Chatting Rabbis

Passover is a holiday with many unique and often peculiar traditions, both in the Chabad community and in the Jewish world at large. Eliezer and Mendy offer some insight to these customs in their own ...

13 Apr 202231min

Next Tuesday is the Rebbe's 120th birthday, and Mendy and Eliezer don't necessarily see eye to eye on how it should be marked. But they still manage to have a cordial and lively conversation on the su...

7 Apr 202224min

A conversation about Mendy's visit to the World Expo in Dubai with his son, as a symbol for world peace, tolerance, and even as a tool for educating our own children.

31 Mar 202228min

A conversation about the recent passing of the great scholar Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, and the lessons that can be learned from his extreme commitment to Torah study, and the role he played in building b...

24 Mar 202227min

In this special Purim episode, Mendy and Eliezer discuss the deeper meaning of the holiday—Purim joy (including drinking on Purim), rising above our inhibitions, and Jewish unity—along with childhood ...

16 Mar 202227min

With war still raging in Ukraine and hundreds of thousands of Jews having evacuated or still in harms way, Eliezer and Mendy discuss the many efforts to protect them, with a focus on the outpouring of...

10 Mar 202228min

So much of Chabad history is based in Ukraine, coupled with the personal connections Mendy and Eliezer currently have in that besieged region. With the war still raging, a fascinating conversation ens...

3 Mar 202228min

Eliezer and Mendy have a lively discussion about the complex and often contradictory relationship Chabad has with Zionism and the State of Israel.

24 Feb 202226min