TRANQUILITY: AN ACCURATE BAROMETER OF BITACHON

One of the fundamental characteristics of Bitachon in Hashem is the absence of fear. If you truly have Bitachon you are completely serene. One who fears what the future of this world holds for him is clearly not relying on Hashem. Bitachon means that he is sure and confident that Hashem will make the situation good for him. And if he is truly certain of that, he will not fear any future occurrences. This message is featured in the beginning of this week’s parsha

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SPECIAL FORCES WARRIOR IN THE REBBE’S ARMY

R’ Halperin speaks for the first time: About the secret to the success of his magnificent community, their annual group trip to the Rebbe, the way to be mekarev every Jew and convey the Besuras Ha’Geula without cutting corners. * R’ Yisroel Halperin, shliach and rav of the Chabad community in Hertzliya, in a candid interview. Part 2 of 2

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THE WANDERING MASHGIACH

R’ Chaim Eliezer Gurewitz was a gaon in Nigleh and was appointed as mashgiach of Tomchei T’mimim by the Rebbe Rayatz. During the harsh years under communist rule he served as a wandering melamed, going to the homes of students and teaching them Torah. * In 5708, he was arrested in Moscow and after exhausting interrogations he was sent to Siberia where he remained for nine years. * To mark his passing on 7 Kislev

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HAKHEL NOTES

This Shabbos we read Parshas VaYishlach. The word VaYishlach means that “Yaakov sent on a mission.” This Parsha comes directly after Parshas “VaYeitzei” which means that Yaakov himself was sent on a mission to Charan. At this point however, not only is he on a mission, he is encouraging others to join him on his special mission. This leads to “VaYeishev,” which means settled, that when all Jews realize that they are on a mission from Hashem and fulfill that mission, we will merit to be settled in Eretz HaKodesh with Moshiach.

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HOW TO END WORLD WAR III

We must not forget that all this wickedness came to the world due to the weakness and lack of firm resolve in the face of terrorism. The one who gave his “hand in peace” to the Moslem world was the President of the United States and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Barack Hussein Obama.

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A TASTE OF THE GEULA

You can see from Yisroel’s face that he is a fine, Chassidishe boy. He never fights with anyone and everyone knows that he is one of the best students in the class. But nobody knew that deep inside, a battle raged within him. Yes, he had to fight with himself in order to help his friends.

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CHINUCH WITH LOVE

For thirty-five years, R’ Chaim Dayan has been working as a madrich in Yeshivas HaBucharim in Kfar Chabad. * He shares methods how to properly handle children and students, how to reach them when they are glued to their phones, and the right way to instill a yearning for the Geula. * He also relates instructions that he personally received from the Rebbe’s secretary, R’ Chadakov a”h, who was an outstanding pedagogue

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WHEN “DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER” IS A POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE

One of the principal mandates of bitachon is to focus on Hashem and to realize His omnipotence in the world to the exclusion of all else1. Throughout our lives, this perspective is consistently challenged; our duty is to notice the conflict with bitachon, hopefully sooner than later, and then to surmount the challenge through strengthening our bitachon. We will focus on one of those challenges now.

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SPECIAL FORCES WARRIOR IN THE REBBE’S ARMY

R’ Halperin speaks for the first time: About the secret to the success of his magnificent community, their annual group trip to the Rebbe, the way to be mekarev every Jew and convey the Besuras HaGeula without cutting corners. * His life’s story and his hiskashrus to the Rebbe, his classified service in Sayeret Matkal, his running nationwide campaigns on missions for the Rebbe. * He shares: Aside from Beis Moshiach which I look at every week, no other newspaper or magazine enters my house. * R’ Yisroel Halperin, shliach and rav of the Chabad community in Hertzliya, in a candid interview. Part 1 of 2.

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THE HAKHEL DEMOGRAPHIC

This week’s Parsha is VaYeitzei. It is in this week’s Torah portion that the Jewish nation finally begins to take shape. Yaakov Avinu leaves his parents’ home and travels to the decadent and immoral Charan and specifically over there, he marries and the tribes of B’nei Yisroel are born.

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UNPRECEDENTED UNITY IN THE FACE OF A MODERN DAY BLOOD LIBEL

In recent years, Jews in New York had to contend with a new blood libel in a modern guise, in which the New York City Board of Health required parents to sign a legal consent form before their infant could have metzitza b’peh (oral suction) at a bris. * The influential Board of Health was on one side, facing a lone Chabad Chassid, a mohel by profession, on the other side. He was able to galvanize religious Jewry in New York to fight a battle that seemed hopeless. * On September 9 of this year, the NYC Board of Health rescinded that requirement. Beis Moshiach met with mohel, R’ Levi Heber, who told us about the miraculous battle that he fought and won. * A behind the scenes look at the news.

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LAVAN’S INSTRUCTION TO US

Yaakov had been working for his father-in-law Lavan for 22 years. He endured the most harsh conditions; suffering greatly from Lavan’s duplicity and corruption. An angel of G-d appears to Yaakov in a dream and advises him to return to his homeland. The Torah then recounts how Yaakov left with all his family and possessions.

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DOUBLE RELIEF

Presented for 9 Kislev, both the birthday and the day the Mitteler Rebbe passed away

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