A person can recharge by participating in a Chassidishe farbrengen. And on a daily basis, in order to maintain their charge and connection, Baalei Battim, married individuals, should maintain Kvius Itim LaTorah, set times for learning Torah. Bachurim should keep to their yeshiva’s daily schedule, to keep and increase in radiance. * Stories from a Farbrengen with Rabbi Yaakov Goldberg.
The papers were distributed and the rabbi read and explained, the way R’ Schmerling knows how. Everyone visualized themselves joining the dancing in the Beis HaMikdash.
In times of darkness, which is the state of exile, it is difficult for a person to appreciate this unity. Even the simple meaning of G-d’s unity that negates other forces can be a challenge to some in exile due to the multitude of competing forces that vie for our allegiance.
A biographical sketch of the Chassid, R’ Tzemach Gurevitch, son of the famous shadar, R’ Yitzchok (Itche) Masmid. * Presented to mark his yahrtzait on 18 Tammuz.
A moving story about feeling Geula even in prison. * Presented for the Chag Ha’Geula, 12-13 Tammuz.
About the relationship between the Rebbe Rayatz and Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, despite the physical distance between them and the difference in their ideologies and approach. Letters on communal matters were sent from Lubavitch to Yerushalayim and from Yerushalayim to Lubavitch. The Rebbe then met R’ Sonnenfeld in person when he visited Eretz Yisroel in 5689. * Presented for 12-13 Tammuz.
Yaakov Avinu did not pass away; he faded, as one who went into a faint.
Arabs understand nothing short of real strength. They never heard of restraint as a form of strength. In their eyes, restraint is an expression of weakness that invites terror, time and time again.
Will Kohanim who are lefties serve in the Beis HaMikdash in the times of Moshiach? Will lefties become righties when Moshiach comes? The answer depends on whether being a lefty is a medical condition…
R’ Shneur Zalman Slonim, a Chabad rabbi in Chevron and Yaffo, brought the light of Chassidus to Eretz Yisroel. * He was called “my grandson” by the Rebbe Rashab in his letters to him. * About the life and activities of the Chassid who heard hours upon hours of maamarim in yechidus, to mark the day of his passing on 11 Tammuz.
For Gimmel Tammuz, a day to strengthen one’s hiskashrus to the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach, we spoke with the Chabad rosh yeshiva in Tzfas, one of the Rebbe’s shluchim to Eretz Yisroel, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Wilschansky. * How and when should we explain that the Rebbe is chai v’kayam? * How should we regard those who have adopted Chabad’s methods? * How can we achieve achdus? * Part 2
If Abraham had shown his visitors how distasteful their presumed idolatry was to him and how he would personally exert himself to cleanse them of it, it might have had a powerful impact on them. They would have been left with the impression that any trace of idolatry—even the residual dust on one’s feet—is not welcome in a person’s home. Even the smallest vestige of idolatry is lethal.
The city of Petersburg (Leningrad) was founded a little over 300 years ago. * Petersburg is the only city visited by all seven Chabad leaders, and it is no coincidence that Chassidic life flourished there as it continues to do till today. * Beis Moshiach spoke with a few Chassidim who lived in Petersburg (then Leningrad) in their youth and returned to visit fifty years later: R’ Yehuda Leib (Leibel) Mochkin, R’ Zushe Gross, and Mrs. Rochel Zamir.
June 20, 2013