Clandestine Encounters Between The Frierdiker Rebbe and the Joint

In the summer 1929 the Frierdiker Rebbe embarked from Europe to Israel and then to the United States of America for the purpose of fundraising for the Jews in Russia * During the month of Elul 5689 and Tishrei 5690 (1929) the Frierdiker Rebbe and the Rashag met twice with representatives of the American Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) * In a series of documents and letters never published before, we present a short report on the first meeting from the point of view of the Frierdiker Rebbe, and a detailed report on the second meeting, from the point of view of the JDC officers

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YOU ARE MY SPIRITUAL CHILDREN

Among the thousands of families who live in Crown Heights today, only a few dozen were present in the first years of the Rebbe’s nesius, and only very few merited basking in the presence of the sixth nasi, the Rebbe Rayatz, seeing him daven and being blessed by him in yechidus. One of those few is R’ Yehuda Leib (Leibel) Posner, the son of the famous Chassid R’ Sholom Posner a”h, who was one of the T’mimim in Lubavitch, about whom the Rebbe Rayatz said, “Sholom is mine.”

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770 LIFTS UP THE LAND OF THE 70 NATIONS

Uplifting the world in this way is in virtue of “Beis Rabbeinu,” located in the Lower Hemisphere. Beis Rabbeinu is the place from which light shines forth to the rest of the world.

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A SCEPTER WILL ARISE AMONG THE JEWISH PEOPLE

Shvat,” means “shivtei moshlim – the scepters of rulers.” This is especially evident in the rule of the Davidic dynasty, as it is said, “the scepter [of the dynasty] of Yehuda will never be withdrawn from (Dovid and his descendants – the rulers of the Diaspora in Babylon, who assert their dominion b’sheivet, with a scepter) until the advent of Shilo” (a reference to Melech HaMoshiach), regarding whom it is said, “A sheivet (a king, ruler, and dictator) will rise up among the Jewish people” – “this refers to Melech HaMoshiach.”

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THE FINAL GENERATION – AND 3 MORE

Now begins a new stage in the ongoing avoda of Yosef, extending to future generations – “And Yosef saw Efraim’s children of the third generation.”

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MALCHUS: ALL PEOPLE OF OUR GENERATION

In the wake of the Rebbe Rayatz’s histalkus, the capacity has been granted to the seventh generation (corresponding to the s’fira of Malchus), to experience the ultimate revelation of 770. * All the people of our generation – men, women, and children – comprise the s’fira of Malchus. * From Chapter Six of Rabbi Shloma Majeski’s Likkutei Mekoros (Underlined text is the compiler’s emphasis.)

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NOT A HISTALKUS; A HILULA

This is also the reason why the passing of tzaddik [the Rebbe Rayatz] is expressed by the term “hilula,” and not “histalkus.” Notwithstanding all the interpretations of “histalkus” – being an extremely lofty revelation of G-dliness, G-d’s light shining in a manner of siluk, transcendence, etc., it still does not express the ultimate intent – that this revelation is channeled into a specific avoda and corresponding action, as well as giving attention to detail in particular matters of the sort.

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A PURIM FARBRENGEN BEYOND ALL LIMITATIONS

What took place on Purim 5681, the first Purim after the passing of the Rebbe Rashab? * They knew what the regime did with those who broke the law. But the Rebbe did not stop the simcha and niggunim for even a moment. He continued until those evil ones left without saying a word about all the “crimes” which they had witnessed.

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‘DER REBBE ZAHL GEZUNT ZAIN!’

“Although there are those who are embarrassed to say this, this Chassid wasn’t embarrassed and wrote the truth.”

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WHY DOES HASHEM REJOICE ON SHMINI ATZERES?

From a sicha of the Rebbe Rayatz on the night of Simchas Torah 5707/1947.

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‘HE MUST HAVE BEEN A GREAT TZADDIK’

A story describing the cold cruelty of the communist empire and reflecting on the terrifying odds from which the Rebbe Rayatz was redeemed.

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WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A LUBAVITCHER?

A transcript of a farbrengen by Rabbi Yossi Paltiel last year in Melbourne, Australia in honor of Yud-Beis Tammuz.

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THE PURIM MAAMER THAT WAS SAID TWICE

A compilation of Chassidic stories about the Rebbe Rayatz from the notes of Rabbi Avrohom Weingarten a”h • L’ilui nishmas his son, Reb Matisyahu Aryeh Leib H”yd.

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