Tuesday
May082018
THE REBBE’S BROOM
May 8, 2018In 5698/1938, the Frierdike Rebbe was living in Poland and he spent the Yom Tov of Pesach there. During the meals he spoke short sichos and many Chassidishe stories were shared.
Tuesday
May082018
ASSIMILATION: THE “EVIL PERPETRATOR” WHO WIPED OUT TWELVE MILLION JEWS
Thirty years ago, the Rebbe already foresaw what Miriam Portnoy of Beitar Ilit would be dealing with today. She doesn’t stay cocooned in her peaceful, religious part of Eretz Yisroel; she keeps going back to her birthplace in order to lay foundations for Jewish homes and to save Jewish youth from assimilation. * The story of a shadchanis who sometimes also pays for the wedding.
Tuesday
May082018
FATHER OF ALL
My name is Eli Grossman. I grew up in Curacao, a Caribbean island, in an irreligious family. There was no Jewish school in the area so I attended a Christian school. The school occasionally had Christian ceremonies that all students had to attend.
Thursday
May032018
HOW THE JEWISH PEOPLE WILL LEAVE EXILE “WITH MERCY”
The principal association of Rashbi with the redemption is, “With this work of yours [the Zohar] … they shall go out of exile with mercy,” for then there shall indeed be the fulfillment of “When you come into the land, etc., and the land shall rest, a Sabbatical to G-d,” in the literal sense, in the true and complete redemption.
Thursday
May032018
THE SIX DAY WAR - PERSONAL ACCOUNTS OF CHASSIDIM IN BATTLE
The threat was existential; the military chiefs issued a general mobilization order to whoever could hold a weapon. Hundreds of Lubavitcher Chassidim were drafted to fight the Arab enemies. * Menachem Ziegelboim met with three Chasidim who served in the army in those frightening days: Rabbi Meir Brand, Rabbi Zushe Gross, and Rabbi Dovid Lesselbaum. They take us back to the war and the unforgettable glorious, miraculous victory, and the return of the holy sites.
Thursday
May032018
DON’T PLACE MOSHIACH ON A 20-CUBIT PEDESTAL
Parshas Emor dedicates many of its verses to the Jewish Festivals. The section devoted to the Holidays begins with the laws of Shabbos observance.
Thursday
May032018
THE POWER TO TRANSCEND
We recently learned in the HaYom Yom (6 Iyar): “Our Sages state, ‘One should not take leave of his friend except amidst words of halacha (Torah law).’ According to our holy Rebbeim, this alludes to the kind of Torah teaching that propels the listener and transforms him into a mehalech — one who strides from level to level, and from peak to peak.
Thursday
May032018
THE REBBE RESPONDS TO THE TRAGEDY IN MAALOT
What terrible tragedy caused the Rebbe to change the usual order of the farbrengen? * Why did the Rebbe change his regular practice and daven Mincha downstairs on a seemingly ordinary day? * Letters to home, written by R’ Tuvia Zilberstrom during his k’vutza year, describing some of the events of Iyar 5734 in 770, with the Rebbe.
Thursday
May032018
THE REBBE’S BLESSING
In the northern city of Yokneam, there is hardly anyone who does not know Mr. Chanan Kaspi, a longtime resident and the president of the Aviv PCB Company which specializes in electronic engineering. What many do not know is what a strong connection he has to the Rebbe and about the miracle he experienced
Thursday
May032018
HOW DO YOU SPREAD CHASSIDUS IN A FRUM COMMUNITY?
The short answer is: “Your” wellsprings. The long answer is: Intensive programming within, and suited to, the community. * You live in a religious area? Spread the wellsprings!
Thursday
May032018
THANKING FOR THE GOOD
The ticket office in Yerushalayim was very busy. Everyone wanted to go to the grave of the holy Tanna, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai on Lag B’Omer. I got on line and waited patiently for my turn.