CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — When speaking to the soldiers in Tzivos Hashem, the Rebbe would refer to them as being on the front lines in Hafotzas Hamyonos and they are the ones who will bring Moshiach.
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“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1)
“The word “bereishis” is also an [divine] utterance” (Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 32a).
In the very beginning of chapter five of פרקי אבות we are taught that בעשרה מאמרות נברא העולם (“the world was created by the means of ten [divine] utterances”). For example, when the Torah relates “And G-d said: Let there be luminaries,” the sources of light in this world came into being; and when “G-d said: Let the earth bring forth living creatures,” at that moment all animal kinds and creatures were created.
In 1798, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi was imprisoned. He was held in the Peter-Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia, on the charge that his teachings of Chassidism undermined the imperial authority of the Czar.
Among his interrogators was a government minister who possessed broad knowledge of the Bible and Jewish studies. On one occasion, the minister asked the Rebbe if he could explain the verse: “And G-d called out to the man and said to him: Where are you?” (Genesis 3:9). Did G-d not know where Adam was?
Rabbi Schneur Zalman first offered him the simple explanation that is presented in the classic commentaries: “Where are you,” was merely a prelude. . .
“What Rashi says I already know,” replied the minister. “I was hoping to hear a deeper interpretation .”
The Rebbe then offered the following explanation: G-d inquired of Adam “Where are you in the world?" I.e. Do you understand the nature and purpose of your existence? G-d obviously knew where Adam was; His question was did Adam know where he was. “Where are you?” continued the Rebbe, “is G-d’s perpetual call to every man.”
Man’s essential quality is his image; his higher human form. – The Magid of Mezritch
In 1798, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi was imprisoned. He was held in the Peter-Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia, on the charge that his teachings of Chassidism undermined the imperial authority of the Czar.
Among his interrogators was a government minister who possessed broad knowledge of the Bible and Jewish studies. On one occasion, the minister asked the Rebbe if he could explain the verse: “And G-d called out to the man and said to him: Where are you?” (Genesis 3:9). Did G-d not know where Adam was?
Rabbi Schneur Zalman first offered him the simple explanation that is presented in the classic commentaries: “Where are you,” was merely a prelude. . .
“What Rashi says I already know,” replied the minister. “I was hoping to hear a deeper interpretation .”
The Rebbe then offered the following explanation: G-d inquired of Adam “Where are you in the world?” I.e. Do you understand the nature and purpose of your existence? G-d obviously knew where Adam was; His question was did Adam know where he was. “Where are you?” continued the Rebbe, “is G-d’s perpetual call to every man.”
Man’s essential quality is his image; his higher human form. – The Magid of Mezritch
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — In part of production of the upcoming release The Early Years, Volume IV, JEM went to the Library of Agudas Chassidei Chabad to take pictures and footage of the precious documents and manuscripts the Rebbe took out of war-locked Europe.
NEW YORK, NY [AP] — Arguing that New York needs his financial skill to guide it through the crisis on Wall Street, Mayor Michael Bloomberg persuaded City Council to amend the term-limits law Thursday so that the billionaire independent can run for re-election next year.
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