Lacking the strength and fortitude to face the suffering of chevlei Moshiach, most Sages were willing to forgo being a part of the onset of the Messianic Era. Rav Yosef, however, was different
As the leader and prophet of our generation, the Rebbe has heralded the imminent redemption, yet still we wait and wait. As discussed in last week’s editorial, so much time has elapsed since then that the very dignity of our beloved Rebbe is at stake. We react with outrage and scream “ad masai?!” But how do we summon the audacity to approach the Alm-ghty with such intense emotions
As a result of the inspiration generated a little over one-and-a-half years ago by the commemoration of the fifty-year anniversary of the Rebbe launching the Tefillin Campaign, many bachurim and married men stepped up their involvement in the Rebbe’s mivtzaim, as part of their efforts to prepare the world to greet Moshiach. * That increase in activity led to a marked rise in the sale of tefillin and mezuzos, especially those categorized as “mivtzaim mezuzos” and “tefillin for mivtzaim.”
Rabbi Refael Doger’s farbrengens attract hundreds of people. R’ Doger was not born into Chabad, and only became acquainted with the Rebbe recently, but he lives with the Rebbe and talks about him with tremendous chayus. His enthusiasm draws others in his wake.
The very first subject discussed in this week’s parsha (which comes on the heels of the parsha that describes the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai and points to its centrality) concerns a Hebrew servant who is about to go free after serving his six-year term of indentured servitude.
It is now 27 years since the Rebbe MH”M announced the beginning of the fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecy “And they shall beat their swords into plowshares.” The world has certainly changed a lot—for the better
January 31, 2019