Beis Moshiach presents the maamer the Rebbe MH”M delivered on Yud Shvat 5719, in accordance with the custom established by the Rebbe to review each year a section of the Rebbe Rayatz’s Hemshech “Basi L’Gani” of 5710. • This year we focus on the ninth section of the profound and foundational Chassidic discourse. * Sections 3 and 4 (in part) of 9
What did the Rebbe answer the survivor who had lost contact with his father during WWII and wanted to know if he was still alive? * What one-word blessing did the Rebbe give to a Vizhnitzer Chassid that produced a miraculous result? * What did the Rebbe inquire of R’ Moshe Yaroslavsky regarding the hosting of the guests for Tishrei? * Never before published stories from life in 770, told by R’ Boruch Kahana, mashpia in Tomchei T’mimim, Kiryat Gat.
We spoke with the shliach to Ohr Yehuda, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Friedman, who was in 770 in 5745-5747 and had a front row seat to the events of those years. * He tells about the episode of the s’farim and shares the feelings of the yeshiva students during this difficult time. He then describes hearing the good news and the tremendous outburst of simcha.
Reaching Morro de S. Paulo, a small island in Brazil, requires following a long and circuitous route, and it’s the only way to get there. R’ Mendy Gerenshtat and his friends arrived at the location to call with a great voice in the Name of G-d, just as Avraham Avinu did in his time. Their Chabad House was quickly transformed into an active and bustling Jewish center, sometimes hosting as many as a thousand Jews in a single day! We recently met R’ Mendy and heard how G-d reveals Himself in Morro de S. Paulo.
After Joseph reunites with his brothers and before Jacob is brought to Egypt to reunite with his son, Jacob sends Judah ahead with a mission.
You will probably find it hard to believe that the man with the long white beard, one of the veteran and outstanding personalities of the southern city of Beer Sheva, was born in Minsk and went through numerous fascinating life journeys until he came to the Chassidic community in Samarkand. He later moved to Eretz Yisroel, had yechiduyos with the Rebbe, and was one of the pioneers in Chabad mivtzaim in Beer Sheva. * The fascinating story of Rabbi Tanchum Boroshansky.
December 11, 2018