CRITICAL LESSON TO LEARN FROM HEI TEVES

This upcoming week we will all be celebrating the Yom Tov of Hey Teves. It is a special day of “Didan Natzach” for the Rebbe and the entire avoda of our generation. This year is the 30th anniversary of the original “hey Teves” victory in 5747, and as Chazal say (Avos 5:22) “שלושים לכח בן – when one turns 30, he attains full strength,” may we use this special day for additional strength in our Hiskashrus and dedication to our Avoda in bringing the Geula.

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LEARNING NEVER ENDS

The mitzvah of hachzakas Torah (supporting Torah learning) is independent of our general obligation of giving tz’daka (charity). It is greater than any other form of tz’daka and includes supporting even a wealthy talmid chacham (Torah scholar) so they can learn with peace of mind free of financial worry. In addition to monetary support, the mitzvah includes providing them with food, coffee, electricity, s’farim (holy books) and any assistance their families may need. Even though charitable giving is usually capped at twenty percent of a person’s earnings, the amount of money contributed to the cause of hachzakas Torah is not restricted.

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A TAXI FULL OF MIRACLES

An ordinary taxi ride turned into a marathon of miracle stories told by the cab driver who experienced them first-hand.

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THE CRITICAL NEED TO EDUCATE CHILDREN WITH FAITH IN MOSHIACH

Why are children associated more with faith in Moshiach to the point that they are called “My anointed ones”? What is the added value to children educated to believe in Moshiach in contrast to those taught to fulfill Torah and mitzvos without any mention of the concept of Moshiach? How do you educate children in a practical way to live Moshiach? For the answer to these and other questions, we turn to Rabbi Sholom Dovber Wolff, mashpia in Yeshivas Chassidei Chabad – Tzfas and author of the seifer “Inyano Shel Moshiach.”

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FIREFIGHTER – ADIR MENACHEM MENDEL

Adir Naim is the spokesman for the Israeli fire department in the southern region. He is a firefighter who spent a week fighting the recent fires in Eretz Yisroel. His friends and relatives only know him by his first name, Adir, but he has two additional names: Menachem Mendel. * Between putting out fires and updating the press, Adir told Beis Moshiach about the story of his miraculous birth thirty-six years ago.

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The Saga of the Mikvah in Brunoy

The Rashag on leaving Europe: “the immigration should proceed illegally if necessary” * The response: “You can be sure that the JDC is doing everything it can” * Rabbi Gorodetzki: Establishing a Mikvah in Brunoy “is considered as most urgent” * The JDC on Rabbi Gorodetzki: “by the very nature of his persistence, personality, and superior intelligence, he has developed an extreme shrewdness” * Seventh Installment

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ADDING CONVERTS IN EXILE

“The Alm-ghty only exiled the Jewish people among the Gentile nations in order to add to them converts.” “Coverts” alludes to and signifies the sparks of holiness present in all aspects of the world. * This approach of taking a foothold in the place of our dispersal brings about fortitude and success in our avoda.

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KEEP THE CHANUKAH LIGHTS IN YOUR LINE OF SIGHT

Yoseph’s brothers conspired to kill him out of jealousy, but the oldest brother Reuven stepped in and convinced his brothers to throw Yoseph into an empty pit. Reuven intended to take him out later and return him to his father.

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CHANUKA MIRACLE 5755

The third night of Chanuka. Plans to go on mivtzaim to the Sh’chem area. After the incident the night before in which we were stoned, I decided I had had enough of adventures. But I changed my mind on a dime and decided to join them. A decision I would have occasion to regret. * Four young bachurim and a shliach, surrounded by dozens of inflamed Arabs with no natural way to get out.

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THE BUSINESS OF MARRIAGE

Eid echad ne’eman b’issurin (one witness is believed with regard to prohibited substances); a single adult is trusted when it comes to the status of toiveled (ritually immersed) dishes, kosher food or checking produce for bugs, and eggs for bloodspots. May a child perform these tasks without supervision and declare them “kosher”?

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GEULA: THE ONE-TRACK MIND

This Shabbos (VaYeishev) is the Shabbos that leads into the yom tov of Chanuka. Chanuka is the yom tov where we publicize our immense thanks to Hashem for all the miracles that Hashem has done – and continues to do – “בימים ההם בזמן הזה, in those days and in our days.”

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TORAH STUDY FOR THE WORKING MAN

It’s happening in Kfar Chabad and Nachalat Har Chabad, in Lud, in Tzfas and Chabad communities across Eretz Yisroel. * Shuls are full of Lubavitcher balabatim (working men) who are learning Torah, Nigleh and Chassidus and Halacha like young yeshiva bachurim. * We checked out the phenomenon and were gratified to return with information about dozens of shiurim and night kollels. * About the transformation of a young man from Kfar Chabad, “For they [words of Torah] are our lives and the length of our days.”

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MOSHIACH HARDENS THE HEARTS OF OUR ENEMIES

In order to divert the Gentiles and to harden their hearts, after Moshiach is revealed he will be concealment again. Indeed, that is what happened in the exodus from Egypt. * From Chapter Fourteen of Rabbi Shloma Majeski’s Likkutei Mekoros.

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