“What I want, You can’t give me!” he cried out to Hashem. “You can’t return these eleven beautiful souls.” * If it takes bringing the miraculous world of the Future Era to accommodate a single Jew, that is exactly what must happen.
Amongst the overwhelming response from readers received over the past few days, one reader conveyed his indignation that instead of offering insight into the intrigue, the reference only added insult to injury, by equating the ancient horrific Hellenistic display of anti-Templism to some unassuming and well-meaning women who felt that sharing their innermost feelings to the world would be therapeutic.
In the last issue, we introduced the new series exploring the paradoxes of the Rebbe, and we explained that paradoxes testify to the existence of an essential element that transcends the two opposites. That explains why we witness such a paradoxical nature when it comes to Hashem, Torah and mitzvos
I have a son in mesivta age and I began to notice that he is very into his clothing. I know that seder vnikayon is very important but I feel this may be a little Ta’avas Halevushim. How do you think I should go about this
A fresh, new neshama comes down from the celestial worlds. On its way, it meets a fellow neshama that finished its job on earth, making its way up to the next world. The young, fresh neshama looks at the neshama coming up and sees him tired, broken and anguished. The one going down askes the one coming up, “Tell me, what’s wrong with you? Is it so bad down there? What type of world is it?!”
Rabbi Isser Kirshberg, a Lubavitcher Chassid, was sitting in his office in the Israeli embassy on the second floor. He was busy with his work in the press department. He was peacefully going through various documents strewn about on his table. He had no inkling of the drama that was about to play out
On 9 Adar 5720 (March 7 1960) the Rebbe spoke to a group of Hillel students. After some remarks from the Rebbe the students had a chance to ask the Rebbe questions. The last question in the exchange was a most daring one. “Can the Rebbe perform miracles?”
The Torah portions of Vayakhel and Pekudei are usually read together. In some years (Jewish leap years in which an entire month is added to the calendar) they are read in two seperate weeks. The year 5752 was one such year.
It is G-d’s will that there should be death. It is G-d’s will there should be exile, rachmana litzlan. But G-d gave us the challenge of mortality, of exile, for us to harness its frightfully powerful energy, so that we can assert ourselves over the world and conquer it, as we see from these immortal tzaddikim – Yaakov Avinu, Moshe Rabbeinu, and Dovid HaMelech.
In connection with Shabbos Shkolim we present a collection of halachic articles from Halacha2Go.com on the topic of tzedakah, as well as some questions and answers from AskTheRav.com
Two people meet, and although their outward appearances seem disparate, they share a common interest. One is a tall, bare-headed man. His counterpart is a respected rabbi and Chassidic mentor, but they are both discussing their desire to see the Temple of the future
To talk is cheap, we do it all the time. But there are conversations that just remain etched in your memory for a long time after
March 11, 2019