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.
Mechanchim discuss “our children will be our guarantors” from the perspective of Yemos HaMoshiach and the imminent Geula. * Presented for Z’man Mattan Toraseinu, when we received the Torah because we offered our children as guarantors. * Part 1 of 2.
Hiskashrus to the Rebbe begins with our thinking about another Jew. Thinking about how to connect another Jew to the Rebbe and also connect him to the tremendous chain of the Nasi Ha’dor. To put the Rebbe’s wishes before us at all times and to push aside our egos which diminish others in our eyes.* Presented for 11 Nissan
As Purim approaches, a time when people have the custom to dress up in costume, we spoke with Rabbi Yoni Fein, who lectures on chinuch topics and is a veteran educator, NLP practitioner and psychotherapist, to learn about the masks children wear, and not only on Purim. * When is a costume not a good thing? When is it a red flag? How should we respond to costumes and what should we do when a child does not want to dress up?
Why are children associated more with faith in Moshiach to the point that they are called “My anointed ones”? What is the added value to children educated to believe in Moshiach in contrast to those taught to fulfill Torah and mitzvos without any mention of the concept of Moshiach? How do you educate children in a practical way to live Moshiach? For the answer to these and other questions, we turn to Rabbi Sholom Dovber Wolff, mashpia in Yeshivas Chassidei Chabad – Tzfas and author of the seifer “Inyano Shel Moshiach.”
Nothing prepared Zecharia and Mushky Landau, a young couple in Kfar Chabad, for the challenge that changed their lives. Nothing on their baby’s angelic face foretold his future. * What do you tell the family? How do you contend with the stares? How do you maintain normal family life? * Zecharia tells Beis Moshiach about their special needs child
About the gap between the level of learning in elementary school and mesivta, about where the Schottenstein Artscroll and Steinsaltz commentaries fit into the yeshiva world, about instilling love for learning in talmidim and about the Chassidic outlook on learning a sugya in Gemara. * As the new school year begins, Beis Moshiach spoke with Rabbi Aryeh Leib Cohen, a teacher in Yeshivas Tomchei T’mimim in Netanya and his brother-in-law, Rabbi Aryeh Kedem, a teacher in Yeshivas Tomchei T’mimim in Lud, who speak about teaching in an era when concentrating for long periods of time and delving into a daf Gemara is a real challenge. They also respond to the question: what role do parents have in preparing their children for yeshiva
On the eve of the High Holidays, a time of continual prayer and a deeper connection to the concept of “Cause Me to reign upon you,” we turned to Rabbi Meir Wilschansky, mashpia and rosh mesivta at Yeshivas Chassidei Chabad in Tzfas, with several practical questions: What is the best way to connect our children to t’filla? How do we connect them to the idea of accepting the sovereignty of Heaven and T’kias Shofar? Is fear a proper way to educate the younger generation? A heartfelt discussion about practical tools for educating our children.
He has been at the helm of the Chabad yeshiva in Tzfas since it was founded forty years ago. Five sons also lead yeshivos or learning programs. * We met with Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Wilschansky, the rosh yeshiva in Tzfas, and his oldest son, R’ Menachem Mendel, rosh yeshiva in Haifa, for a talk about the chinuch and guidance of T’mimim in the world of yeshivos. * Presented for 15 Elul, marking the founding of Yeshivas Tomchei T’mimim in 1897.
In the two previous articles of this series, we discussed the reasons and modes of treatment for attention and concentration disorders with the help of two of the most prominent experts in the field. In this third and final installment, we have chosen to deal with the prevalent myths surrounding conventional treatment. For this purpose, we have been assisted by a well-known specialist in diagnosing and treating children with attention disorders – Dr. Gil Maor (“Dr. Keshev”).
In this education column we chose to speak not with a professional educator but with a rabbi, speaker and best-selling author including children’s books who previously served as a campus chaplain and a once U.S. karate champion – Rabbi Fishel Jacobs. He created the “Two Kings” children’s books series based on a central theme running through the Alter Rebbe’s Tanya. Two Kings has become a driving force in education. And its conceptual thesis effortlessly resolves the greatest internal conflicts in the minds and hearts of children
The “Vaada LeDovrei Ivrit” is an organization that has been spreading the wellsprings for nearly fifty years among thousands of Israelis who live in Metropolitan New York. R’ Shraga Zalmanov started the organization and runs it till today. He became aware of the fact that hundreds and even thousands of Israelis who live in New York feel the strain of leaving Eretz Yisroel or have problems acclimating in America. Many of them were used to living religious or traditional lives back home and find it hard to integrate into Jewish institutions in the US, whether because of the language barrier or differences in mentality and culture. R’ Zalmanov decided to fill the need and reach out to these people and has done so successfully.
Nowadays, it is much less prevalent to hit children as an educational tool. Why is hitting a bad idea in chinuch? What should be done when you want to instill fear or authority? * We spoke with R’ Yossi Goldstein, a teacher, a psycho-dramatist, group trainer and director of Merkaz Tipulim – Chabad
May 23, 2017