When the editor texted me asking for a column about a special seder in my life, the first thought I had was that I could whip up an article like that in a second. How many words? I texted him back. 600/700 he responded. No problem, I’ll send it, I wrote him.
Thirty-eight years ago, like today, we lived in Afula. For Pesach 5736/1976 we planned to be with our parents which is why, although we cleaned the house, we did not kasher the kitchen. Instead, we packed our suitcases, shopped and were busy with Mivtza Matza.
One of the significant aspects of the Seder is the emphasis we place on questions, and specifically, the Four Questions.
Naava Karmon has many miracle stories to share as well as her journey from Moldavia, working in the high-tech arena and becoming a baalas t’shuva through Arachim, and finally becoming a shlucha of the Rebbe.
This Shabbos is Shabbos HaGadol, the Shabbos before 11 Nissan and Chag Ha’Pesach. These two Yomim Tovim complement each other. Chazal tell us that Pesach not only marks the liberation from Mitzrayim but also marks the beginning of the process of the final Geula. The process of geula will ultimately culminate through the avoda of Melech HaMoshiach, whose birthday is 11 Nissan.
A group of Chabad Chassidim from the city of Telenesht (a city in Bessarabia [now Moldova] in Eastern Europe) made its way to Lubavitch in order to see the third Rebbe, the Tzemach Tzedek. It was a long journey in those days, from their homes to the capitol of Chabad Chassidus. They wanted to spend Pesach with the Rebbe and had left home a few days after Chanuka.
The doctor’s grim face did not bode good tidings. He cleared his throat and said, “A tumor was found in your head and your condition is quite serious.”
The purpose of the test is actually that it should be confronted and overcome. By doing so, the concealment is pushed away and nullified and the truth is revealed.
The shliach who served 71 years on shlichus under the Rebbe Rayatz and the Rebbe MH”M, 66 of the years in Springfield, MA. * He built schools and a Torah network, led the charge in the battle for the hearts and minds of American Jewish youth, inspiring thousands to a life of Torah and Mitzvos. * A brief sketch of the life of the “American boy” who turned into an “old world Chassid.” * Rabbi Dovid Edelman a”h.
Shmuel Gruzman, shliach to Moshava Migdal which is near Teveria, related: Those who live in Eretz Yisroel are used to the phenomenon of yeshiva bachurim who did not learn in Tomchei T’mimim, touring Eretz Yisroel. Teveria and its environs are frequently visited by them.
How do you prevent an adolescent from reaching a crisis point? What are the conditions and reasons that create a divide between parents and children? How can we protect our children from the danger of democracy that has destroyed all preexisting standards and when the way of the Torah is that parents and grandparents are the authorities? Transcribed from a lecture to parents and educators by veteran mechanech, R’ Nachman Yosef Twersky. * Part 1
A Lubavitcher Chassid was making a simcha. He went to look for a hall that would meet all his needs. After much research he went to a certain hall in a hotel in Netanya.
The mashpia, R’ Chaim Alter Nissan Shimon Simchovitz, who was known as R’ Alter Simchovitz, was born to Yitzchok and Chaya Miriam, a family that was descended from the Vilna Gaon. He was born in Pochep in Belarus at the beginning of 5650/1889. His father’s uncle was R’ Yitzchok Elchonon Spektor, renowned posek and leader of Lithuanian Jewry.
March 30, 2015