“During the interrogation, all were seen to have outstanding abilities, answering the questions like idiots who did not know a thing and did not even understand what they were asked” – a quote from the prosecution file against the members of the Tzemach Tzedek k’hilla who were arrested 84 years ago in Leningrad-Petersburg * The full story of the arrests which led to the collapse of the k’hilla.
As a senior military chaplain, R’ Yaakov Shmueli was very involved in mivtzaim and was a big help to shluchim who worked with IDF soldiers. * The story of an officer in the army (of the Rebbe).
The Torah details three forms of the skin disease known as nega’im or tzaraas which render a persontamei-ritually unclean. The afflicted individual, known as a Metzora, is quarantined and compelled to undergo a complex purification process before reentering the community.
Mr. Yossi Dagan, deputy chairman of the Shomron Regional Council, has been behind the modern industrial projects that have transformed the settlers’ public relations activities into a professionally well-oiled machine. In an exclusive “Beis Moshiach” interview, he discusses the way we can explain to the European Parliament why we have settled in Elon Moreh and how it is not “occupation”, what are the true facts regarding the population growth in the Shomron, and what the Israeli public opinion makers had to say after they visited the region for the first time in their lives. He had never heard about any international boycott of Yehuda and Shomron, which he classifies as one big joke. Dagan is unconcerned about another expulsion; on the contrary, he is certain that we have reached a “point of no return.” Therefore, the whole concept of a “Palestinian” state has evaporated, and there is now only one option: a sovereign Jewish state from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.
There are no statistics on the number of Russian immigrants to Eretz Yisroel who have become baalei t’shuva, but one of the people responsible for the Jewish-Chassidic revolution is R’ Ovadia Leibman of Rishon L’Tziyon. * Ovadia attended a spy school in the Soviet Union and completed a degree in electronic engineering and communication. He began searching for G-d and ultimately found Him in Judaism. * Today, he is the shliach for Russian speakers in Rishon L’Tziyon.
This is also the reason why the passing of tzaddik [the Rebbe Rayatz] is expressed by the term “hilula,” and not “histalkus.” Notwithstanding all the interpretations of “histalkus” – being an extremely lofty revelation of G-dliness, G-d’s light shining in a manner of siluk, transcendence, etc., it still does not express the ultimate intent – that this revelation is channeled into a specific avoda and corresponding action, as well as giving attention to detail in particular matters of the sort.
R’ Daniel Moskowitz, shliach in Chicago, died suddenly of a heart attack following surgery at the age of 59. A brief biography of a Chassid who tirelessly devoted himself to the Rebbe’s shlichus for 37 years.
Thousands of people in Nahariya in northern Eretz Yisroel and Chicago, Illinois owe their spiritual lives to two shluchim who dedicated their lives to drawing them close to Judaism and preparing their cities to greet Moshiach. * Numerous people sadly accompanied Rabbi Daniel Moskowitz a”h, shliach in Illinois, and R’ Yisroel Boruch Butman a”h, shliach in Nahariya at their funerals. * Ad Masai?
Ariel Zilber was one of Israel’s most revered singers and song writers for decades until he became a Lubavitcher Chassid and made his religious and shleimus ha’aretz views public. Since then, he has been ostracized. He almost received a lifetime achievement award from ACUM (the Israeli version of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) but was ultimately denied due to his political beliefs. * In a talk with Beis Moshiach, R’ Zilber discussed the changes in his life, about the courage to go against the stream, about the long journey to get acquainted with the inner world of Chabad and about his passionate connection to the Rebbe MH”M.
Every shliach knows that in addition to his work directing the Chabad House, filling the role of respected shliach, lecturing, setting policy, putting t’fillin on people, giving shiurim, etc. there are times when the shliach himself needs to roll up his sleeves and get involved in the physical work of the Chabad House. This week, we will read about shluchim and mekuravim who schlep boxes of food and renovate buildings, and the blessed results.
The Aramaic word k’shot has several translations that bring depth of meaning to this weeks parsha…
“The Rebbe loves us and showed us a love so great that we responded with an increase in spreading the wellsprings of Chassidus and the announcement of the Redemption.” After midnight, the Shoresh Interchange along the Tel Aviv-Yerushalayim highway was virtually free of traffic. Suddenly, the sight of flashing lights signaled repair work along the road. Rabbi Pinchas Kirschenzaft hit the brakes at the last possible moment, but the bus behind him slammed into the family car, crushing it completely. As a result, the two cars in front went flying – one into the opposite lane, the other on top of the car containing the four members of the Kirschenzaft family, including two small children. The drama, the horrific accident, the Ahavas Yisroel, and the great miracles – as told by the Baal HaMaaseh.
Presented to mark 21 Adar, the day that Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk, the student of the Maggid of Mezritch, passed away.
March 25, 2014