R’ Sholom Feldman a”h merited to receive so much from the Chassidim of the previous generation. With his prodigious talents, he knew how to transmit the sweetness of Chassidus to young people. * Along with his job running the Yad HaChamisha print shop in Kfar Chabad, he served as a mashpia. * A glimpse into the life of a Chassid who was one of the first bachurim from Eretz Yisroel to travel and learn in the Rebbe’s court.
All agree that ten weeks of summer vacation is too much. What can be done so that the Chassidishe chinuch our children receive the rest of the year does not go down the drain at this time?
Balak, the king of the Moabite nation, saw the approaching Jewish nation on its way to conquer the land of Canaan. They had just defeated the two mighty kings Sichon and Og, whom Balak relied upon as a first line of defense against an enemy conqueror. Now he feared they were poised to conquer his nation as well.
Yossi just came back home from a shiur at the Chabad House and was relaxing in a comfortable armchair in the living room. His gaze wandered from the spacious living room toward the well-equipped kitchen and rested on the beautiful glass-fronted display cabinet in the corner. “Ahhh,” he said to himself. “Everything worked out perfectly, according to plan.”
“Every Friday evening [after his passing], he would visit his house”: It appears to me, with the help of Heaven, that the reason why G-d provided this special condition for Rabbeinu HaKodesh [Rebbi Yehuda HaNasi] – that [after his passing] he should openly appear in his physical body, and sit at his table as any other living person, something that was never done for any other tzaddik, not before him nor after him – the reason for this is because G-d Alm-ghty does not withhold the reward of any creature [as will be explained]
Beis Moshiach presents a treasure-trove of moving stories that were told by R’ Binyamin Klein a”h, providing a rare glimpse into the role of a secretary of the Rebbe and what he merited to see in the Rebbe’s room. * Firsthand testimony from “Gan Eden HaElyon.”
One of the three major miracles the Jewish nation experienced in the desert had come to an end. The Manna that descended from heaven, our Sages teach us, came in the merit of Moshe. The clouds of glory that surrounded and protected the Jewish nation came in the merit of Aaron, and the water supply that emerged from a rock that traveled with them in the desert came in the merit of Miriam.
In Shulchan Aruch there is no section entitled “Hilchos Chinuch,” but we need to know the principles of chinuch. One of those principles is that when a child comes home with a “Student of the Week” certificate and the parents show great excitement over it, or when a child finishes a masechta and the parents make a festive seudas mitzva to celebrate, this inspires him to continue growing in Yiddishkait. He will remember it forever.
The surprising series of events began when a coded letter arrived from the Rebbe Rayatz who asked that the middle daughter go to the military doctor and try to get her brother Mendel released from the Red Army. The girl was beside herself; how could she convince the doctor when others had failed? And what if the doctor decided to inform on the entire family? Nevertheless, she carried out the Rebbe’s order with a pounding heart and great fear. * This was the first of a series of military exemptions which the girl arranged for the bachurim. * From the book “So’arot B’demama” on the heroism of Chassidishe women behind the Iron Curtain. * Presented for 12 Tamuz.
“Yismach contains the same letters as Moshiach,” was a constant refrain on the lips of R’ Velvel Pesach Marantz, of blessed memory, and it represented a great example of his unique joy and personal vitality in all matters pertaining to Moshiach and the Redemption. His thrilling life journey began in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn and continued on American military bases in Germany, where he revealed his musical talent and became a successful music teacher. After an audience with the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach, he embraced the teachings of Chassidus. At the Rebbe’s instructions, he composed special melodies for the Twelve P’sukim, setting the standard for his tremendous Chassidic musical heritage. * In honor of the Shloshim on the 6th of Tammuz.
Yair is an Israeli, not yet religious, but he has a warm regard for Judaism and he observes a few mitzvos, traditions that he saw growing up.
Since Moshiach still has not come, it is clear that in heaven they came up with a strategy as to how to have the tzaddik delay his appeal until later… * The correct approach here may well be to take an oath according to the knowledge and consent of the public, in which case the law is that “there is no disavowal of the oath without public consent.”
Menachem Ziegelboim sat with R’ Yossi Ginsburg, rosh yeshiva in Ramat Aviv, for a talk about the significance of Gimmel Tammuz. * How can we go from “galus people” to becoming “the Rebbe’s people?” * What’s wrong with saying that what the Rebbe said was a wish and hope rather than a statement of fact? * This and more in this timely interview.
June 30, 2015