“AND THE NATIONS SHALL GO BY YOUR LIGHT”

“… the deputy mayor is someone who is regularly interested in what is going on with the Jewish people, Chassidim especially. He visited Yerushalayim, and attended one of the big Chassidic courts and saw their magnificent beis midrash. After that visit, he had great expectations of Chabad world headquarters. At first, he was disappointed, but on second thought he said to R’ Slavaticki, “It’s true that the beis midrash of that Chassidic group is bigger and more beautiful, but I want to help Chabad because I see that you are less involved in self-glorification and more committed to the entire world.””

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YOU HAVE FAILED MISERABLY, MR. PRIME MINISTER! IT’S TIME FOR YOU TO PACK YOUR BAGS!

How many times have we cried out that the Israel Defense Forces are being constrained by world opinion? The bitter truth revealed during the recent military operations is that we get a ringing slap in the face specifically when the Israeli government tries to appease the international community.

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THE MYSTERY OF THE BOOKS

I’m sure you enjoyed reading my previous article about what happened to us in old Sholom’s printing house. I am happy to report that the “Adventures of Shmuli and Berel in Sholom’s Print House,” if I can call it that, have not ended. All our friends in class already knew just how we bravely snuck into the print shop and managed to solve the difficult mystery that disturbed the peace of all who lived in our quiet house … (okay, now I’m writing exaggeratedly, like those who tell stories …).

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THE POWER OF A JEW TO WITHSTAND EXILE

Jews always have the power to withstand exile. Even when the will of a Jew in matters of holiness and Torah and Mitzvos is sometimes concealed, his true desire is to fulfill G-d’s will.

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THE CALL TO ACTION AFTER 70 YEARS

The passing of Rabbi Levi Yitzchok on Chaf Av emphasized a critical matter in his avoda throughout his life – mesirus nefesh for Klal Yisroel. * We need to learn a lesson for our lives, to act in this way too: forgoing our good for the good of someone else, devoting ourselves to the shlichus the Rebbe assigned to us, preparing the world to greet Moshiach.

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CHASSIDIM TELL STORIES

A compilation of stories about Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Schneersohn zt”l, presented for Chaf Av.

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“THE REBBE SAVED MY BUSINESS FROM THE MAFIA”

Eli Cohen, a businessman from Venezuela who had been in yechidus with the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach and didn’t ask for a thing, suddenly found himself in a desperate situation. When he passed by the local Chabad house one Shabbos and decided to go inside after hearing the sound of niggunim, he never dreamed what would take place as a result of this detour… An amazing story spanning nearly a quarter of a century after a private meeting with the Moshe Rabbeinu of our generation.

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FROM RABBANUS IN THE CAUCASUS TO MEA SH’ARIM

If we tried to picture the shliach of the Rebbe Rayatz to the Caucasus Mountains, the k’hilla in Batum in Georgia, the rav of the Chabad community in Samarkand, and the rav of a shul in Mea Sh’arim, we would surely think these are several different rabbanim. * R’ Nachum Shmaryahu Sossonkin was the one person who served in all these roles, and in all of them, he used his influence to spread the wellsprings outward and to connect people to the source of the spring, the Rebbe. * Presented to mark his passing on 19 Menachem Av.

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TORAH, TZ’DAKA, HEALTH, AND CARBON DATING

Beis Moshiach presents more of the Rebbe’s correspondence with the internationally renowned sculptor, Chaim Yaakov (Jacques) Lipchitz. Part 3.

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NOW! WOW!

“We want Moshiach now!” is a declaration, originally part of a song sung by children at summer camps, and endorsed and popularized by the Rebbe. In this refrain we give expression to our most heartfelt desire to see the unfolding of the Messianic Age through our righteous Moshiach.

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THE SECRET OF SUCCESS

Shliach R’ Tzvi Yosef (Herschel) Rabisky’s shlichus targets thousands of Russian Jews in Toronto. * His mekuravim see miracles of the Rebbe, but R’ Rabisky prefers to deal with the outreach work and shiurim than to tell about miracles. * He gives us a fascinating look at his work now as well as his work in Ladispoli, Italy in the early 90’s.

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RABBI LEVI YITZCHOK IN GALUS

Monday, 19 Shvat, 5700. R’ Levi Yitzchok Schneersohn, the Rebbe’s father, traveled by train under very difficult conditions. After many, exhausting hours, the train arrived in C’ili, a town far away in Kazakhstan.

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EVERY JEW MUST STRIVE FOR WEALTH

“A Jew must strive to be rich in the literal sense and in all respects, beginning with affluence in spirituality…” From Chapter Six of Rabbi Shloma Majeski’s Likkutei Mekoros (Underlined text is the compiler’s emphasis.)

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