In the enemy’s lair, under the noses of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, on the street in Arizona, closure in Sri Lanka – a compilation of stories about printing the Tanya all over the world, following the Rebbe’s instruction to print the Tanya wherever Jews are to be found. * Presented for Yud-Tes Kislev.
The story of Lessons in Tanya in Italian. * Presented for Yud-Tes Kislev.
The mashpia, R’ Yair Calev, known for his lectures on Tanya, speaks with Beis Moshiach about the personal significance of Tanya for each one of us. * He explains how the learning becomes alive within us, so that our avodas Hashem becomes a workshop for life and a Torah of life, that bestows meaning and clarity on every moment of our lives. * He shows how Tanya teaches us about relationships, giving us a new perspective. * Special Yud-Tes Kislev interview, part 1 of 2.
Mrs. Mira Ruth Scharf and her husband ran a Chabad House in New Delhi, an exceedingly difficult shlichus, while being a devoted wife and mother to her three children. * The shlichus will continue!
The entire time Yaakov was in exile, he knew that it was not his place, per se, and he proceeded without any interruption, making his way to his true place. Thus, the verse states, “haloch halachta,” using a repetitive expression, indicating that Yaakov did not view his traveling as a one-way trip out of Charan, focusing only on his redemption from Lavan, but as a continual journey, a non-stop round-trip, serving G-d even while in exile [haloch] as a preparation for redemption [halachta].
“Although there are those who are embarrassed to say this, this Chassid wasn’t embarrassed and wrote the truth.”
We have all witnessed the terrifying destruction of the Jewish Communities of Gush Katif and Amona by the Jewish hands of the Government of Israel. The Frierdike Rebbe prophesized that this would take place.
When a righteous person leaves Eretz Yisroel, he takes that holiness of Israel with him. The Tzaddik is a personification of the holiness that exists in the Land of Israel. Thus, Jacob did not really go down…
The Rebbe sends R’ Zalman letters full of encouragement. * Chaim yearns to learn in 770. * From the life of R’ Yehoshua Shneur Zalman Serebryanski a”h.
In the Daled Amos of the Rebbe there are different standards. Here one is not governed by the same laws of nature, nor is he restricted by physical impediments.
He recalled that on the day of his brother’s murder, he was with his friends on a trip through northern Eretz Yisroel. During the journey, as their bus was making its way along the winding roads of the Galilee, he dozed off and suddenly had a heart-stopping dream. He saw his murdered brother in a vision, dressed in white, telling him that he is about to leave this world. He then asked him to take care of his mother and grandmother, as they would soon receive the worst possible news…
Why Remember Yetzias Mitzrayim in the times of Moshiach? * Being that the reason behind the Mitzva is to reinforce our belief in Hashem, it would seem superfluous to have this Mitzva in the times of Moshiach.
This week marks ten years since the passing of the Chassid R’ Zalman Levin a”h of Kfar Chabad. He walked among us but he belonged to the generation of giants, Chassidim who lived lives of mesirus nefesh. In a series of meetings with him, he recounted the story of his childhood, growing up in a Chassidishe home in the Soviet Union where children learned Torah and where kosher meat was secretly slaughtered.
November 29, 2012