Tuesday
Apr142015
TO ENGRAVE ON OUR MINDS AND HEARTS
April 14, 2015The Rebbe’s demand, “do all that you can,” needs to be engraved in our minds and hearts, to remind us and obligate us to do what it takes to bring the Geula.
Tuesday
Apr142015
TO WANT MOSHIACH BECAUSE THE SH’CHINA IS IN EXILE
Every Chassid and shliach has an ongoing daily mission: how to get yet another Jew to develop a “feel” for the spiritual, and really want Moshiach now!
Tuesday
Apr142015
WHAT IS IT THAT ONLY CHASSIDIM CAN DO?
On Motzaei Pesach 5751, I was sitting with some fellow shluchim and farbrenging about the special giluyim we had just merited. We spoke mainly about the Rebbe’s letter of 25 Adar which the Rebbe dedicated, in unique fashion, to the wonders that occurred during the Gulf War. The Rebbe wrote that these miracles were more apparent than those of Purim, and added that those who know what is going on behind the scenes comprehend more and more the wonders and miracles.
Tuesday
Apr142015
LITERARY GIANT & HUMBLE SHLIACH
The Chassid R’ Chanoch Glitzenstein a”h was one of the distinguished Chabad askanim in Eretz Yisroel since the beginning of the Rebbe’s leadership and was one of the people who brought the message of Chabad Chassidus to the Chassidim of other streams and to many others outside of Chabad. * He was a man who juggled many roles: writer and historian, menahel of Yeshivas Toras Emes and many other Chabad mosdos in Yerushalayim, as well as trusted shliach of the Rebbe on various secret missions. * A brief glimpse into his life.
Tuesday
Apr142015
THE IDLE IS AN IDOL
No sooner than the Mishkan, the temporary Sanctuary in the desert, is dedicated, the Torah proceeds to discuss the laws of Kashrus: which animals, fish and fowl are permissible for consumption.
Tuesday
Apr142015
MYSTERY OF THE HIDDEN TREASURE
“It has to be that, I’m telling you!” “And I’m telling you that it can be anything but that!” “You’re wrong!” This was the back and forth between Shimmy and Duvy. I stood on the side and listened to them while trying to come up with other possibilities that would solve the mystery.
Tuesday
Mar312015
PREPARING FOR PESACH IN A SPIRIT OF FREEDOM
We met with R’ Boaz Jurkowicz, rav of the Chabad community in Lud, for a talk about preparing for Pesach. He spoke about doing the preparations without stress or arguments; about spiritual preparations for Yom Tov; about the extra care taken on Pesach; and about the joy of the Yom Tov.
Tuesday
Mar312015
REVISITING THE EVENTS OF YUD-ALEF NISSAN 5752
“As he approaches his 90th birthday next month, the Rebbe’s power has never been greater.” With this sentence, a New York Times reporter described the Lubavitcher Rebbe in a magazine article entitled, The Oracle of Crown Heights, before 11 Nissan 5752.
Tuesday
Mar312015
INTERNALIZING THE FOOD OF FAITH
A compilation of stories and short sayings about Pesach from our Rebbeim and the great Chassidim over the generations.
Tuesday
Mar312015
“IN ORDER THAT YOU SHALL RECOUNT”
Chol HaMoed, the entire family sits together and munches on matza. For dessert, you might want to serve up a Chassidic tale. * For the holiday that is all about telling stories.
Tuesday
Mar312015
THE WORLD IS READY; THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE?
Today, more than ever, we can say with certainty: the world is ready. All the delays, all the obstacles, the perspective that maybe we should change or hide things so people will be receptive, are only in our heads. They don’t really exist. When we acknowledge that the problem is only with us, we can find a solution. * An essay from a seasoned Israeli journalist published in the winter of 5772.
Tuesday
Mar312015
My Pesach WITH THE REBBE
The unforgettable Pesach night with the Rebbe began one day in Nissan of 5724/1964 when R’ Moshe Leib Rodstein, the secretary of the Rebbe Rayatz and later the Rebbe’s secretary, asked me, “Are you interested in working upstairs?”
Tuesday
Mar312015
My Pesach WITH ONLY ONE BOTTLE OF WINE
I remember that seder until this very day even though over sixty years have passed since then!