“We are the Rebbe’s Reservists. There are the bachurim, the shluchim and the rabbanim who comprise the army regulars. We married men, Anash, are the reservist soldiers. We work at various jobs, earn our living from this and that, but every person needs to find time when he is ‘in the reserves’ and devotes this time to mivtzaim.”
The Rebbe said repeatedly that spreading Torah and Judaism is not exclusive to Chabad but is the responsibility of everyone. * Beis Moshiach hosted the founders of large kiruv organizations in Eretz Yisroel who declare, “Our success is the Rebbe’s success!”
In our previous article we discussed the basic principle of Chinuch, that before you can demand anything from them and expect positive results (you can always demand…) they must feel that you trust and care for them. As the famous truism goes: “They won’t care how much you know, till they know how much you care.”
This true story about ShiraLee will surely convince you to follow in the path of our matriarch Sarah. * Challa – not what you thought!
In the middle of Chanuka six years ago, IDF forces carried out Operation Cast Lead. Naturally, tensions ran high in Moslem countries that tuned into Al Jazeera which incited against Israel. I was working as a shliach in Marrakesh in Morocco at the time, and we could feel a definite tension among the local population.
This week’s parsha is always read during Chanukah and there is a deep connection between the two.
“Hershel, what will be?” Malka asked with tears in her eyes. She pointed at the two children lying on straw mattresses, shivering in the cold. “Look at Moishele and Chaim. They are so thin and weak. What shall I give them to eat tomorrow morning? From where will we get warm blankets to warm them up a bit?”
In terms of its role in establishing the days of Chanuka as a holiday, the disagreement is only as to whether the miracle of the victory at war is only a preface and preparatory event to the miracle of the lights, which is the finale and completion of the Chanuka miracle, or whether the military triumph is not considered a mere preface but is on par with the miracle of the lights.
In the past few articles, we discussed some of the basic and necessary approaches to educating our youth today. There is one more very important and necessary component that can’t be stressed enough: Trust. Our children must hear and feel from us that we really believe and trust in them that they will use their capabilities to be successful.
A moving description of the Yud-Tes Kislev farbrengen of 5662, when it was revealed for the first time that Yud-Tes Kislev is “Rosh HaShana L’Chassidus.”
In commemoration of Chag HaGeula, Yud-Tes Kislev, “Beis Moshiach” presents two timely letters from the Rebbe MH”M, gleaned from the personal collection of the internationally renowned sculptor, Chaim Yaakov (Jacques) Lipchitz. Part 4.
The Rebbe encouraged the telling of miracles. Our boy was hit by the train in Jerusalem and B”H lived. * Written in honor of Kislev, a month of miracles.
YEHUDAH’S DESCENT: After the sale of Joseph into captivity by his brothers, Yehudah, who suggested selling Joseph rather than killing him, “descended” from his brothers and got married. His wife bore him three sons. He married his oldest son, Er, to Tamar. After she was widowed, she married Yehudah’s second son, Onan. When he died too, Yehudah decided that Tamar should remain a widow because he was reluctant to allow her to marry his last son, Sheila.
December 15, 2014