Thursday
Aug292019
“The Key to the City”
August 29, 2019Many mayors and government officials over the years presented to the Rebbe a symbolic “key” to the city they headed.
Entries in Shlichus (131)
Tuesday
Jul022019
A DUCH? ONLY TO THE REBBE!
R’ Shneur sat, bent over the table. He had a white paper and a pen and he would think and write a line, think for a while and then write another few words. He wanted to fill the page with many lines but only managed to get a few words down in writing.
Tuesday
Jan222019
“THIS IS THE GREATEST TRAGEDY (r”l) THERE COULD POSSIBLY BE”
This is what the Rebbe wrote to a young man from Tel Aviv. It was a Friday night in the city’s commercial center, just before the shliach folded up his table and returned home to spend Shabbos with his family. Accompanied by his friend, this young man began a heartfelt conversation with the shliach, during which he asked if he could write a letter to the Rebbe MH”M. Since he couldn’t write due to the sanctity of the day of rest, he wrote his letter – telepathically – and got an incredible answer he never expected.
Thursday
Dec202018
APPRECIATION FOR THE SHLIACH OF THE REBBE
I was inspired by the Chanuka holiday to meet with a shliach and eight of the “candles” that he lit. I was moved to hear their experiences with the Rebbe, in the present and the past, about their love for the shliach and the shliach’s love for them, the spirit of shlichus that exudes from the shliach and infects the mekuravim who see themselves, each in his own way, as shluchim who are bringing the Geula.
Tuesday
Dec112018
AN ESHEL GROWS IN MORRO
Reaching Morro de S. Paulo, a small island in Brazil, requires following a long and circuitous route, and it’s the only way to get there. R’ Mendy Gerenshtat and his friends arrived at the location to call with a great voice in the Name of G-d, just as Avraham Avinu did in his time. Their Chabad House was quickly transformed into an active and bustling Jewish center, sometimes hosting as many as a thousand Jews in a single day! We recently met R’ Mendy and heard how G-d reveals Himself in Morro de S. Paulo.
Wednesday
Nov212018
THE SECRET TO SUCCESS: TURNING SUPPORTERS INTO SHLUCHIM
It has been seventeen years since Rabbi Shalom Dovber Amram and his wife Bruria began their outreach activities in the picturesque French town of S.-Brice-sous-Forêt. They came to this quiet and sleepy little community, whose Jewish community has doubled in size since their arrival. Once the Chabad House was established, the activities grew and intensified manifold. What is their secret? They transform those newly involved in Chabad into ‘activists’ and even ‘shluchim’ in the service of the king.
Wednesday
Oct312018
A FEARLESS SHLIACH WHO TURNED DREAMS INTO REALITY
He was a talented administrator who helped found an educational empire. At the same time, he was a dreamer who worked to realize his dreams. It was a rare combination in the personage of Rabbi Boaz Kali a”h. * R’ Boaz is known for two things: chinuch and instilling the Seven Noahide Laws among the nations. * Nobody could resist his perpetual smile, not his friends and Chassidim, nor the Druze to whom he went with the message, and not even the bank manager who paid a Shiva call to his family.
Wednesday
Oct242018
CHASSID ON WHEELS
If you happened to be walking on Dizengoff Street at the corner of Arlozorov on Sukkos, you might have seen a bearded Chassid, with a hat and sirtuk, fly right past you hooked up to a small sukka. That would have been R’ Shai Shuruk, a Chassid bursting with ideas and gimmicks to educate the residents of Tel Aviv about Judaism, in the modern-day mode of innovation and surprise.
Saturday
Sep152018
“MAY WE EXPERIENCE NOW THE FULFILLMENT OF HUMANITY’S GREAT FUTURE”
With measured steps and head held high, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Turen made his way to the podium of honor, as hundreds of pairs of eyes focused on him. Rabbi Turin began his invocation: “Alm-ghty G-d, I beseech you today to bless the Illinois State Senate, its participants, and the entire State of Illinois, in the merit of the spiritual giant of our time and our country, Melech HaMoshiach, the Lubavitcher Rebbe Shlita, whom I have the privilege to represent here in Springfield. The Rebbe labored with great love, dedication and self-sacrifice to make all mankind aware of Your sacred presence.” The amazing story of the shlichus of Rabbi Turen and his family in Springfield, Illinois.
Monday
Mar262018
“TIME OF OUR FREEDOM” BEHIND BARS
Forty years ago, there were not many shluchim of the Rebbe. The few Chabad Houses in Eretz Yisroel were manned by Chassidim who commuted from the large religious centers. The concept of “going on shlichus” in Eretz Yisroel, was far less popular.
Tuesday
Jan092018
FRENCH OUTREACH IN THE HEART OF MANHATTAN
He works in New York with French-speakers. He was born in Morocco, moved to France, and then found himself in the heart of the business district of Manhattan. * Today he coordinates activities among French-speakers in the greater metropolitan area and is a regular guest in the offices of French government officials in the U.S.* The work of Rabbi Michoel and Esther Cohen.
Tuesday
Nov282017
BLUNT TALK
The grand finale of this year’s Kinus HaShluchim banquet was a stirring speech delivered by Rabbi Reuven Wolf, Shliach in Los Angeles, California. * Rabbi Wolf told about his fascinating personal story of how he came to the Rebbe, his inner struggles with the topic of Moshiach after Gimmel Tammuz, and how he was able to come to terms and start to koch in Moshiach, as demanded of every Shliach. * A must read for every chassid and shliach.
Tuesday
Nov212017
CHOOSING LIFE
Many know Rabbi Boaz Kali, the dynamic Lubavitcher askan, member of the hanhala of Chabad mosdos in Kiryat Shmuel and director of the Matteh Sheva Mitzvos B’nei Noach, but few know about the difficult challenge that he has been contending with these past few years. * For the first time, R’ Kali tells about the terrible disease that attacked him twice.
