Lamplighters

Lamplighters

Stories From Chabad Emissaries On The Jewish Frontier. Narrated By: Gary Waleik Produced by: Shneur Brook & Gary Waleik A project of Machne Israel

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February 5, 2026 26 mins

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The Rabbi Everyone Knows, From the Town Few Have Heard of: Rabbi Dovid Eliezrie

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“The day he was diagnosed, I was also supposed to sign the contract for building m...

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Facing Cancer Together: A Rabbi and His Community - Rabbi Yossi & Malki Rodal


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“About four months ago, I went to the dentist... There was an ulcer on my t...

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A California Rabbi’s Mission Behind Prison Walls: Rabbi Yochanan Friedman

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“What we found here was that it's an incredibly challenging shlichus environment. T...

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Borscht Belt Meets Bible Belt: Rabbi Yosef & Bina Goldwasser

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“I got back to New York, I called Rabbi Posner. I was all excited. I said, "Rabbi Posner, we...

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The Tennis Star and the Country Girl Changing Jewish Life in Milwaukee: Rabbi Lev & Talia Voskoboynik 

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“They wanted me to find a nice Jewish wife. And that wa...

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The Over-the-road Rabbi: Every Mile, Every Soul - Rabbi Chaim & Chayala Markovits

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“Maybe it's 15 or 20 cities on a monthly rotation. So every Monday and ...

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Two Converts, One Mission: Reviving Jewish Life in Stellenbosch: Rabbi Chananyah & Eliana Duthie

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“For the first 19 years of my life, I didn't know a Jew ...

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Chabad's Return To Mumbai: Rabbi Israel & Chaya Kozlovsky

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“I can't bear it. I will go anywhere in the world but India.” But, how does the expression...

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Finding the Frozen Chosen: Rabbi Mendy & Chaya Greenberg

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"He told me... he never felt so happy. He said, "At my funeral, tell everybody it's ne...

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The Rabbi Who Would Give Anything to a Fellow Jew — Even a Kidney: Rabbi Aizik Baumgarten & Terri Davgin

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""Hi, this is the Presbyterian Hospital. Yo...

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Connecting in Copenhagen: Rabbi Yitzi & Rochel Loewenthal

This Lamplighters episode is dedicated by Jonathan Pikoff, in honor of Raymond Schinazi for his amazing support of the Los Cabos Jewish Community. Thank you, Jonathan! 

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El Rabino of Cabo: Rabbi Benny & Sonia Hershcovich

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"Two, three months in, we had our foot halfway out the door already. You know, ‘This was a m...

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The Outpost In Oklahoma: Rabbi Yehuda & Etel Weg

Exciting news! This is Episode 50 of Lamplighters. Amazing! But we won’t celebrate that milestone for too long. There are about 5,000 Chabad emissary families in more than 100 countries. So, 50 episodes down, only 4,950 to go! To keep our series going strong, please consider dedicating one! Email us at podcast@lubavitch.com to explore dedication opportuniti...

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From Karlin to Wellesley: Rabbi Moshe Bleich

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Wellesley is a town that didn't have a Shabbos observant Jew since the six days of Creation. Since Ada...

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Black, Jewish and Proud: How Rabbi Yossi Kulek Promotes Inclusion 

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“I told my mother, ‘I'm ashamed. I'm ashamed to be Black. I look in the mirror and I ...

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Putting “Hospitality” in “Hospital”: Rabbis Dovid, Shloime & Rebbetzin Chana Greene

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“Everybody is looking for their miracle to take place when they ...

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The Myrtle Beach Makeover: Rabbi Doron & Leah Aizenman

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"You should go to a place that has no other Shluchim." And the first place that cam...

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Creating Jewish Ambassadors in the KKK’s Backyard: Rabbi Levi & Chaish Mentz

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"I asked, ‘Hey, what's Jewish life like up here?’ And she lau...

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The Black Fedora in the Cowboy State: Rabbi Zalman & Raizy Mendelsohn

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"I knew that Jackson Hole, being a tiny little town, would be somewhat ov...

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A Sub-Saharan Brit Milah: Rabbi Moshe & Yocheved Raskin

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"What’s the chance … that two people will come in the time of quarantine to Uganda, and...

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