Wednesday
Jul122017
‘MY FATHER WILL RISE UP AND BE MOSHIACH’
July 12, 2017In the words of the Shtefaneshter Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Nochum Friedman.
Wednesday
Jul122017
STOP THE DESTRUCTION AND START BUILDING
This Shabbos, Parshas Pinchas, is the first Shabbos of the Three Weeks. During this time we focus on the Beis HaMikdash. The Rebbe writes in HaYom Yom (21 Tammuz): “It is written: ‘They shall make Me a Sanctuary and I will dwell among them’ — that is, within each and every Jew. For the innermost point of every Jewish heart is a Sanctuary in which G-d can abide. Now, the site of the Beis HaMikdash remains sacred even in the period of exile and desolation. As is written in Shmos Rabba, Chapter 2, ‘Rav Acha declared: The Divine Presence will never depart from the Western Wall.’ The desolation relates to the buildings alone.
Wednesday
Jul122017
FAMILY MATTERS
The mitzvah of pru urvu (having children) is a very important mitzvah; in fact, it is the very first mitzvah mentioned in the Torah. In the words of the Alter Rebbe, the first mitzvah of the Torah is that one Jew should make another Jew. However, unfortunately there are people who face grave challenges in fulfilling this mitzvah, and have great difficulty receiving Hashem’s blessing to have children.
Wednesday
Jul122017
TWO FLIGHTS, TWO LESSONS
As Chassidim, we are taught to write to the Rebbe about every special plan and to ask for his bracha. When we ask the Rebbe for a bracha in a certain matter, of course we need to be prepared to accept whatever the Rebbe says, even if the answer is not in line with our plans. At the same time, it is very important not to draw conclusions on one’s own, but to consult with your mashpia, with the belief that the Rebbe conveys the right guidance through him
Wednesday
Jul122017
THE REBBE CHANGED THE ENTIRE PLAN
It is now a decade and a half since the bracha I got for buying the apartment that I live in. We live on the border of B’nei Brak – Ramat Gan, an area that has gotten more religious in recent years. When we moved in, despite its proximity to B’nei Brak, the building was almost completely populated by people who were not religious. The same was true for the neighborhood
Thursday
Jul062017
PURE REDEMPTION
The message conveyed here about the redemption is about the special quality and perfection of the redemption unto itself, the redemption in its purity
Thursday
Jul062017
REMOVING THE BILAM CURSE OF GALUS
Bilam, the heathen prophet hired by the Moabite king Balak to curse the Jewish people, was riding his donkey on the way to meet Balak. Suddenly his donkey stopped in the road and would not move a step farther. When Bilam struck the donkey G-d opened its mouth. It exclaimed, “What have I done to you that made you hit me these three times?”
Thursday
Jul062017
TZADDIK IN PRISON
The arrest – Twenty minutes after midnight, the secret agents banged on the door of the Rebbe Rayatz. That is how the saga of the arrest began
Thursday
Jul062017
THE WILD BOYS AND THE THIRD ARREST OF THE REBBE RAYATZ
It was a Friday, the first of Teves 5666/1905, the seventh day of Chanuka. It was market day in Lubavitch. Farmers and cattlemen from all the surrounding villages gathered in the main market to buy and sell calves and cows, horses and chickens, along with produce and general merchandise.
Thursday
Jul062017
STATEMENT FROM RABBI AHARON SOLOVEICHIK
From Chapter Fifteen of Rabbi Shloma Majeski’s Likkutei Mekoros, Volume 2
Thursday
Jul062017
T’FILLAS HA’DERECH ON THE ROAD TO GEULA
L’chaim! Good Yom Tov! May the Z’chus of the Baal HaGeula and Baal Yom Huledes of 12-13 Tammuz, and the ko’ach of Geula that was brought into the world, stand by all of us for all Brachos B’gashmius U’Biruchnius. May we merit the ultimate and complete Geula now!
Thursday
Jul062017
PRESIDENTIAL VISIT OR A CHASSID MEETING HIS REBBE?
12 Tammuz 5733. 7:45 – Shazar arrives in 770 and enters yechidus; 9:15 – the Rebbe and Shazar come out for Maariv; 9:30 – the farbrengen begins, with Shazar sitting alongside the Rebbe and his security detail behind him; 2:00 – the farbrengen concludes and Shazar goes in with the Rebbe to yechidus; 4:00 – Shazar leaves the yechidus accompanied by the Rebbe, concluding an entire night spent with the Rebbe. In retrospect, it becomes clear that this is the final visit of Shazar to the Rebbe. * Fascinating reports and memories from Tammuz 5733 with the Rebbe, published for the very first time from the diary of the late R’ Saadya Maatuf