A young couple waiting anxiously for the birth of their first child had suddenly discovered that the fetus was suffering from a serious heart condition. And if that wasn’t enough, they quickly learned that there were other problems that simply made the situation worse. There wasn’t much time before the birth, and the doctors were urging them to undergo serious and complex examinations, until the Rebbe decided otherwise…
“I had yechidus at two in the morning. I stood there facing the Rebbe and I, the tough sailor who wasn’t afraid in the face of mighty waves that threatened my ship, lost my bravado with a split second glance from the Rebbe. I was mute.” * The life story of Uziel Paltin, a sailor for many years who crossed the Atlantic and saw Hashem’s hashgacha pratis.
Rabbi Shneur Zalman Eliyahu HaKohen Hendel, executive director of “Ohr Menachem” Educational Institutions in Tzfas, was privileged to receive constant guidance from the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, at every major turning point in his life. In a special interview in commemoration of his fortieth year of shlichus in Tzfas, Rabbi Hendel gives Beis Moshiach a rare look at some of the correspondences he received, including his personal notes from private audiences with the Rebbe.
Although leaving the exile and entering the redemption can only be according to G-d’s directive, nevertheless, when G-d sees Jews yearning for the redemption to come immediately – “we want Moshiach now!” – this itself quickens the commandment to be issued forth from G-d to “leave the ark,” to leave the exile for the true and complete redemption.
Following the histalkus of the Rebbe Rayatz on Yud Shvat 5710, the Rebbe MH”M proclaimed that the Rebbe Rayatz remains alive as before. This approach is immediately apparent in the Rebbe’s sichos of that year, where the Rebbe underscores this point repeatedly. The following are source materials that appear in Rabbi Majeski’s compilation Likkutei M’koros.
If I find a balance between materialistic needs and spiritual pursuits, and seek to infuse my materialism with meaning while giving my spirituality practical earthly expression, then I am in harmony with my material and spiritual self, and am on the path to living a truly beautiful life.
It’s always the right-wing that has to make concessions for the sake of peace. They’re the ones who have to pay the price and divest themselves of their most valuable assets to preserve unity, while the leftists are never prepared to concede anything for peace. The question was asked once: What would happen if the Arabs would demand Ramat Aviv in exchange for peace? Would this pack of bleeding hearts be willing to leave their homes for the cause of “the new Middle East”?
R’ Zalman joins the committee of askanim who organized the exodus from Russia. Even after he left, he continued to help with mesirus nefesh. * From the life of R’ Yehoshua Shneur Zalman Serebryanski a”h.
The School for Toras HaGeula concluded its first program this summer. * Impressions of the course.
Why would Noach feel that the original charge given to Adam would no longer be in effect now that he had to start all over again? Wouldn’t it have been obvious to him that he should encourage repopulating the earth?
What should be left behind on the way to one’s wedding? * Adjusting expectations. * Who needs to enter the “taivos” of Torah and t’filla? * Marriage versus dictatorship. * How to handle disagreements. * Lessons from the parsha.
The atmosphere that was present in the Teiva of Noach resembled the atmosphere that will prevail when Moshiach will arrive.
That was the moment that broke me. I lay down on a slab of rock and thought: this might be where I will end my life in this world… * Ron Moyal credits his rescue to a Chassidishe farbrengen that took place in his parents’ home at the precise time that he had given up hope.
October 24, 2012