JEWISH SOULS AT WINGATE

The Wingate Institute, located at the Poleg Interchange between Netanya and Hertzliya, is the largest professional learning institution in Eretz Yisroel for physical education. Thousands of students pass through its gates each day. Waiting for them there are Rabbi Asaf Shaked and his wife Noa, Chabad chassidim who made their own long and winding journey until they discovered the light of Torah and Chassidus. In this profile, the shluchim at Wingate tell their life story for the first time, as they provide a fascinating account of their growing outreach activities.

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THE INTERFACE OF TORAH AND NATURE

One of the central sections in this week’s parsha, which we read right after the Holiday of Shavuos, celebrating the Giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, is the Birchas Kohanim, the Priestly blessing.

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A SOUL crying out to be redeemed

Csanad Szegedi was a leader of a right wing pro-Nazi Hungarian political group in Budapest called Jobbik, which formed the Hungarian Guard, a paramilitary organization. Since its establishment in 2003, he was a member of this extreme party and part of the hardcore that started it, devoted to an ideology of anti-Semitism and holocaust denial.

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CHINUCH ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

Mechanchim discuss “our children will be our guarantors” from the perspective of Yemos HaMoshiach and the imminent Geula. * Part 2 of 2.

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WOULD-BE SOTA SCENARIO?

“I’m on my way to work,” the husband calls out to his wife, “That electrician is still working on the fuse box, so I’m leaving the door ajar. Remember not to close it until he leaves!” Ten minutes later, when morning traffic and a cool wind disturb her household tasks, the wife—forgetful of the stranger in the basement until he comes upstairs in a trail of dust—had locked the door.

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“I HAVE NEVER FELT SO CLOSE AND CONNECTED”

Beis Moshiach wrote about the life and work of Reb Yehoshua Aryeh Dashiff a number of years ago (see issue #688). Now, sadly, besides some additional details, we are also sharing a glimpse into his final days, including a powerful family goodbye gathering, only one day before his passing, showing what it means to be a Chassid until the end.

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HISKASHRUS 101

We are now after the Yom Tov of Shavuos, and Chassidim are thinking about 28 Sivan-3 Tammuz and their Hiskashrus to the Rebbe. We all know that “…the true bond is created by studying Torah. When you study my maamarim, read the sichos and associate with those dear to me – the chassidic community and the T’mimim – in their studies and farbrengens, and you fulfill my request regarding saying T’hillim and observing Torah-study times, in this is the bond.” (HaYom Yom 24 Sivan)

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I WILL HASTEN IT – FROM HEAVEN

It is even possible that Moshiach will come only after the Resurrection of the Dead. * From Chapter Fifteen of Rabbi Shloma Majeski’s Likkutei Mekoros, Volume 2

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TO EVERY DATE, THERE’S A TIME

This is the story of two young men who became acquainted in a ‘Mitzvah Tank’ – a Lubavitcher chassid and a Jew who knew little about his Judaism. While initially the connection between them grew stronger, they eventually lost contact with one another as each of them followed his own path in life on different sides of the globe. Then, due to an error in a wedding invitation, they were shown evidence of the amazing ruach ha’kodesh of the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach.

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DOVID HA’MELECH: STILL KING OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE

Dovid HaMelech’s eternal state of life pertains to every single Jew who says, “Dovid Melech Yisroel chai v’kayam,” on a monthly basis, at the time of Kiddush Levana. * Through Dovid HaMelech, Dovid Malka Meshicha, one goes out of his own personal exile.

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