Shlomo Carlebach (1925–1994) is usually introduced as “the singing rebbe,” and fine—he did change the soundtrack of a lot of Jewish life. Still, the music isn’t the whole story. Carlebach had a way of getting under people’s defenses. He could sit with someone who felt allergic to shul, to authority, to anything that smelled “religious,”…
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HaRav Kalman Ber is a descendent of R’ Akiva Eiger as well as the Rebbes of Radzyn. He’s a huge advocate of wearing Techeiles, and due to his lineage, he has told others outright that he wears strings sourced from the cuttlefish since that’s his mesorah. Rabbi Ber is married to Dafna, née Elitzur, a…
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Rabbi Meir Elkabas isn’t just a teacher—he’s someone who lives the teachings. If you’ve ever stumbled across one of his shiurim online or heard him speak in person, you’ll know what I mean. There’s an honesty in the way he shares Rebbe Nachman’s words, not from a distant pedestal, but from a place of personal…
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One of the Radziner Rebbes and currently backing Radziner Techeiles.
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One of the Radziner Rebbes and the one currently making Radziner Techeiles.
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