TURNING A BUS RIDE INTO A CHASSIDIC EXPERIENCE

If, in Beitar Ilit, you were to ask about the “Chassidishe driver,” everyone would know whom you mean. On his bus, you are greeted with a big smile and are sent off with warm blessings. On the way, you can help yourself to a cold drink, listen to Chabad niggunim, Tefillas HaDerech, and a reminder to count the omer, and even sell your chametz! And of course, you would hear his usual prayer, “May we merit to change our route since Moshiach will come and we will drive directly to the Beis HaMikdash.”

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TRANSFORMATIVE TORAH CLASSES

The Rebbe MH”M asks of us to bring about a revolution of consciousness, transforming us from galus people to Geula people, but it’s not easy. The Rebbe said it’s difficult to instill the awareness that we are on the verge of Yemos HaMoshiach so that we start living Inyanei Moshiach and Geula. * The Rebbe’s solution is to start learning about it.

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MIRACLES IN THE CITY OF Medellín

Two shluchim and their families working in the city of Medellín, Colombia. A small community, much assimilation, and numerous tourists from all over the world. Rabbi Levi Vanunu and Rabbi Mordechai Bigio continually fight to maintain their shlichus, while experiencing awe-inspiring miracles virtually on a daily basis. If you want to see clear examples of Divine Providence, perhaps you should take a trip to Medellín, Colombia

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ALL JEWS SHALL RISE IN OLAM HA’T’CHIYA: PART 9

The contradiction is even more pronounced considering that “T’chiyas HaMeisim is [only] for tzaddikim g’murim (totally righteous individuals),” especially how Tanya defines tzaddik gamur, as Rashbi said, “I have seen exalted people and they are few … and it is [a spiritual state] akin to Olam HaBa, etc

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GATHERING JEWISH SOULS IN KAZAKHSTAN

In the summer, it gets very hot there. During the winter season, temperatures can drop as low as forty degrees below zero. Nevertheless, a young couple and their small children came to Kostanay, far from all Jewish centers, fighting against the heat and the cold, also of a spiritual nature, for the purpose of reaching another Jewish soul, all with great determination and tenacity. The story of a shlichus under very harsh conditions.

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BURY THE DEAD AND VISIT THE SICK

“G-d your G-d you shall follow and Him shall you fear; His commandments shall you keep and to His voice shall you listen, Him shall you serve and to Him shall you cleave.”

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LOYAL CHASSID AND PARAGON OF CHESED

He was born and raised in an atmosphere of perpetual fear and yet his life was suffused with mesirus nefesh to observe mitzvos. * The Rebbe prophetically revealed his rescue from Soviet Russia even before he himself knew! * In Eretz Yisroel he was a model and symbol of chesed and giving, along with being a shliach of the Rebbe at his place of work and with the mivtzaim that he did for years. * A biographical sketch of the life of the recently departed R’ Yonah Lebenhartz a”h.

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SHE SAW THE MIRACLE EYE TO EYE

The difficulty in seeing from her right eye brought Mrs. Naomi Blittner of Bnei Brak to the ophthalmic care center at Tel HaShomer Hospital, where she was diagnosed with a malignant growth behind her eye. A medical expert from the United States determined that the only way to stop it from spreading would be to remove the eye and replace it with an artificial one.

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THE MASHKE PUT HIM ON HIS FEET

Motzaei Simchas Torah. Thousands of Chassidim passed by the Rebbe and received a bit of wine from the Rebbe’s cup. One by one, they filed past. To each one, the Rebbe gave a second’s glance and poured some wine. “L’chaim v’livracha,” blessed the Rebbe and the line moved forward. The kos shel bracha on Motzaei Simchas Torah is a sort of grand finale to the spiritually uplifting month of Tishrei.

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ALL JEWS SHALL RISE IN OLAM HA’T’CHIYA: PART 8

It would seem then that those who do not fit in that category will not rise in T’chiyas HaMeisim. In fact, the maamer “L’havin biur inyan ha’Avos” states explicitly that all Jews have a portion in Olam HaBa except those whom our Sages have specified…

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GEULA: A ONE-SECTIONED MENORAH

There is an enigmatic statement in the Midrash about the opening words of this week’s parsha

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