Wednesday
Dec042013
SAVING SOULS FROM THE FORCES OF IMPURITY
December 4, 2013A selection of moving stories of shluchim reaching out to lost Jewish souls seeking spirituality in all the wrong places.
Entries in Shlichus Stories (42)
Tuesday
Aug272013
SHLICHUS INFUSED WITH YEARNING FOR THE REBBE
Although Tishrei is the time when the King returns from the field to the city and enters His palace, accompanied by all those who went out to greet him in the field, there are some who remain in the field to gather up the stragglers and connect them with the King. At a time when every Chassid yearns to be with the Rebbe, the Shluchim make the supreme sacrifice to remain in their place of Shlichus, in order to prepare the world for the ultimate coronation and celebration
Thursday
Apr252013
SPREADING THE MESSAGE – DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY
The road to personal redemption, for those Jews regarding whom the Rebbe charged us with to reach out to them, often takes interesting turns. Some are affected by the “straight path to bringing the Redemption,” which the Rebbe told is through the study of Torah on the topics of Moshiach and Redemption. Others are impacted in a more roundabout way, starting off as observers looking from the outside in. The following is a sampling of shlichus stories that illustrate both types of spiritual journey.
Wednesday
Mar132013
GO FORTH AND DO THE REBBE’S SHLICHUS
R’ Mintzberg suffers verbal abuse as he walks along, which actually shows how much these people are aware of his presence and activities. Two of the regular offenders are an older couple who ride their bikes every Shabbos morning near the yishuv. When the rabbi and his children show up, they meet this couple who ridicules them. “You’re not sick of coming here? It’s not hot for you with the tallis and those black clothing?”
Wednesday
Mar062013
PERSONAL REMODELING THROUGH TORAH
About the person who surprised the participants of the farbrengen with Chassidishe ideas in fluent scientific and Chassidic terminology. * About the guard who did not fall asleep on duty at the 770 building in Kfar Chabad, and about the person who showed up for Tanya classes with a dog and a camera. * Stories about the power of Torah study and its effect on a Jewish soul.
Thursday
Feb072013
HASHGACHA PRATIS STRIKES AGAIN
In the HaYom Yom it says, “Whoever has faith in individual Divine Providence knows that ‘Man’s steps are established by G-d,’ that this particular soul must purify and improve something specific in a particular place. For centuries, or even since the world’s creation, that which needs purification or improvement waits for this soul to come and purify or improve it. The soul too, has been waiting – ever since it came into being for its time to descend – so that it can discharge the tasks of purification and improvement assigned to it.”
Wednesday
Dec262012
WITH THE WIFE’S CONSENT
I asked him if he could give me examples of his wife’s contribution towards being mekarev people, and he sounded surprised. “What do you mean? There are no examples of cases where she does not play a prominent role!”
Thursday
Nov012012
DEALING WITH HARDSHIP AND OPPOSITION ON SHLICHUS
A selection of stories about shluchim who encounter difficulties, which turn out to be the very thing that strengthens their work.
Thursday
Jul192012
THE LONG, WINDING ROAD OF SHLICHUS
It sometimes happens in a person’s life that a certain event brings back memories of decades long past and then he discovers what really protected him and what saved his life. In this case, it was a camp counselor and ultimately, the Rebbe.
Thursday
Jul052012
LIONS AND LIONESSES
Stories about shluchim who fight like lions when contending with endless hardships.
Tuesday
May222012
THE “WHITE NIGHTS” OF SHLICHUS
On Shavuos night, people are awake at times when the streets are usually empty and the world is still resting from the day’s activities. The shluchim are often as active at night as they are during the day. They don’t have set times for when they are “open” and “closed.” * Stories of shluchim working at night.
Friday
Apr272012
STORIES FROM THE ENDS OF THE WORLD
Stories of miracles and Divine Providence that were told by visitors to Chabad houses in the Far East
Wednesday
Mar212012
MAKING CONNECTIONS AND SAVING SOULS
Rabbi Udi Studnitz, who is a shliach in the Kiryat HaYovel neighborhood of Yerushalayim, shares outreach stories with us.
