We are not meant to crush Egypt with sticks but to find a voice of leadership and confront even the biggest snake. Then the opposition itself willingly helps the redemption. * As the world rapidly changes, the Rebbe’s innovative leadership changes on a dime.
The exodus contains a secret of how we can break free from everything that holds us down or limits us in any way - something that is possible even now, before there’s a throne in Jerusalem.
“All a man’s provisions are allotted for him from Rosh HaShana until Yom HaKippurim” * The Aron did not occupy any space; its measure did not count. The funny thing is that the measurements of the Aron are very precise, 1.5 x 2.5 cubits – yet it took up no space?!
How can we even be expected to feel for G-d the way we feel for a trusted friend? Is that a realistic, attainable goal? Can we attain a genuine connection with the infinite Creator? Can you fathom having G-d present in every facet of your life? Do you welcome Him in every dark corner of your world?
A perfect tzaddik has no negativity in him at all. Struggling with seeing how it applies to him, the tzaddik asks – repent for what?! * Someone pointed out to me a glaring stira to my recent editorial of two weeks ago , one that seems to directly contradict the Rebbe…
What’s the point of seeing the Beis HaMikdash on Shabbos Chazon if on that very day it is destroyed, G-d forbid?! * “One who does not strive to fulfill the mission to bring tzaddikim to t’shuva is as if he did not fulfill the shlichus of his Master” * Our job is to inspire everyone to heightened enthusiasm and wonderment in the awesome time we live in, the threshold of Redemption.
Now Beis Moshiach is fresh, provocative – and yes, shocking at times. * No longer do we rest on the laurels of “heralding” the redemption. Beis Moshiach is bringing to the fore compelling ideas that are more daring and relevant than ever.
Is the concept of Armageddon, mass destruction, consistent with Torah. Should I take out a mortgage on an underground bunker? * “G-d’s compassion extends to all His works,” to all His creations! Why, in a world of revealed good and G-dliness, would there be any room for suffering and annihilation?
Who am I? Who is anybody? We have a horrible, gaping vacuum in leadership, an absence of direction, a resistance to being captivated by really the only thing that matters: maintaining heightened enthusiasm for Moshiach. Gimmel Tammuz is not to blame for that…
Gimmel Tammuz became a gamechanger to our senses. Of course, sources say that nothing changed. Others say that specifically now is the most propitious time ever to tap into miraculous, transformative, G-dly power and spiritual energy.
What a peculiar tale. Such fascination with fat Sages? But maybe their waistline is not the point here, and the Talmud is hinting at something very deep…
Hauntingly reminiscent of prewar lampoons in Nazi Germany, depicting fanged, menacing, demonic Jews, here contemporary Jewish leadership is likened to a dog. * Naturally, the Torah has something to say about leadership. In particular, the state of leadership on the threshold of redemption: “The face of that generation is like the face of a dog (characterized by brazenness and chutzpa).”
Our vision is so distorted that the proverbial elephant we are so accustomed to and so adept at ignoring has camouflaged itself completely. * Everything hinges on us conquering ourselves.
January 20, 2021