Thursday. At the Chabad House in Cochin, India the shluchim are working on preparing Shabbos meals from the few items they can purchase (don’t worry, the food always comes out tasty and everyone enjoys it). Now and then, Israeli backpackers walk in, schmooze, learn, help in the kitchen … It’s a typical day on shlichus.
Why are you “casting away” my father-in-law, the Rebbe to “Siberia,” to “Solovki” – to Gan Eden?! We need him (and he may well need us) here! * From Chapter Eight of Rabbi Shloma Majeski’s Likkutei Mekoros
Even before the nesius, one of the special events at Beis Chayeinu was the parade that took place when Lag B’Omer fell out on a Sunday. Hundreds and thousands of children from Mesibos Shabbos and Shaloh would come to an event that was an unprecedented Jewish experience for them. * Brief recollections from some parades, some of which are less known, from years past.
Shortly after Mrs. Chana Malka returned from the hospital where she had taken a seriously ill student to the emergency room, she came home and saw that her young daughter was also in dire need of G-d’s Divine Mercy. She called an ambulance for the second time that night. A few hours later in New York, the Rebbe told Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman in a revealed prophecy during yechidus: “Her mother just saved a Jewish life. She has nothing to worry about…”
This week’s parsha describes a ritual performed in the Bais HaMikdash in conjunction with an agricultural event. The Omer, named after a measure of barley taken from the year’s first crop, must be offered in the Temple on the second day of Pesach. Only after that ritual is performed may everyone else partake of the new crops.
Beis Moshiach spoke with four Israelis who lived through exciting adventures and challenging times, about their lives and how they became Chassidim of the Rebbe.
Difficulty in maintaining proper attention and concentration is a common development disorder among children. Virtually every classroom has two or three students with this problem and it impacts the child’s ability to function in most areas of his daily life - learning, behavior, and social conduct. How do we identify this within the child? In what form does it take expression? What is sensory processing disorder? Ritalin - yes or no? What is the Rebbe’s position on the matter? The first of three informative articles on the subject.
The small flame stubbornly clung to the embers of wood and illuminated our faces with a weak light. The singed remains were a faint reminder of the huge bonfire that had burned until moments ago. It was a bonfire around which the entire neighborhood stood as it was lit and dozens of children danced around it to the tune of “Bar Yochai.”
Each school would endeavor and seek to equate the name (of their Rebbi) with “Moshiach,” which is an acronym for “Menachem, Shilo, Yinon, Chanina” [spelling the word “Moshiach”], for even in the time of exile there is Moshiach.
We are now coming from Chodesh Nissan, the month we celebrate Yetzias Mitzrayim, the exodus from our first exile. The Torah tells us that when the Jewish people left Egypt, they ran out of food and thought that they would starve in the desert.
Shlichus Profiles for Rabbi Oren Raz, Rabbi Oren Raz, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Asman, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Levy, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Levy and Rabbi Yeshaya Shagalov.
A major principle of Judaism is the degree to which we are responsible for one another. This principle is expressed by the Torah in several different ways. One of them is found in this week’s parsha, K’doshim
What was the reaction of R’ Hillel of Paritch that a non-Chabad audience found hard to understand? Why is a child praised only when he comes home with an excellent report card? Why is it important not to miss even one hanachas t’fillin? What did the Rebbe say in yechidus to a boy who knew none of the material covered in school? * Another chapter in the chinuch series by R’ Nachman Twersky.
May 12, 2015