Sunday
Mar202016
SEASONAL SHLUCHIM
March 20, 2016There are shluchim who are always on the move. They switch off between their seasonal shlichus and community life in Eretz Yisroel. How do their families handle the lack of permanence
Sunday
Mar202016
THE GALUS COMPLEX PARADOX
The Torah, in this week’s parsha, speaks of one who must atone in the event he may have committed a transgression but is unsure. He must bring an asham-a guilt offering. Although there was neither intention nor malice, nevertheless the Torah demands that he make atonement for the mere possibility that he had transgressed.
Sunday
Mar202016
ADDING SECULAR STUDIES IN MOROCCO
The lack of secular studies in the Chabad schools in Morocco was a thorny issue between the JDC and Chabad since the beginning * On Chabad: “They work honestly, cleanly, devotedly and sincerely” * Rabbi Gorodetsky: “It would be impossible at this stage to persuade the Rebbe to change his views” on secular studies * For Chabad this is “a matter of fundamental principle dictated by the Rebbe, and their overseas representatives, whether it be Rabbi Gorodetzki or anyone else, are bound by it * Part Eight
Sunday
Mar202016
THE KEEPER OF SECRETS
When starting to work on part two of the life of R’ Refael Wilschansky, about his work for the Lubavitch European Office known as the “Lishka,” I came up against a wall, for R’ Refael was a first class keeper of secrets. Upon his passing, he took with him nearly all the secrets. It was only with great effort that I managed to extract a few crumbs about his great work.
Sunday
Mar202016
EVEN THE WAGON DRIVER KNEW
The Chassid R Yehuda (Yudel) Chein was known to be extraordinarily hospitable. Although he lived in Nevel, a town full of Chassidim and men great in Torah, Chassidus and Ahavas Yisroel, R’ Yudel surpassed them all.
Sunday
Mar202016
HOW TO TEACH CHASSIDUS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC
How to respond to questions asked during a shiur. * For which questions do you need to prepare and what do you do when you don ’t know the answer? * What sort of learning hastens the Geula? * Principles, advice and examples to promote Mivtza Hakhel when giving shiurim in Chassidus to the “outside.” * Fifth article in a series
Sunday
Mar202016
‘HOW CAN I CURSE MOSHIACH’S MOST PRECIOUS GIFT?’
Erev Shabbos. The home of R’ Zev of Zbarizh was hustling and bustling. The rebbetzin rushed around in the kitchen while the Rebbe did his physical and spiritual preparations for the coming of the Shabbos Queen. Suddenly, in the midst of the commotion, there was a knocking at the door.
Thursday
Mar102016
THE RESOLUTION TO ADD IN ACTS OF KINDNESS BRINGS GEULA
The very resolution to do so immediately brings about the reward, the advent of the redemption, this very instant. * Final entry of Chapter Five of Rabbi Shloma Majeski’s Likkutei Mekoros Vol. 2. (Underlined text is the compiler’s emphasis.)
Thursday
Mar102016
MOSHIACH’S SEIFER TORAH
Parshas P’kudei is the culmination of Seifer Shmos. In the Hakhel year of 5748 there was a special siyum seifer Torah that took place in 770 that week. It was a seifer Torah donated by shluchim around the world, in honor of the memory of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka who had just passed away the previous month. During the Farbrengen on Shabbos, the Rebbe spoke of the significance of the Siyum Seifer Torah and connected it to the year of Hakhel.
Thursday
Mar102016
THE POWER OF SO
The book of Exodus ends with the completion of the Mishkan (Tabernacle, the portable Sanctuary in the desert). The efforts of the Jewish people are summed up
Thursday
Mar102016
PASSING OF A LOYAL CHASSID
R’ Refael (Fole) Wilschansky’s refined face did not disclose the tremendous suffering he endured in life. * From his childhood in underground yeshivos in Kursk and Berditchev, escaping a Soviet orphanage and his wanderings during World War II. * He finally left Russia in 1947 and was one of the first Chassidim to arrive in Paris, where he served the public and helped many refugees by direct instructions of the Rebbe Rayatz. * Part I
Thursday
Mar102016
HOW TO MAINTAIN BITACHON THROUGH THICK AND THIN
To always be happy (one of the indicators of Bitachon) can be challenging at times. Constant progression is a common human trait, whether in Torah study, business, mivtzaim projects or the like. No one wants to be at a standstill; people generally wish to grow and move up and ahead
Wednesday
Mar022016
MOSHIACH WILL TEACH US THE YECHIDA OF TORAH
From Chapter Five of Rabbi Shloma Majeski’s Likkutei Mekoros Vol. 2