I was a young boy when I was privileged to be exposed to the “world of Chabad.” In the initial moments (an outsider wouldn’t understand this), the Rebbe in all his power approaches each one and responds to his requests, especially that hidden, emotional, personal request that cries out in a still unheard voice, “to become a Lubavitcher!”
One of Judaism’s major contributions to the world has been its emphasis on life. In this week’s parsha the Torah states: “You shall guard My statutes and My judgments which a person shall do, and you shall live by them, I am G-d.”
As a young boy with a healthy sense of curiosity, I wanted to know why R’ Schneersohn had called for my father at this late hour. * It was only years later that I heard what happened at a “din Torah” that took place that night between the rav and his wife with my father as the adjudicator, and his creative “p’sak.
April 9, 2014