THE MAZKIR VOL 1

By virtue of his lifelong task as personal secretary of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Reb Leibl Groner was an actively-involved witness to the inspiration and around-the-clock activity that emanated from 770 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York. That spiritual launching pad motivated ? and continues to motivate ? countless thousands of Jews, from Tasmania to Denmark, to invest effort in studying Torah and observing the mitzvos. It launches idealistic young emissaries who set up Chabad Houses and scholarly institutions in the most unlikely environments. Out there, they reach out to unlettered fellow Jews and Jewesses in order to heighten their self-respect as the rightful heirs of a rich heritage. Only after Reb Leibl’s passing, in 2020, were his extensive diaries discovered. They pulse with lively and down-to-earth descriptions of life-changing encounters of world-renowned personalities and quite ordinary folk with the Rebbe, at critical moments in their lives. They had