAG lawyer in the United States Air Force.

In this episode, we discuss his rocky journey from shlichus in Hong Kong to yeshiva continents (and universes) away.

We discuss some things he wished he had found in yeshiva and also those things he hopes he will never lose.

*Any views expressed are personal and do not represent the views of the DoD or USAF.
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1h 15min
November 08, 2023 Ep. 6 // Emergency Podcast "Wartime Changes Everything Including Lubavitch" with Rabbi Shmully Hecht
Rabbi Shmully Hecht is the founder and senior Chabad rabbi at Yale, and co-founder of Shabtai, the global Jewish leadership community.
We discuss how everything changed this Simchas Torah and where we might go from here. Not only the world around us but also Lubavitch itself.
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1h 43min
October 16, 2023 Ep. 5 // "Does Shlichus Have Anything To Do With Me?" with Sholom Jacobs
Sholom Jacobs grew up on shlichus in Glasgow, Scotland and is today a successful real estate developer in Long Island where he lives with his family.
In this episode, we discuss his journey into business, how the Lubavitch perspective around business has changed over the years, and what he has carried with him from his days growing up on shlichus.
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1h 18min
October 09, 2023 Ep. 4 // Emergency Podcast "How Can We Think of Responding?" with IDF Veteran Leibel Mangel
Leibel Mangel is an IDF veteran who grew up on shlichus in Blue Ash, Ohio.
In this conversation, we discuss his perspective on the recent events in Israel as an IDF veteran and how one might respond in these uncertain times.
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57min
October 02, 2023 Ep. 3 // "Chinuch vs Shlichus" with Rabbi Shmuel Wagner
Rabbi Shmuel Wagner is a teacher at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Ocean Parkway.

We discuss the changing attitudes towards teaching and becoming a teacher.

We also discuss how one of his own teachers had a profound impact on how he dealt with his six year journey through infertility.
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1h 34min

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