CAREERS FOR WOMEN – WHAT DOES THE REBBE HAVE TO SAY?

In recent years, girls and women studying for a career has become a growing phenomenon. By necessity, this comes at the expense of the children, now and in the future. * If a woman is developing a career, she is not at home for most of the hours of the day and is not raising her children and the damage is enormous. * What does the Rebbe say about this? When can a woman go out to work and when not? How does one set an order of priorities in daily life?

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A MIDNIGHT TALK WITH THE CREATOR

R’ Aharon Ilan followed a long and winding road until he found his current home in the Chabad community of Tzfas. He was born in Moldova and knew nothing about his Jewish heritage. The story behind his bris mila is a literal “Baal Shem’sker” miracle. His grandparents had been “eliminated” by the N.K.V.D., and he made plans to escape from the Soviet Union via glider. Even after his arrival in Eretz Yisroel, he endured some very serious crises, alongside numerous achievements, until he came to a Tanya class and discovered a whole new world

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PLEASURE FROM T’SHUVA

One of the most troubling and enigmatic episodes recorded in the Torah is the saga of the Golden Calf.

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LAUNCH OF THE CHABAD GIRLS SCHOOL IN MELBOURNE

In Australia the school year begins in February, so right after Tishrei 5717 R’ Zalman began preparing for the new school year, and also began thinking ahead about a suitable building for Beis Rivka two years down the road.

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1952: The Chabad Empire in Morocco

The JDC sent a representative to spend a month in Morocco, visiting every village and city where Chabad had schools * The Shluchim have “devotion and self-sacrifice unmatched by any other organization” * Rabbi Michoel Lipsker’s discussions in the Police station * Rabbi Shlomo Matusof’s trips on donkeys * Chabad Policy: “No Boy is Refused” * What was the Rebbe’s view on the JDC recommendations? * Part Six

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THE COSTUME CONTEST

When the teacher made an announcement in class about a costume party with the theme of Yemos HaMoshiach, I was so excited! Images went through my mind of colorful costumes and original ideas. I so badly wanted to have the best costume for our Purim Katan party. And when the teacher said there would be valuable prizes, I was determined to do everything I could to win.

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THIS IS IT!

Each person points with his finger and says “this”: This is Moshiach Tzidkeinu. This is the Rebbe! * From Chapter Five of Rabbi Shloma Majeski’s Likkutei Mekoros Vol. 2.

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THE FUTURE OF DIVERSITY AND DEMOGRAPHIC INCLUSION

In this week’s Torah portion we learn about the commandments of building the Mishkan and its’ vessels as well as the garments of the Kohanim and the Kohen Gadol. The commandment to build the Mishkan is an eternal one, as the main commandment is to build a home for Hashem inside each and every Jew. As our sages say on the Pasuk (Truma 25:8) “And they shall make Me a sanctuary and I will dwell in their midst,” “The verse does not say, ‘and I will dwell within it,’ but ‘and I will dwell within them,’ within each and every one of them.”

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SHLICHUS AT THIRTY BELOW ZERO

The East Coast of the US has just pulled out of a major blizzard and Eretz Yisroel and Europe have been grappling with cold and nasty weather. Beis Moshiach went to see how shluchim deal with ongoing freezing weather. R’ Zalman Zaklos, shliach and rav of the city Novosibirsk, told us of Chassidic life in the Siberian cold. How do they get used to extreme cold? How do they draw people out of their homes when it is minus forty outside? And how do the locals prevent their car engines from freezing?

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HISKASHRUS AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL

One of the special things about the Ohr Menachem school for girls in Tzfas is how they are taught to connect to the Rebbe through writing to him via the Igros Kodesh. This starts with the principal, Mrs. Nechama Navon, continues with the staff of supervisors and teachers, and on to the parents and students themselves. * How is this done? What positive influence does this have? How do the professionals from the Education Ministry react? * An interview with Mrs. Navon

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SOLDIER AND LAMPLIGHTER

R’ Yisroel Yitzchok Zalmanov was the secretary of the Vaad of Kfar Chabad, he served in the navy, he was a shochet and one of the first settlers in Kfar Chabad, and one of the first activists in Tzeirei Chabad in Eretz Yisroel. Every night he walked the streets of the Kfar and lit the streetlights, demonstrating to all who saw him the aphorism, “A Chassid is a lamplighter.” * Presented to mark his passing on 10 Adar I

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A PANACEA FOR THE BITACHON-CHALLENGED

Among the directives that the Rebbe gave us in the area of strengthening Bitachon in Hashem was the instruction to study abundant Chassidus. There were those who the Rebbe instructed to study Shaar HaBitachon, some were directed to learn Chapter 23 in T ’hillim, others were advised to contemplate the content of the beginning of Chapter 41 in Tanya, and still others were told to meditate on the concept of Hashem’s Hashgacha Pratis and of Hashem’s kindness

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MY IMA

Join us on a captivating journey, crossing continents and generations. * We will travel from Chevron to Lubavitch, observe hiskashrus and bravery during the war and the revolution. * We will learn about giving, about bracha and purity. * In a touching interview, Rebbetzin Sima Ashkenazi talks about her mother, Mrs. Yaffa Wolpo a”h

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