The new school year is about to begin. This new beginning is more significant for those who are about to experience a major change: from preschool to first grade, from elementary school to high school/mesivta, from high school/mesivta to seminary/yeshiva g’dola.
A Jew who gave a contribution to a Chabad institution requested the Rebbe’s bracha to find his bashert, after trying twice to establish a Jewish home - and failing. In an amazing answer from Igros Kodesh, the Rebbe reminded him of an incident that took place decades earlier when he was a young boy, thereby changing his life and freeing him from a terrible emotional trauma.
There are two getting ready for the Geula, the chitzon and the p’nimi. Both want Moshiach to come already. What is the difference between them? How can a chitzon become a p’nimi when, if he has such an ambition, that too is driven by external factors?
… Messianic justice and righteousness is one of the hallmarks of the Messianic Age and, indeed, describes the very identity and qualifications of Moshiach
“I hear that you are writing in the newspapers now,” the Rebbe said to Ms. Geula Cohen. “Nu, writing is also good, but it’s not the main thing. The main thing is the youth. You have to speak to the youth, not write to them. Why don’t you talk to young people? They’re waiting for someone to speak to them, but there isn’t anyone. People are giving speeches to them, yet everyone is so amazed why they fail to get excited.”
Mendy went on mivtzaim as always. He chose a street and began going from building to building, home to home, knocking on each door and offering t’fillin. Boruch Hashem, the response was usually positive and many people did the mitzva.
Uplifting the world in this way is in virtue of “Beis Rabbeinu,” located in the Lower Hemisphere. Beis Rabbeinu is the place from which light shines forth to the rest of the world.
The four of them are representative of the Chabad community in Eretz Yisroel. One is a veteran director of a Chabad house, another is a senior employee in the weapons manufacture industry, a third is the owner of a printing house, and the fourth is the principal of an elementary school and the director of a Chabad house. * Discussions with hard-working Chassidim for whom mivtzaim is part of the air they breathe and a shliach who dreams of a Chabad house on every street corner. They are Chassidim who don’t seek a title or official appointment in order to carry out the Rebbe’s horaos.
Each of us has a “barrel” that weighs heavily on his heart and that doesn’t allow him to be joyful. If we want to get rid of it, we need to arouse joy from a place where it does not depend on anything, but exudes from our very being. Through this joy, we will be able to remove the “barrel” and bring in the Geula.
R’ Shraga Elimelech (Meilich) Kaplan went to Tomchei T’mimim as a thin, sickly child. He overcame many obstacles and became one of the diligent talmidim there. Despite the wandering he had to endure with his fellow talmidim, he continued to learn diligently. In his memory he had stored away images of the great Chassidim that he saw and he later wrote about these Chassidim. * Part 1 of 2
“Who is greater and whose ideal is superior – Avraham or Moshiach? Is it Avraham, whose kindness and tz’daka are the catalysts that bring about the Messianic Age? Avraham is the very source and impetus for the entire process of making this world a “Dwelling Place for G-d,” which will be fully realized in the Messianic Age. Without Avraham’s initiative there would be no process. Or perhaps Moshiach is superior, because he represents the culmination of that process and the ushering in of a new world order of Divine revelation with all of its attendant benefits such as world peace.”
A point from the weekly D’var Malchus with a relevant message. * This week, you don’t need to “dig” in order to see the revelation of “Anochi.” Just look and you’ll see!
One year ago, the Chassid R’ Gershon Chanowitz, one of the ziknei ha’chassidim in New York, passed away. R’ Gershon learned in Yeshivos Tomchei T’mimim in Poland and America and was saved from the clutches of the Nazis. He established a beautiful Chassidic home and was an example of a Chassid, Yerei Shamayim, and Lamdan in his community.
August 28, 2014