Wednesday
Mar282012
THE LIBERATION OF THOUGHT
March 28, 2012Exile conditions generate negative and pessimistic thoughts. We cannot allow such thoughts to remain unchecked; otherwise, they can harm us in three ways…
Wednesday
Mar282012
WHAT YUD-ALEF NISSAN MEANS TO A CHASSID
What does the Rebbe really want from you? If you know that what he wants from you is to be crazy about Moshiach, then there is nothing else that matters…
Wednesday
Mar282012
LOCAL BUT GLOBAL
A farbrengen led by Rabbi Leibel Groner on the 19th of Shvat 5772. * The get-together was held with a group of balabatim who came to visit 770 with Rabbi Nechemia Deitsch from Chabad of Midtown Toronto and Rabbi Mendel Bernstein of Chabad Romano-Maple Ontario. Replete with stories, lessons, and inspiration, Beis Moshiach brings its readers this unique talk in honor of Yud-Alef Nissan.
Friday
Mar232012
SLAM YOUR FIST ON THE TABLE AND DEMAND MOSHIACH!
How can it be that no one opens his mouth in protest?! If the Jewish people would ask and plead, bang on the table and demand that Moshiach Tzidkeinu should come immediately, “now!” – Moshiach would be here already, arriving even on Shabbos!
Thursday
Mar222012
A SPEEDING TICKET IN PARADISE
I close my eyes, and begin a meditative exercise in controlled breathing. No big deal. This is all meaningless. As I prepare to continue on my way, I glance down at the information on the infraction notice. My name, address, etc.… The offence: Traveling 86 miles per hour in a 65 mile per hour zone. Place of infraction: Eden, NY. Eden, NY? Speeding through Eden! Now things were really getting interesting…
Thursday
Mar222012
THERE’S ONLY ONE WAY TO WIN A WAR
The recent missile barrage from the Gaza Strip could have been prevented. At the conclusion of Operation Cast Lead, it was clear that the cessation of military operations would lead to another wave of terror. It was obvious that it would be much more intense and unyielding, and it happened much sooner than anyone could have imagined.
Thursday
Mar222012
MY BAR MITZVAH
Heishke celebrated his bar mitzvah in the small village of Dorokhova. This was the first and last simcha with his parents and sisters. * One can practically sense the fluttering of his heart as he says the maamer…
Thursday
Mar222012
THE MOSHIACH BEFORE MOSHIACH: MOSHIACH BEN YOSEF
There is a tradition from the disciples of the Baal Shem Tov that the extraordinary length of the present severe galus has already made up for the troubles of that possible future battle and the trauma of the death of Moshiach ben Yosef. Therefore, these will certainly not take place.
Thursday
Mar222012
WHEN IS “NOW”?
We cannot lull ourselves into thinking that the Redemption is far off and that it is an elusive goal. That is tantamount to one who places G-d on a “pedestal” and maintains that He is beyond our reach. We must approach our requests for Moshiach and Redemption as requests for things that are within range, nay, that they are right outside our doorway standing on the threshold.
Thursday
Mar222012
A DELAYED BRIS MILA SAVES THREE…
The two became anxious. What would they do if it turned out that the mother of the newborn infant was in fact a Gentile? With great effort on their part the father was finally beginning to come closer to Yiddishkait. By walking out on him now, they would destroy everything they had worked so hard to build.
Thursday
Mar222012
CHASSIDIC ENCOUNTERS BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN
In a number of previous installments, we read about Rabbi Hillel Zaltzman’s travels in the Soviet Union for the purpose of communal work. Each one of these trips was an adventure. Aside from the main purpose of the trip, he took the opportunity to meet Chassidim and ordinary Jews in the cities he passed through. In this chapter, he tells about surprising encounters, the discovery of Chassidishe neshamos, and stories that he heard.
Wednesday
Mar212012
MAKING CONNECTIONS AND SAVING SOULS
Rabbi Udi Studnitz, who is a shliach in the Kiryat HaYovel neighborhood of Yerushalayim, shares outreach stories with us.
Wednesday
Mar212012
TOUCHED BY THE SHLUCHIM
When the story was translated for the English section of this magazine, it came to the attention of a wealthy Jew in Florida. He called the Beis Moshiach office in New York and asked for the phone number of the shluchim in South America. He sent them a nice donation that pulled them out of the deep pit of debt - for at least a few weeks.