BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Thursday night, Gimmel Tammuz 13 Bochurim were given Smicha at Yeshivas Beis Menachem Mendel. The Flatbush Smicha program is run by Rabbi Yochon Morozov and Rabbi Motty Lipskar.
From the mouths of babes … you anchored strength – (psalms 8,3)Recently on a Shabbos in 770, I overheard a dialogue between a 12 and 22 year old. It was kind of a big/little brother schmooze, discussing their inspiration from the Rebbe.
From the mouths of babes … you anchored strength – (psalms 8,3)
Recently on a Shabbos in 770, I overheard a dialogue between a 12 and 22 year old. It was kind of a big/little brother schmooze, discussing their inspiration from the Rebbe.
The 12 year old who was born three years after Gimmel Tammuz 5754, turns to his mentor who was only seven at that time. Revealing the most powerful sentiments I ever heard describing the power of our most revered Rebbe.
MOSCOW, RUSSIA [AP] — Russia told a U.S. court on Friday that judges have no authority to tell the country how to handle sacred Jewish documents held in its state library that were seized by the Nazi and Soviet armies.
The documents are at the center of a lawsuit brought by members of Chabad-Lubavitch, which follows the teachings of Eastern European rabbis and emphasizes the study of the Torah. The group is suing Russia in U.S. court to recover thousands of manuscripts, prayers, lectures and philosophical discourses by leading rabbis dating back to the 18th century.
Pictures from the Wedding Yossi (ben R. Moshe) Freedman (Bahia Blanca, Argentina) and Chaya Mushka Wilansky (Portland, Maine) took place Monday in Portland, Maine.
Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi once received a silver snuffbox as gift. But the Rebbe did not want to put it to its intended use, remarking: “There is one part of the body which is not constantly seeking gratification – the nose. Should I train it, too, to be a pleasure-seeker?”
Instead, R’ Schneur Zalman found a more lofty use for the gift: he detached the snuffbox's cover and used it as a mirror to help him center the teffilin on his head.
This incident was once related to R’ Schneur Zalman's grandson, Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch. In conveying the incident the person stated that R’ Schneur Zalman “broke off” the cover of the snuffbox. Rabbi Menachem Mendel remarked: “No, no, my grandfather never broke anyone or thing. He merely removed the hinge-pin which connected the upper part to the lower.”
There is deep significance in Rabbi Menachem Mendel's clarification, observed the Lubavitcher Rebbe: While R’ Schneur Zalman’s entire life was devoted to sublimating the ordinary and elevating the mundane, still, he taught that the way to deal with the material world is not to repress or crush it, but to gently detach the upper from the lower: to extract, by harmonious and peaceful means, its lofty potential from its lowly enmeshments. Hence the statement: Rabbi Schneur Zalman would never have “broken off” the cover.
Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi once received a silver snuffbox as gift. But the Rebbe did not want to put it to its intended use, remarking: “There is one part of the body which is not constantly seeking gratification – the nose. Should I train it, too, to be a pleasure-seeker?”
Instead, R’ Schneur Zalman found a more lofty use for the gift: he detached the snuffbox’s cover and used it as a mirror to help him center the teffilin on his head.
This incident was once related to R’ Schneur Zalman’s grandson, Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch. In conveying the incident the person stated that R’ Schneur Zalman “broke off” the cover of the snuffbox. Rabbi Menachem Mendel remarked: “No, no, my grandfather never broke anyone or thing. He merely removed the hinge-pin which connected the upper part to the lower.”
There is deep significance in Rabbi Menachem Mendel’s clarification, observed the Lubavitcher Rebbe: While R’ Schneur Zalman’s entire life was devoted to sublimating the ordinary and elevating the mundane, still, he taught that the way to deal with the material world is not to repress or crush it, but to gently detach the upper from the lower: to extract, by harmonious and peaceful means, its lofty potential from its lowly enmeshments. Hence the statement: Rabbi Schneur Zalman would never have “broken off” the cover.
Earlier today a raffle was held for the children who participated Learn-a-Thon for Levi’s Torah. The Torah is being written in memory of Levi Yitzchak Wolowik OBM.
The Rebbe says:
1. In this week’s Torah portion Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses our teacher) and Aharon Hakohen (Aaron the High Priest) plead with Hashem not to destroy Korach’s entire congregation; rather, Hashem should just destroy Korach because he was the one who incited and convinced everyone to rebel against Moshe Rabbeinu.
The Torah says, “Hashem spoke to Moshe and Aharon, saying: ‘Separate yourselves from among this congregation and I will annihilate them in an instant’. They (Moshe and Aharon) fell upon their faces and they said, ‘Almighty, the G-d of the spirits of all flesh; if one man sins shall You be angry with the entire congregation?’”
Rashi comments on this verse and explains why Moshe and Aharon prefaced the words, “Almighty, the G-d of the spirits of all flesh”, before their actual argument of, “if one man sins shall you be angry with the entire congregation?”. Rashi explains that Moshe and Aharon were saying, “(Hashem You are the) Knower of thoughts. Your attributes are not like mortal attributes. A mortal king against whom some of his kingdom acted insolently does not know who the sinner is and therefore when he is angry he punishes them all. But You- to You all thoughts are revealed and you know who the sinner is. Therefore, “if one man will sin will You be angry with the entire congregation?”
In honor of Gimmel Tamuz Rabbi Shea Harlig of Chabad of Southern Nevada was invited to open todays session of the United States Senate in Washington. He was invited by Senate Democratic majority leader Harry Reid from Nevada.
In honor of Gimmel Tammuz and in connection with the recent publication of “My Encounter with the Rebbe, Volume Two” by Zalmon Jaffe, the staff at MyEncounter.com have released two exceptional photos of the Rebbe.
The Family […]
Greeting and Blessing:
In these days of Selichos and Rachamim, which bring the outgoing year to its end, and prepare for the new year, I am addressing these lines to you, hoping they will bring you some comfort.
In advance of publication Chabad.org released this letter in honor of the Rebbe’s 15th Yahrtzeit. To learn more about the Rebbe Visit TheRebbe.org.
The Family […]
Greeting and Blessing:
In these days of Selichos and Rachamim, which bring the outgoing year to its end, and prepare for the new year, I am addressing these lines to you, hoping they will bring you some comfort.
As in the years past, the Rebbes house was once again open for Tefilos. Last night a packed house Davend Maariv, and a sizeable crowd Davend Shacharis this morning. The house will be open a final time today at 3:15pm for Mincha.
SYDNEY, Australia [CHI] — A convoy of ten “Mitzva Tanks” conquered the streets of the city Sydney, Australia this Thursday, Gimel Tamuz, setting out from the “Yeshiva Center – Chabad Headquarters of NSW”.
TARZANA, CA [CHI] — Some 1000 people gathered at Chabad of the Valley’s headquarters in Tarzana, California Wednesday night to observe and commemorate Gimmel Tammuz, the 15th Yahrzeit Hilulah of the Rebbe.
Barely thirteen years old, standing on the newly built balcony outside Lubavitch World Headquarters under the ominously dark skies emitting an avalanche of rain upon those of us below, I watched as tens of thousands of men, women and children gathered on the corner of Eastern Parkway and Kingston Avenue.
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