Tuesday
Oct242017
A RADICAL INNOVATION IN TORAH
October 24, 2017True progress is when the innovation of the student stems from his hidden abilities, powers he did not even know he possessed
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Tuesday
Oct242017
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN THE ERA OF REDEMPTION
The Jewish people have been known by many names. Among them we can find Israel and Yehudi. But the first name used by the Torah is Ivri-Hebrew. Each name signifies a specific trait and virtue. Israel describes our mastery over other forces. Yehudi describes our recognition of, and gratitude to, G-d. But what does the name Ivri signify?
Tuesday
Oct242017
TRANSFORMING A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT ON SHLICHUS
How would you react if you visited a home to distribute matzos, and the person demurs politely saying, “Thanks, but I eat bread on Pesach.”? What would you do if you came to a community council meeting, and instead of welcoming you they hissed at you, “You can come in, but leave your religion outside.”? * That was the exact welcome that awaited R’ Avrohom Yitzchok Prodanshetsky, shliach of the Rebbe to Ganei Yochanan. According to him, those statements only spurred his desire to crack the wall of coldness with “brazenness of holiness” and lots of love and caring. * A fascinating glimpse into a huge shlichus in a small modest settlement.
Tuesday
Oct242017
ELEVATION VS. REVELATION
This week, the week of Parshas Lech Lecha, marks the beginning of our second journey through the HaYom Yom. We started the week of Parshas Lech Lecha last year and we intend to go through another year as well. Last year we focused on the HaYom Yom and the lessons to be learned in our Avoda to bring Moshiach. This year we will be adding something as well: a lesson from the sichos of 5738.
Tuesday
Oct242017
THE WHITE HOUSE HELPS GET THE REBBE RAYATZ OUT OF SOVIET RUSSIA
It is 90 years since the Rebbe Rayatz left Soviet Russia. * Historian R’ Shneur Zalman Berger uncovers the behind-the-scenes work of the president of the United States and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in helping the Rebbe and his family. * An astonishing historic documentation, based on a variety of sources, along with a fascinating review of the fundraising efforts in the U.S. to help the Rebbe Rayatz leave Russia
Tuesday
Oct242017
DON’T SMILE: YOU’RE ON CCTV
If one wishes to attend a dinner or Melaveh Malka for the benefit of a mosad (a religious institution), and they would like to pay using maaser money, they must first assess the dollar amount they would ascribe to the pleasure derived from such an event, including the food and the entertainment. (Other factors such as the market value or the mosad’s actual costs are irrelevant.) That amount must come out of their pocket, and anything beyond that may indeed be taken from maaser money, since it’s purely to support the cause.
Tuesday
Oct242017
MOTHERS OF THE T’MIMIM
They are women in their thirties who are already mothers to dozens of bachurim. Meet women who have devoted their lives to T’mimim living far from home. Their role combines work and modeling family life under the umbrella of a unique shlichus
Tuesday
Oct242017
FIFTY … FIFTY-FIVE YEARS
The Ventimiglia stop, France – on the border of Italy. Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn (later to be the Rebbe Rayatz) was on a long journey on behalf of his father, the Rebbe Rashab, which involved big projects on behalf of European Jewry. His schedule was packed. The following week he needed to visit Petersburg, Moscow, Smolensk, and Lubavitch in Russia, Kiev in the Ukraine, and meet with his father in the town of Menton in France.