Thursday
Jun012017
CHINUCH ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
June 1, 2017Mechanchim discuss “our children will be our guarantors” from the perspective of Yemos HaMoshiach and the imminent Geula. * Part 2 of 2.
Thursday
Jun012017
WOULD-BE SOTA SCENARIO?
“I’m on my way to work,” the husband calls out to his wife, “That electrician is still working on the fuse box, so I’m leaving the door ajar. Remember not to close it until he leaves!” Ten minutes later, when morning traffic and a cool wind disturb her household tasks, the wife—forgetful of the stranger in the basement until he comes upstairs in a trail of dust—had locked the door.
Thursday
Jun012017
“I HAVE NEVER FELT SO CLOSE AND CONNECTED”
Beis Moshiach wrote about the life and work of Reb Yehoshua Aryeh Dashiff a number of years ago (see issue #688). Now, sadly, besides some additional details, we are also sharing a glimpse into his final days, including a powerful family goodbye gathering, only one day before his passing, showing what it means to be a Chassid until the end.
Thursday
Jun012017
HISKASHRUS 101
We are now after the Yom Tov of Shavuos, and Chassidim are thinking about 28 Sivan-3 Tammuz and their Hiskashrus to the Rebbe. We all know that “…the true bond is created by studying Torah. When you study my maamarim, read the sichos and associate with those dear to me – the chassidic community and the T’mimim – in their studies and farbrengens, and you fulfill my request regarding saying T’hillim and observing Torah-study times, in this is the bond.” (HaYom Yom 24 Sivan)
Thursday
Jun012017
I WILL HASTEN IT – FROM HEAVEN
It is even possible that Moshiach will come only after the Resurrection of the Dead. * From Chapter Fifteen of Rabbi Shloma Majeski’s Likkutei Mekoros, Volume 2
Thursday
Jun012017
TO EVERY DATE, THERE’S A TIME
This is the story of two young men who became acquainted in a ‘Mitzvah Tank’ – a Lubavitcher chassid and a Jew who knew little about his Judaism. While initially the connection between them grew stronger, they eventually lost contact with one another as each of them followed his own path in life on different sides of the globe. Then, due to an error in a wedding invitation, they were shown evidence of the amazing ruach ha’kodesh of the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach.
Tuesday
May232017
IT’S OBVIOUS WHO MOSHIACH IS
“Moshiach already exists and is ready to usher in the redemption. You know inside that you are not Moshiach, and I know that it is not I. But somebody must be Moshiach… Why does it bother you that it is the Lubavitcher Rebbe?!”
Tuesday
May232017
MODERN-DAY LEVITES
BaMidbar, the book of Numbers, begins with the census of the Jewish people. According to Rashi, G-d’s census was a sign of endearment; it indicates how each one of us is precious to Him.
Tuesday
May232017
A HOUSE OF TORAH
To mark the holiday of Shavuos, a time when morei tzedek gather at the Rebbe, we spoke with Rebbetzin Sima Ashkenazi to hear about the responsibilities of a rav and her life as a rebbetzin, wife of Rabbi Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi a”h.
Tuesday
May232017
MIVTZA CHINUCH
Over 40 years have passed since the Rebbe announced the Education Campaign, in which he said a Jewish education should be provided for all Jewish children, mainly those not learning in religious schools. * Beis Moshiach looks back at the beginning of the campaign which, over time, has regrettably become somewhat neglected, and the work that was done in Eretz Yisroel and around the world.
Tuesday
May232017
WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO REACH OUT TO OTHER JEWS?
We are all preparing for the Yom Tov of Shavuos, when we celebrate the giving of the Torah. It is a very special time, as “Shavuos is an opportune time to achieve everything in improving Torah study and avoda marked by fear of G‑d, and also to strive in t’shuva concerning Torah study, without the interference of the accusing Satan, just like the time of the Shofar sounding on Rosh HaShana and the holy day of the Fast of Yom Kippur.” (HaYom Yom 4 Sivan)
Tuesday
May232017
SIX DETECTIVES SURROUNDED THE REBBE
When the Rebbe left 770 and began to walk home, an additional six plainclothes detectives accompanied him, all dressed in shorts and short sleeves. They walked very close to the Rebbe. We stopped at the corner of the street where the Rebbe lives, and the detectives, along with one of Anash, continued with the Rebbe until he entered his home. * Fascinating reports and memories from Sivan 5733 with the Rebbe, published for the very first time from the diary of the late R’ Saadia Maatuf.
Tuesday
May232017
MISPLACED COMPASSION
“Hal’itehu l’rasha veyamus” (Stuff the wicked one so he may perish) is a troubling halachic concept that seems to offend our sensibilities as well as oppose Torah sources that urge us to feel responsibility for and offer rebuke to the wayward.