Homesick for Lubavitch

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

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!