Weekly Letter: Using the Term Tzivos Hashem for the Children’s Organization

The Yidden who are now leaving Mitzrayim are referred to as the army/tzivos of Hashem. In our letter this week, the Rebbe gives a clear answer to the correspondent who is questioning the advisability of using the term Tzivos Hashem for the children’s organization which the Rebbe established: Is it of good educational value to promote the ideas of the military and glorification of arms, wars and battlefields?

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After Months of Starts and Stops, the Tanya is Printed in Gaza

After months of frustrating starts and stops, Morgenstern—a Chabad rabbi, IDF chaplain and combat engineer with the Golani brigade—rushed to kibbutz Ein Hashalosha in the western Negev to pick up a portable book-printer and then sped to the Gaza border. There, he joined an armed convoy and headed into the heart of the war zone in Gaza, where he printed 100 copies of the Tanya.

AUDIO: Chamisha Asar B’Shvat

In honor of Chamisha Asar B’Shvat, the 15th of Shvat, which marks the new year for trees, Rabbi Michael Seligson has provided an overview of the day which includes: 1) The tree and its lessons, 2) Customs of the day, and 3) The day by the Rebbe.

Op-Ed: Is Chinuch A Second-Class Shlichus?

I turned to them and asked them, as I saw how dedicated these Temimim were, and asked them if any of them were thinking of becoming Shluchim in Mosdos Chinuch and they all said absolutely not! When I asked them why not, their response was that Chinuch is “second class shlichus” and they would like to be “first class Shluchim”.