Already on the first day of his arrival in Eretz Yisroel, a young Yitzchok Mishulovin participated in an emotionally loaded farbrengen in Kfar Chabad with lots of l’chaim. Rabbi Zevin, who met him then, was impressed with the Lubavitcher bachur with the refined Chassidic appearance, who even knew how to learn properly.
R’ Hirsh Farber, shliach in Gilo in Yerushalayim, had to wait months for a visa and then the long hoped for day was on a Shabbos. He decided to forgo it and start again from the beginning.
R’ Yitzchok Kogan was a key activist in spreading Judaism and Chassidus in Leningrad. For twelve years he battled with the KGB in order to get a permit to leave, and the permit was finally granted on the Chag HaGeula of 12 Tammuz 5764. * Crowds of people came to part with him at his home and at the airport, despite the fact that KGB agents circulated openly, recording and documenting all the goings on.
“Although I’m still dyslexic and struggle with dysgraphia, I read and write, I have friends, and I make an impact. My t’filla was accepted. It is only that the Rebbe understood that it is necessary to ‘cook’ me properly, in order for the final product to come out better, and that’s why I thank the Rebbe and thank G-d for everything I went through in life.”
In last week’s article, we discussed the role of a Rebbe in the life of a Chassid. In this week’s article, I would like to discuss the definition of a Chassid and a Mekushar through the lens of the HaYom Yom.
Moshiach and Science Conference at Hebrew University
I met the shliach and his wife in the departure terminal at the airport in Lud, shortly before they boarded their flight and headed back to their place of shlichus, in some city in the CIS. For many years, they and their family have been putting all their energy into preparing their city to greet Moshiach.
Since ‘Even the sinners of the Jewish people are filled with Mitzvos like a pomegranate [is filled with seeds],’ all Jews have a portion in Olam HaBa, in T’chiyas HaMeisim – with the exception of those enumerated by the Sages… * The Rebbe MH”M responds to seeming contradictions regarding the ultimate stage in Creation
We spoke with Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Kesselman, mashpia in Yeshivas Tomchei T’mimim in Johannesburg, in anticipation of Gimmel Tammuz. * Many weighty questions about emuna and preparing for the hisgalus of Moshiach came up, for which Rabbi Kesselman provided clear, thought-out answers
Korach was the consummate rebel. Even today, if one wishes to start a fight with another, it is said that he is like Korach. Ethics of the Fathers (chapter 5:20) describes the difference between a dispute for the sake of heaven and a dispute that is not for the sake of Heaven. A dispute that is for the sake of heaven is the dispute between the School of Shammai and the School of Hillel, whereas a dispute not for the sake of heaven is the dispute of Korach and his community.
The unbelievable story of a dollar that the Rebbe MH”M gave decades ago to a chassid from Australia and recently made its way, quite miraculously, to the vacation city of Cozumel, Mexico for the dedication of a Chassidic Talmud Torah there, accompanied by an amazingly Heaven-inspired letter in Igros Kodesh.
Gimmel Tammuz. These two words bring out deep emotional reactions from Chassidim. While the reactions may seem different, and many follow different customs on this holy day, they really all revolve around the same core theme: Hiskashrus to our Rebbe.
June 20, 2018