Planning Ahead Doesn’t Contradict Expecting Moshiach
In response to a woman who asked, “How is making long term plans not a contradiction to our firm belief in Moshiach’s imminent arrival.”
In response to a woman who asked, “How is making long term plans not a contradiction to our firm belief in Moshiach’s imminent arrival.”
One of the Rebbe’s main instructions following Chaf-Ches Nissan was the necessity to learn about the Geula in the Rebbe’s sichos. * Rabbi Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi a”h explained how learning or not-learning Inyanei Moshiach and Geula affects halachic decisions made by our poskim, why the Rebbe emphasized learning the halachos about Moshiach in the Rambam, and how all this is connected to spreading the Besuras Ha’Geula
It was at the end of a long day of school. A heat wave had begun and two exhausted, sweaty children trudged home.
All my friends are already preparing their costumes for the contest at the school’s Purim party. I am still deciding. To be more precise, I am still looking for what to dress up as. What is the problem, you wonder? Do I lack ideas for costumes?
On Shabbos Mikeitz 5751, the Rebbe made the following statement: “When one is totally immersed in a certain subject and then encounters another topic, it is human nature to immediately search for and find the connection with that subject in which he is immersed, even though this other topic has its own issues and critical features.”
It should be announced and publicized in all places - with heartfelt words - that G-d says through His servants, the prophets, to each and every Jew: “Behold I am placing before you today a blessing,” so much so, that literally today we will see with eyes of flesh the blessing of the true and complete Redemption.
If one seeks to derive pleasure from a physical thing unto itself, he separates it from G-dliness. Conversely, when he desires the G-dliness of the physical thing, he elevates it, allowing it to openly reveal how it is nullified to G-dliness.
A point from the weekly D’var Malchus for B’Haalos’cha with a relevant message. * How to get our mekuravim to ignite the spark in others.
A point from the weekly D’var Malchus for Behar-B’Chukosai with a relevant message. * If achdus means the concession of one side or even of both sides, how come the conceding side always remains with a bitter taste in their mouth?
“Bringing Geula to the world” sounds like too big a job, but the formula is pretty basic and quite simple: Connection. Connecting between the mind and the heart, between the neshama and ourselves, between G-dliness and the world. This puzzle asks you to connect the pieces and you’ll get a breathtaking picture in the form of Geula. How do we do this? Read on.
A point from the weekly D’var Malchus with a relevant message. * This week: with so many details in life, how can we stay calm?