Wednesday
Mar072012
NO, NO, MY SON! I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU ALONE!
March 7, 2012After the passing of her husband and two daughters, Heishke’s mother dragged herself to the Uzbeki hospital. But she won this battle – for Heishke.
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Wednesday
Mar072012
30 CYCLES OF BRINGING MOSHIACH
This past week world Jewry celebrated a special milestone. The “Global Campaign for the Study of Rambam” celebrated its 30th cycle of completing the Rambam. * Rabbi Gershon Avtzon, Rosh Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati, presents the story and history of the “Rambam Takana,” and the connection to Moshiach.
Wednesday
Mar072012
FEARLESS FAITH
Eli, dressed as Mordechai, begins: “What is happening here in Shushan? Haman has just convinced Achashverosh to let him send out a decree to destroy the Jews r”l. Nothing happens down here without being decreed above. So if I analyze the situation down here and apply it up there, maybe I’ll know what’s doing up there and apply it down here, so that up there and down here the decree will be annulled.
Wednesday
Mar072012
THE PURIM MAAMER THAT WAS SAID TWICE
A compilation of Chassidic stories about the Rebbe Rayatz from the notes of Rabbi Avrohom Weingarten a”h • L’ilui nishmas his son, Reb Matisyahu Aryeh Leib H”yd.
Wednesday
Mar072012
WHEN YOU REALLY WANT IT
Stories about shluchim and their friends in which, thanks to their strong desire to do what was important to them, they were successful.
Wednesday
Mar072012
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE AND DEVOTION
In memory of a special woman, Mrs. Fania Branover a”h, wife of the devoted Chassid and celebrated scientist, Professor Herman (Yirmiyahu) Branover.
Wednesday
Mar072012
NASI AND CHASSID ON PURIM
The President of Israel, Mr. Shneur Zalman Rubashov (Shazar), visited the Rebbe on Purim 5731/1971. He was present for the Megilla reading, followed by a lengthy private audience. The entire event was simultaneously regal and congenial, both festive and somber, and made a deep impression on all present.
Wednesday
Mar072012
FROM ROSH YESHIVA TO REBBE
Moshiach’s role as the one who ushers in the final Redemption has yet to materialize. The world is still shrouded in darkness even as we anticipate the Redemption every day. What can we do to see his radiant face and translate that light into the end of the darkness of exile?
Wednesday
Mar072012
RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD ON MOTZAEI PURIM
The doctor who had treated him was invited to his bar mitzva. He described the hours when none of them believed he would survive, but G-d willed otherwise and he received his life as a gift. The gentile fireman who brought Pesachya out of the burning house was also invited. He was asked to speak but he declined, saying that it was not he who had saved the child but the Rebbe.
Tuesday
Mar062012
POURING OUT THE BLESSING OF REDEMPTION
The Zohar’s statement begs the well-known question: How can it be said that women are “exempt from Mitzvos”? Women are actually obligated in the majority of the Mitzvos! * The Kos Shel Bracha of the Future Era entails the revelation of the essence of G-d, which is connected with the essence of a Jew, a Jew’s inner core which transcends Torah and Mitzvos.