Tuesday
Apr172018
The Ultimate Combat Training Guide
April 17, 2018We are now in the weeks between Yetzias Mitzrayim and Mattan Torah. We are counting s’fira, counting down to accept the Torah anew from Hashem.
Tuesday
Apr172018
"NO LEMON, PLEASE.”
Attributing titles to Rabbanim is halachically acceptable, even when they are a bit excessive. Similarly, we are encouraged to compliment a baal t’filla (cantor), baal tokeia (shofar-blower) and the like, even if we are effusive in our praise and stretch the truth a bit. Beis Hillel is quoted in the Gemara regarding praising a kalla (bride) as na’ah v’chassudah (beautiful and graceful), even if the compliment deviates a bit from the truth—and we are warned against highlighting her shortcomings. Likewise, if someone shows us something they acquired, we are to admire their purchase, and not demean it.
Tuesday
Apr172018
PILLAR OF CHESED
He was an accomplished Chassid, a prodigious Torah scholar, clever, very wealthy and a tremendous baal chesed. Above all else, he considered himself an ordinary person. Once he became involved with Lubavitch, he enjoyed a special relationship with the Rebbe, and on the Rebbe’s behalf, he carried out many secret missions. * Presented to mark his passing on 11 Iyar.
Tuesday
Apr172018
NO EFFORT GOES TO WASTE
This story took place over 40 years ago. Reb Yitzchok Nemes, of blessed memory, a stamp dealer who lived in Crown Heights, was offered a deal that would earn him a lot of money. R’ Yitzchok went to meet with Tenkel, another stamp dealer. They sat down to discuss the deal but in the end, the idea was dropped.
Monday
Apr092018
ONE WHO HAS NO REBBE HAS NO CONNECTION WITH G-D
There are those who question why it is necessary to have an intermediary interceding on our behalf before G-d. The person with this question is a learned man, a Torah scholar, etc. He is great enough – he claims – to negotiate his relationship with G-d without an intermediary. He doesn’t need a Rebbe! * Nadav and Avihu, of course, were extremely great, having attained the loftiest spiritual heights, but since “they taught Torah law in the presence of Moshe, their master,” they were severely punished –on account of their lack of proper deference to their master
Monday
Apr092018
NO MORE JEALOUSY
This week we read of Moses’ instruction to Aaron on the day the Mishkan was to be dedicated
Monday
Apr092018
LEARNING THE D’VAR MALCHUS WITH CLOSED EYES
“Did you learn the D’var Malchus for this week yet ?” The answer is probably yes. Learning the D’var Malchus of 5751-2 is basic spiritual nourishment in the life of a Chassid, without which he cannot begin to appreciate the sweetness of the holiness of Shabbos
Monday
Apr092018
HOW MANY BRACHOS WILL WE SAY WHEN MOSHIACH IS REVEALED?
One of the Rebbe’s main instructions following Chaf-Ches Nissan was the necessity to learn about the Geula in the Rebbe’s sichos. * Rabbi Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi a”h explained how learning or not-learning Inyanei Moshiach and Geula affects halachic decisions made by our poskim, why the Rebbe emphasized learning the halachos about Moshiach in the Rambam, and how all this is connected to spreading the Besuras Ha’Geula
Monday
Apr092018
SHLICHUS IN A PHILIPPINE PARADISE
They arrived in the city of El Nido without almost any prior knowledge of the location and they were unpleasantly surprised. Harsh conditions, stifling humidity, high cost of living, regular cessations of water and electricity services – and all this was only a part of a “welcome” that nearly broke their spirit. Rabbi Yossi Marom, his wife Efrat, and their four children are found each day on this site, called a “paradise” due to its breathtaking beauty, while operating under difficult conditions, as they prepare the town for the coming of Moshiach Tzidkeinu. A fascinating spiritual journey.
Monday
Apr092018
IT’S ALL IN THE MIND
Beis Moshiach presents a recent talk by Rabbi Reuven Wolf, shliach in Los Angeles, delivered to the students of B’nos Menachem in Crown Heights – Part 2.
Monday
Apr092018
PERSONAL GROWTH OR G-DLY GROWTH?
Shluchos: Chani Abraham (the Eitan method) and Rocheli Tzemach (the Tzemach method) offer a system of empowerment and tell us what ideal growth consists of and how to plant it within the soul. * The goal: to zoom out or, as the Rebbe put it, getting out of our inner exile where we are captive.