This video was shot on location in the stadium and on the turf where the games are taking place. The rabbis are actual Chabad rabbis in Capetown, South Africa, and no rabbis or players were hurt in the making of this film.
South African residents have been waiting in anticipation for the Fifa 2010 soccer world cup, yet Chabad of South Africa has begun its operations and preparations way in advance, with an expected influx of jewish tourists from all over the globe.
Directors of Chabad House Rabbi Dovid Masinter and Rabbi Michael Katz are being assisted by bochurim; Aharon Mendel Adelist, Dovid Rendler and Shuie Gestetner.
Following three episodes of the first “Story Hour” series, which was presented in honor of Yud Beis-Yud Gimmel Tammuz, comes the fourth and final in the series centered on the arrest and liberation of the Frierdiker Rebbe.
During a stopover in Sacramento, on a flight from Seattle to San Francisco, sat a blind man with a guide-dog lying quietly underneath the seat in front of him.
It became obvious to the passengers on board that the man had flown this very same flight before when the pilot approached him and calling him by name said, “Keith, we’re in Sacramento, would you like to get up and stretch your legs?”
The blind man replied, “No thanks, but perhaps the dog would like to stretch.”
Picture the scene at the gate when travelers waiting to board the flight, looked up and saw the pilot, who happened to be wearing sunglasses, coming down the gangplank lead by a guide-dog!
Not only have the passengers scattered within seconds, scrambling to change planes, many insisted on not flying the same airlines!
The Avner Institute would like to present a photo from the historic visit of Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin with the Rebbe; This meeting took place prior to Begin’s trip to Washington. Special thanks for the photo goes to Dan Patir, who served as adviser to two of Israel’s prime ministers. To learn more about the Rebbe visit: www.portraitofaleader.org
The Rebbe says:
1. This week’s Torah portion tells us the famous story regarding Pinchas (Phinehas) and how he killed Zimri the prince of the tribe of Shimon (Simeon), thereby pleasing Hashem greatly Who declared that Pinchas deserves a reward for, “zealously avenging My vengeance”.
2. Our Sages tell us regarding the Oral Law (Torah Shebal Peh) that “it is impossible for scholars of the Study Hall to conduct a session without expounding a novel teaching”. If this is the case regarding the Oral Law, surely regarding the Written Law (Torah Shebichsav), from which our Sages learn numerous laws from even one letter, there must be a novelty in the story of Pinchas.
(3. Here is a summary of the story about Pinchas which is told at the end of last week’s Torah portion (Parshas Balak):
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