The contradiction is even more pronounced considering that “T’chiyas HaMeisim is [only] for tzaddikim g’murim (totally righteous individuals),” especially how Tanya defines tzaddik gamur, as Rashbi said, “I have seen exalted people and they are few … and it is [a spiritual state] akin to Olam HaBa, etc
In the summer, it gets very hot there. During the winter season, temperatures can drop as low as forty degrees below zero. Nevertheless, a young couple and their small children came to Kostanay, far from all Jewish centers, fighting against the heat and the cold, also of a spiritual nature, for the purpose of reaching another Jewish soul, all with great determination and tenacity. The story of a shlichus under very harsh conditions.
“G-d your G-d you shall follow and Him shall you fear; His commandments shall you keep and to His voice shall you listen, Him shall you serve and to Him shall you cleave.”
He was born and raised in an atmosphere of perpetual fear and yet his life was suffused with mesirus nefesh to observe mitzvos. * The Rebbe prophetically revealed his rescue from Soviet Russia even before he himself knew! * In Eretz Yisroel he was a model and symbol of chesed and giving, along with being a shliach of the Rebbe at his place of work and with the mivtzaim that he did for years. * A biographical sketch of the life of the recently departed R’ Yonah Lebenhartz a”h.
The difficulty in seeing from her right eye brought Mrs. Naomi Blittner of Bnei Brak to the ophthalmic care center at Tel HaShomer Hospital, where she was diagnosed with a malignant growth behind her eye. A medical expert from the United States determined that the only way to stop it from spreading would be to remove the eye and replace it with an artificial one.
Motzaei Simchas Torah. Thousands of Chassidim passed by the Rebbe and received a bit of wine from the Rebbe’s cup. One by one, they filed past. To each one, the Rebbe gave a second’s glance and poured some wine. “L’chaim v’livracha,” blessed the Rebbe and the line moved forward. The kos shel bracha on Motzaei Simchas Torah is a sort of grand finale to the spiritually uplifting month of Tishrei.
August 8, 2018