THE REBBE AND THE FAMILY OF KOHANIM

The gaon, Rabbi Dovid Cohen zt”l, was known as the Nazir. His genius and asceticism were a byword in Yerushalayim in the previous generation. His son, Rabbi Sheor Yashuv Cohen, was the rav of Haifa. Both of them had deep and unique ties with the Rebbe. * Beis Moshiach shares fascinating documents from the archives of Rabbi Avrohom Rosenbaum, secretary and confidant of R’ Sheor Yashuv. * What did the Nazir ask before he died? How did R’ Sheor Yashuv describe the yechidus that lasted three and a half hours? When did the Rebbe suggest that the name of “Machon Harry Fishel L’Drishas HaTalmud U’Mishpat Torah” be changed? Why was the idea rejected

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MY LIFE IS A GIFT FROM THE REBBE

At the kinus hisorerus for guests during Tishrei, twenty-five years since Tishrei 5753, the director of the Eshel-Hachnasas Orchim organization, R’ Menachem Mendel Hendel, told his personal story. He had nearly died during a sudden farbrengen on Sukkos 5753 and was miraculously saved. At the end of his speech, he told of his letter to the Rebbe after he returned to life and his commitment to devote himself to all aspects of Moshiach, until the Rebbe’s hisgalus

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POWERHOUSE OF CHESED

The Chabad community in Lud lost a beloved member, committed to a life of Torah and Chassidus, Ahavas Yisroel and g’milus chassadim. That was Rabbi Tzvi Lider a”h, who never waited for tomorrow. * Friends share

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PARSHAS VaYiSHLACH

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THE REBBE INCARNATE

Incredibly, when he returned from there, his father, the Rebbe nishmaso Eden, asked him whether the cell was spacious enough to contain three people. His query proves that their visit was in the form of physical bodies

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CHOOSING LIFE

Many know Rabbi Boaz Kali, the dynamic Lubavitcher askan, member of the hanhala of Chabad mosdos in Kiryat Shmuel and director of the Matteh Sheva Mitzvos B’nei Noach, but few know about the difficult challenge that he has been contending with these past few years. * For the first time, R’ Kali tells about the terrible disease that attacked him twice.

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DON’T STARE

The Torah enjoins us against tormenting an eved ivri (Jewish slave) with avodas perech (backbreaking labor); this includes giving the slave avoda sh’ein lah kitzvah (work with no discernible end), or work that serves no real purpose other than keeping him occupied. This raises the question whether an employer who sees that his employees are idling may assign them pointless work in order to keep them busy; does the prohibition of avodas perech apply in a work environment as well?

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ULTIMATE GRATITUDE AND JOY!

When Leah, Jacob’s first wife, gives birth to her fourth son she names him Yehudah because, she says, “this time I will thank [Odeh] G-d.”

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CONQUER YOUR MIND

This Shabbos is the Shabbos before 9-10 Kislev, the birthday, yahrtzait and Chag HaGeula of the Mitteler Rebbe.

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BRIS IN THE HIMALAYAS

The district rabbi who was circumcised moments before his flight to New York, the Yugoslavian soldier who accosted a rabbi and was later killed al kiddush Hashem, a bris in a forsaken village in the Himalayas, and a medical miracle for a baby in the emergency room. The victory of a traditional grandfather over the communist mother seventy years after the war and a silver cup that was returned after nearly 100 years. The missionary witch from Beer Sheva and the surprising revelation in her parents’ home. * Rabbi Yaron Amit, director of Bris Yosef Yitzchok, which does brissin around the world, shares some extraordinary stories about brissin and mohalim with mesirus nefesh

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THIS ROOM IS HOLY OF HOLIES

The fascinating story of Dr. Mordechai Menachem Mendel Glazman, the first doctor to examine the Rebbe the night of Shmini Atzeres 5738

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THE LONG ROAD HOME

Every year, thousands of Israelis walk the Israel National Trail, which starts at Kibbutz Dan in the north and goes south all the way to the Taba border crossing near Eilat. It includes historical sites and extraordinary natural phenomena. * As in every corner of the world, here too, the Rebbe’s shluchim wait for them and graciously offer full room and board, combined with spiritual comforts.

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PARSHAS VaYeitzei

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