This week · Shabbos 15 Tishrei 5787
Yom Kippur
Going on High on Yom Kippur
For decades he walked a long distance every Yom Kippur to make a minyan on yishuv Orot, pulling the residents out of their homes to come and daven. He blessed Jews with the priestly blessing on the Rebbe’s explicit instruction.
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Should a child shake a lulav the first day of Sukkos?
A collection of relevant halachos regarding Sukkos from AskTheRav.com & Halacha2Go.com By Horav Yosef Yeshaya Braun, Mara D’asra and member of the Crown Heights Beis Din
Shleimus HaAretzPolitical Unity or Uniformity?
While it’s been good to hear all the talk about uniting the religious and right-wing parties, this unity must be real, disqualifying no one and opening the door to everyone. Only this type of unity will send a clear message to the public at-large, enabling a united list of candidates to garner a con · The election atmosphere that has captured the attention of the citizens of Eretz Yisroel didn’t just pop out of nowhere. The country’s political machinery has been working for several months in preparation for the official start of the election campaign, and all the various parties are now off and…
TishreiI Won the Raffle!
The trip to New York was long and hard and lasted a week. We were very excited, and on the way we told stories about Chassidim traveling to the Rebbe and learned maamarim about the special quality of Tishrei. · The first time I had the privilege of being with the Rebbe was in 5723/1963. A raffle for a ticket was held in Tammuz and the people who had bought tickets were very excited. Everyone was hoping to win that raffle.
Yom KippurNo Need to Worry
After the Rebbe’s traditional blessing on Erev Yom Kippur of 5729 (1969), the Rebbe’s secretary, Reb Leibel Groner, wrote to the Rebbe that “some pointed out and are worried that in the Bracha of Erev Yom Kippur after Mincha, i n which the Rebbe Shlita blessed Klal Yisrael, the usual blessing of “a… · It was said clearly — as an independent statement– after the conclusion of the Bracha to the Bochurim שי’ at the conclusion of Erev Yom HaKippurim and at the onset of the Holy Day [of Yom Kippur]
Daze of Exile, Days of Moshiach
The exodus contains a secret of how we can break free from everything that holds us down or limits us in any way - something that is possible even now, before there’s a throne in Jerusalem.
G-d, My Bestie
If the Sukka represents G-d’s love for the Jewish people, wouldn’t the Baal Shem Tov, the great champion of Ahavas Yisroel, want to beautify his Sukka in every way possible? Why then did he rely on leniencies?
The week’s question
From the archive
Why Does the Rebbe Oppose Autonomy?
“If they have to evacuate an outpost, they shouldn’t do it on Shabbos,” said Jewish Home chairman Naftali Bennett. In other words, he essentially has no problem with the fact that they’re destroying other Jewish homes, just as long as they don’t do any work on Shabbos. These politicians have totally · Recently, an Israeli politician was a guest on one of the public affairs television programs for a pre-election interview. The host introduced him, and then proceeded to make an analysis of the political map in Eretz Yisroel today.
How Deadly Cruise Missiles Became the Lifesaving “CyberKnife”
Radiation and radioactive materials have been used in medical procedures for decades. Especially in the case of a brain tumor, radiation has the obvious advantage of eliminating the need to open the patient’s skull to operate on his brain —if it would work.
Moshiach – The Derech Ha’yeshara to Hiskashrus
R’ Gershon Avtzon: Principal of the Lubavitch yeshiva in Cincinnati. At 18 he ran a summer camp in a number of European countries. He authored a book of essays on inyanei Moshiach and Geula. A well-known educator and lecturer.
Unification in Physics… Unity of the Creator
Moshiach and Science Conference at Hebrew University · “By revealing the Yechida in the soul of every Jew—which is the Part of Moshiach in each and every Jew… there comes about the revelation of the general Yechida which is Moshiach Tzidkeinu.
He’s a New Rebbe Every Day
Reb Leibel Groner offers us a rare glimpse into the Rebbe’s inner sanctum, along with some lessons we can draw from the Rebbe’s tireless devotion to the welfare of others.
See What You Want to See
25. The Zohar comments on the verse, “Your nation consists entirely of tzaddikim”: “one who is circumcised is called ‘ tzaddik.’” The Rebbe Maharash cites this Zohar and teaches that also “when it says, ‘(Cast your burden upon G-d, and He will bear you) He shall never allow a righteous man to falter [in making a living ],’ this is said…
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