Part Three * This wicked person is said to not have a portion in Olam HaBa specifically when postmortem retribution is not meted out against his body. If he did suffer that fate though, the harm benefits him, as our Sages said: “It is a good sign for the deceased that retribution was exacted upon him [i.e., his body] after death,” for it brings him atonement
Bilam, the heathen prophet, was on his way to curse the Jewish people at the behest of Balak, the Moabite king, who was terrified as they approached his land on their way to the Promised Land.
There probably wasn’t a shliach of the Rebbe who went to Moscow in the 70’s and 80’s who did not visit the home of Alexander (Sasha) and Genia Lokatzky. * For many years, the two of them operated as lone soldiers in association with the Marina Roscha shul and endangered their lives to maintain Judaism in that city. * During the past two years, R’ Alexander suffered much due to a lung problem and he recently passed away. * Menachem Ziegelboim recalls his visit of a few years back to the Lokatzky family in Neve Daniel and heard their unbelievable story of heroism. * Part 1 of 2
[It is written:] ‘A man’s steps are made firm by G‑d.’ When a Jew arrives at a particular place, this is for the purpose of doing a mitzvah, be it a mitzvah between man and man, or between man and G‑d. A Jew is an agent of [G‑d] Above, and wherever an agent is, he derives his power from the Sender. The superiority of souls over angels [in this regard] lies in the fact that [G‑d confers His agency to] the souls through the Torah.”
This is a story of a descendant of forced converts. Mrs. Sara Parfeonov shares her story with Devorah Leah Halperin
Descriptions of the surprise ending to the yechidus of the Ribnitzer Rebbe; the unchanging conduct of the Rebbe even as the city emptied out for the summer; the constant urging of the Rebbe to conquer the world with the five mivtzaim; the tanks setting out on a daily basis; and the renovations of the first floor of 770. * Letters to home, written by R’ Tuvia Zilberstrom during his k’vutza year, describing some of the events of Tammuz 5734 in 770, with the Rebbe
A compilation of stories about great Chassidim of previous generations
June 27, 2018