The Midrash connects the opening words of this Parsha, “Speak to the children of Israel, that they shall take for Me an offering…” with the response the Jewish people gave when they were offered the Torah.
Rabbi Sholom Dovber Avtzon, a noted author, shared details of the activities of his late brother, Rabbi Yonah Avtzon OBM, in honor of the upcoming shloshim.
After 25 years of concealment, how do we connect Jews to the Rebbe? When we speak to them about Moshiach, does it turn them off? How should opposition be handled? Is it not bizarre to suggest that someone write to the Rebbe now?
One night in Teves 5779, the cellphone of R’ Zushe Zilberstein, shliach of the Rebbe in Montreal, rang. He answered the phone with no warning as to what drama he was about to take part in.
Lacking the strength and fortitude to face the suffering of chevlei Moshiach, most Sages were willing to forgo being a part of the onset of the Messianic Era. Rav Yosef, however, was different
As the leader and prophet of our generation, the Rebbe has heralded the imminent redemption, yet still we wait and wait. As discussed in last week’s editorial, so much time has elapsed since then that the very dignity of our beloved Rebbe is at stake. We react with outrage and scream “ad masai?!” But how do we summon the audacity to approach the Alm-ghty with such intense emotions
As a result of the inspiration generated a little over one-and-a-half years ago by the commemoration of the fifty-year anniversary of the Rebbe launching the Tefillin Campaign, many bachurim and married men stepped up their involvement in the Rebbe’s mivtzaim, as part of their efforts to prepare the world to greet Moshiach. * That increase in activity led to a marked rise in the sale of tefillin and mezuzos, especially those categorized as “mivtzaim mezuzos” and “tefillin for mivtzaim.”
Rabbi Refael Doger’s farbrengens attract hundreds of people. R’ Doger was not born into Chabad, and only became acquainted with the Rebbe recently, but he lives with the Rebbe and talks about him with tremendous chayus. His enthusiasm draws others in his wake.
The very first subject discussed in this week’s parsha (which comes on the heels of the parsha that describes the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai and points to its centrality) concerns a Hebrew servant who is about to go free after serving his six-year term of indentured servitude.
It is now 27 years since the Rebbe MH”M announced the beginning of the fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecy “And they shall beat their swords into plowshares.” The world has certainly changed a lot—for the better
So many years have passed since then – even decades. It’s an absolute disgrace that the Rebbe’s prophecy of imminent redemption has been delayed this long!
February 7, 2019