I have completed my mission, and now the time has come for You, as it were, to do Your mission (since G-d is a Shliach as well (“he relates His words to Yaakov, etc.”), and together with Your Ten S’firos, the very Essence of G-d is, at it were, Moshiach Tzidkeinu): “Shlach na b’yad tishlach” – send to us Moshiach Tzidkeinu in the literal, tangible sense!
R’ Tomer Rothaus, a Lubavitcher actor, decided to take his acting talent to public schools around Eretz Yisroel and teach Tanach in a dramatic way that includes the students. He includes explanations and stories that intensify the learning experience and draws the fascination of the students to the soul of Torah. * The organization he started has grown and now employs a staff of teachers
R’ Moshe Shuster was a known personality in B’nei Brak. He was a man of tz’daka and chesed who acted like a simple person. Not many knew of his spiritual greatness which he worked to conceal from all. * He was in touch with the Rebbe and even this was done secretively, but from the little that he revealed we see that the Rebbe greatly cherished him and recognized his greatness. The crowning moment was when they met and the Rebbe received him in a most unusual way
After the JDC refuses to support the Chabad activities in Morocco, an independent fundraising effort is launched * Rabbi Binyomin Gorodetsky signs two rare and unique letters on the Rebbe’s letterhead, and manages to secure the financial support of the JDC * Part Three
This week - the week following Yud Shvat - we read Parshas B’Shalach. The highlight of the Parsha is the miraculous splitting of the sea and the singing of “Az Yashir”, hence the nickname for this Shabbos: Shabbos Shira - the Shabbos of song.
The existence of the entire Jewish nation is in grave danger. The Yidden are trapped with the sea before them and the Egyptians in hot pursuit right behind them. With good intentions, the Yidden offer different ideas on how to proceed
The Jewish nation emerged from Egypt where they experienced great miracles, culminating with the splitting of the Red Sea. At the very moment they were rid of one threat they confronted another: Amalek.
The following episode comes to mind every time I meet someone who refuses to understand what Beis Moshiach is about. Two years ago, after a lengthy process of back and forth with an ad agency, one of the largest health plans in Eretz Yisroel decided to advertise regularly with us. “The ad is on the way,” the media director told me about an hour before the closing of the magazine
R’ Aharon Mordechai Zilberstrom was a fascinating personality. For decades he worked as a soldier in the service of the Rebbe in the field of chinuch. This was in addition to his being the director of Reshet Oholei Yosef Yitzchok and one of its founders. * Over the years, he experienced some interesting events, some of them extraordinary, in which he saw the hand of Hashem directing and helping him
I walked the streets of Moscow on my way to school as I huddled in my coat, trying to warm up in the subzero temperature. The place I was heading toward was not a beautiful, well-equipped building like you might imagine.
January 20, 2016