Homesick for Lubavitch

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

Recent Episodes
  • Ep. 63 // "Every Chossid is Different" w/ Rabbi Choni Friedman
    May 25, 2025 – 02:01:37
  • Ep. 62 // "Roots of Identity" w/ Rabbi Shlomo Elkan
    May 18, 2025 – 01:42:44
  • Ep. 61 // "Finding the Treasure" w/ Rabbi Velvel Lipskier
    May 11, 2025 – 02:18:52
  • Ep. 60 // "The Ability to Change" w/ Rabbi Chaim Shaul Bruk
    May 4, 2025 – 02:07:56
  • Ep. 59 // "Talking to My Nefesh Habehamis" w/ Mayer Prager
    Apr 27, 2025 – 01:34:33
  • Ep. 58 // "Learning in Lubavitch" w/ Mr. David Shabat
    Apr 21, 2025 – 01:35:11
  • Ep. 57 // "Chassidim That Work" w/ Rabbi Rafi Tennenhaus
    Apr 6, 2025 – 01:36:43
  • Ep. 56 // "How Teaching Has Changed" w/ Rabbi Yossi Rosenblum
    Mar 30, 2025 – 01:30:22
  • Ep. 55 // "A New Intellectual Stage" w/ Rabbi Dr. Eli Leib Rubin
    Mar 23, 2025 – 02:15:06
  • Ep. 54 // "Where Even Is Home?" w/ Rabbi Shmully Metzger
    Jan 19, 2025 – 01:53:06
  • Ep. 53 // "Writing the Messy Divine" w/ Poet Yehoshua November
    Jan 12, 2025 – 01:48:03
  • Ep. 52 // "Cosmic or Homesick" w/ Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
    Dec 29, 2024 – 01:44:08
  • Ep. 51 // "The Spiritual Revival of Chabad" w/ Rabbi Elisha Pearl
    Dec 22, 2024 – 02:05:49
  • Ep. 50 // The Blessing of Helping Others w/ Rabbi Mordechai Avtzon
    Dec 8, 2024 – 02:21:31
  • Ep. 49 // “Shlichus Love Story” w/ Rabbi Nissen Goldman
    Dec 1, 2024 – 01:47:58
  • Ep. 48 // "From Auschwitz to Lubavitch" w/ Rabbi Nissan Mangel
    Nov 24, 2024 – 01:36:48
  • Ep. 47 // “Agree To Disagree” w/ Rabbi Yaakov Winner
    Nov 17, 2024 – 01:48:58
  • Ep. 46 // “Taking the Rebbe At His Word” w/ Rabbi Dov Yona Korn
    Oct 13, 2024 – 01:59:00
  • Ep. 45 // "Painting The Truth I See" w/ Mendel Treitel
    Oct 6, 2024 – 02:06:36
  • Ep. 44 // "Rosh Hashana 5785" w/ Rabbi Yosef Katzman
    Sep 29, 2024 – 02:45:35
  • Ep. 43 // "The Narrative of Chassidus" w/ Rabbi Naftali Silberberg
    Sep 22, 2024 – 01:34:34
  • Ep. 42 // "The Rebbe's Doctor" w/ Rabbi Michoel Seligson
    Sep 15, 2024 – 02:05:10
  • Ep. 41 // "More Needs To Be Demanded" w/ Rabbi Levi Avtzon
    Sep 8, 2024 – 02:07:29
  • Ep. 40 // "May We See The Rebbe" w/ Mrs. Tzivia Jacobson
    Sep 1, 2024 – 01:59:54
  • Ep. 39 // "Working With What I Have" w/ R' Yossel Mochkin
    Aug 25, 2024 – 01:49:39
  • Ep. 38 // “Finding the Rebbe’s Softer Voice” w/ Rabbi Berry Farkash
    Aug 18, 2024 – 02:05:48
  • Ep. 37 // "The Need To Move Forward" w/ Mrs. Toby Hecht
    Aug 11, 2024 – 01:49:09
  • Ep. 36 // "Making the Past Present" w/ Rabbi Dr. Shmary Brownstein
    Jul 14, 2024 – 02:49:03
  • Ep. 35 // "Do You Notice the Narrative?" w/ Rabbi Peretz Chein (Bonus conversation w/ Chanie Chein)
    Jul 7, 2024 – 02:33:03
  • Ep. 34 // "Fantasy of Going Back" w/ Rabbi Moshe Greenwald
    Jul 1, 2024 – 02:57:46
  • Ep. 33 // "He Believed in Me" w/ Rabbi Pinny Andrusier
    Jun 23, 2024 – 01:14:24
  • Ep. 32 // "Shock of Yud Shvat" w/ Rabbi Shmuly Avtzon
    Jun 16, 2024 – 01:53:16
  • Ep. 31 // "The Image I Remember" w/ Marc Asnin
    May 26, 2024 – 01:33:38
  • Ep. 30 // "My Struggle With Chitas" w/ Fitz Rabin
    May 19, 2024 – 02:35:45
  • Ep. 29 // “On Lubavitch Community” w/ Mrs. Vivi Deren
    May 12, 2024 – 02:40:47
  • Ep. 28 // "The Price We Pay For Shlichus" w/ Rabbi Yossi Morozov
    May 5, 2024 – 01:15:01
  • Ep. 27 // "The Paradox of Empowerment" w/ Rabbi Simon Jacobson
    Apr 14, 2024 – 01:53:40
  • Ep. 26 // "The Lack of Atmosphere" w/ Rabbi Ruvi New
    Apr 7, 2024 – 01:15:41
  • Ep. 25 // "The Line Between Good and Bad" w/ Eli Nash
    Mar 31, 2024 – 01:24:24
  • Ep. 24 // "Lubavitch Sense of Worthiness" w/ R' Chaim Itche Drizin
    Mar 25, 2024 – 01:37:34
  • Ep. 23 // "Should We Still Be Yearning?" w/ Rabbi Moshe Gourarie
    Mar 17, 2024 – 01:57:01
  • Ep. 22 // "How Far Can Video Take Us?" w/ Rabbi Elkanah Shmotkin
    Mar 10, 2024 – 01:57:56
  • Ep. 21 // "Moving Beyond Process" w/ Rabbi Dovber Pinson
    Mar 3, 2024 – 01:29:38
  • Ep. 20 // "But I Want A Smile" w/ Mrs. Sandy Weinbaum
    Jan 28, 2024 – 01:55:14
  • Ep. 19 // "In Defense of Gezhe" w/ R' Mendel Duchman
    Jan 21, 2024 – 01:20:26
  • Ep. 18 // “When Did We Stop Asking Questions?” w/ Rabbi Mendel Zirkind
    Jan 14, 2024 – 02:34:13
  • Ep. 17 // "To the Promised Land" w/ Zevi Slavin
    Jan 7, 2024 – 01:41:57
  • Ep. 16 // “Growing Up a Chossid” with Mrs. Fradel Sudak
    Dec 31, 2023 – 02:14:58
  • Ep. 15 // “Chabad Munt Pnimius” with Rabbi Dr. Reuven Leigh
    Dec 24, 2023 – 02:00:13
  • Ep. 14 // "Happy Place Lubavitch" w/ Leibel Gniwisch
    Dec 17, 2023 – 01:38:58
Recent Reviews
  • Mendel Leverton
    Interview candidates
    Thank you Bentzi for a very interesting podcast. Can you please interview the Rosh from Los Angeles?
  • Peretz770
    Very interesting
    I really wish that the interviewer would not interrupt his guests so much and allow them more time to talk.
  • Yoel C. KB
    Bentzi is the man.
    Bentzi. This podcast fits very well with your probing, curious, and intellectual yet open personality. May Hashem bless you to continue in your עבודת הקודש mechayil el chayil mitoch harchavah bgashmiyus vruchniyus gam yachad non-stop until MOSHIACH NOW!
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