Moshiach is the one who proclaims “the time of your redemption has arrived,” and this announcement comes from 770. * Chapter Eight of Rabbi Shloma Majeski’s Likkutei Mekoros (Underlined text is the compiler’s emphasis.)
What motivates a young man who just started his career in the military to leave it all and devote himself to the Rebbe’s mivtzaim? How did the mayor react to the billboard placed at the entrance to the city without permits? What are the “lights of Tohu” that the Rebbe refers to in the famous sicha
For over forty years, R’ Yaakov (Yankele) Gloiberman has been at the forefront of Chabad askanus in Eretz Yisroel. He is in contact with Admurim and rabbanim as well as businessmen and corporate giants, with the elite of Israel’s security apparatus and the leaders of the national sports teams. He never misses an opportunity to convey messages of Judaism. When asked for the key to getting through to these exclusive people he said one word: heart.
One of the challenging aspects of bitachon is the ability to always synchronize our views with the perspectives of Torah. Torah has guidance on every occurrence and being that the Torah is Hashem’s Will and Wisdom (רצון and חכמה), these guidelines are actually Hashem’s guidelines. Many people have a take on many topics; the question is: are those opinions in line with the Torah’s views? A person with a strong connection to Hashem will be on the right track on most, if not all, occasions
In this education column we chose to speak not with a professional educator but with a rabbi, speaker and best-selling author including children’s books who previously served as a campus chaplain and a once U.S. karate champion – Rabbi Fishel Jacobs. He created the “Two Kings” children’s books series based on a central theme running through the Alter Rebbe’s Tanya. Two Kings has become a driving force in education. And its conceptual thesis effortlessly resolves the greatest internal conflicts in the minds and hearts of children
In a good and auspicious hour, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Harel and his wife Chana from Tzfas were blessed with the birth of a son. While everything appeared normal, the doctors revealed a serious health problem that endangered the child’s life. At the time, R’ Mendy was involved with a “Matza Campaign” among Tzfas children… An amazing and thrilling story with a clear message
Zimri, the prince of the tribe of Shimon, consorted with the Midianite princess Kozby, ostensibly to justify similar acts of debauchery by many other Jews. What was G-d’s response to these depraved acts? A plague that claimed 24,000 lives.
After his release from prison on Yud Bais Tamuz 5687 (July 12, 1927) the Frierdiker Rebbe was in imminent danger, the Communist Regime was looking for a reason to arrest him again, and it was of utmost importance to secure his exit from Russia with his family and library * The archives of the American Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) include some communication between the heads of the JDC regarding this issue, and a record of a meeting of the heads of Aguch in the USA with the JDC * Is the JDC partially responsible for the Frierdiker Rebbe’s arrest?
July 27, 2016