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King Moshiach (video Hebrew with English subtitles)

2011-10-28T12:36:00.000-07:00

The Prophecies of the Rebbe King Messiah are Popular in Vatican.

2011-08-26T12:58:00.000-07:00

B"H
The Rambam writes in the Laws regarding Kings and their wars and the laws of King Moshiach that:

"Jesus of Nazareth who aspired to be the Moshiach and was executed by the court was also spoken of in Daniel's prophecies [Daniel 11:14], "The renegades among your people shall exalt themselves in an attempt to fulfill the vision, but they shall stumble."

"Can there be a greater stumbling block than [Christianity]? All the prophets spoke of Moshiach as the redeemer of Israel and their savior, who would gather their dispersed ones and strengthen their [observance of] the mitzvos. In contrast [the founder of Christianity] caused the Jews to be slain by the sword, their remnants to be scattered and humiliated, the Torah to be altered, and the majority of the world to err and serve a god other than the L-rd."

"Nevertheless, the intent of the Creator of the world is not within the power of man to comprehend, for [to paraphrase Yeshayahu 55:8] His ways are not our ways, nor are His thoughts our thoughts. [Ultimately,] all the deeds of Jesus of Nazareth and that Ishmaelite [i.e. Mohammed] who arose after him will only serve to pave the way for the coming of Moshiach and for the improvement of the entire world, [motivating the nations] to serve G-d together, as it is written [Zephaniah 3:9], "I will make the peoples pure of speech so that they will all call upon the Name of G-d and serve Him with one purpose."

"How will this come about? The entire world has already become filled with talk of [the supposed] Messiah, as well as of the Torah and the mitzvos. These matters have been spread among many spiritually insensitive nations, who discuss these matters as well as the mitzvos of the Torah. Some of them [i.e. the Christians] say: "These commandments were true, but are not in force in the present age; they are not applicable for all time." Others [i.e. the Moslems] say: "Implied in the commandments are hidden concepts that cannot be understood simply; the Messiah has already come and revealed them."

"When the true Messiah king will arise and prove successful, his [position becoming] exalted and uplifted, they will all return and realize that their ancestors endowed them with a false heritage; their prophets and ancestors cause them to err."

We can clearly see this coming to fruition worldwide as many abandon false beliefs and embrace the truth.
When even those who sit at the helm of the biggest church are watching, sharing, favoriting the the video detailing many of the prophecies of the Rebbe King Messiah Shlit"a:

it becomes even more apparent how the light of Moshiach penetrates into the depth of darkness to heal, purify and enliven the whole world.

Noahide.org gmail hacked 3 weeks no help from Google.

2011-08-01T12:52:00.001-07:00

21 Years Ago same day : "Those who want to harm the Jewish people can be uprooted."

2011-05-03T20:30:00.000-07:00

Miracles A Chanukah Film

2010-12-01T14:29:00.001-08:00

A morning sun rises in fiery splendor; a newborn baby enters the world. We witness miracles everyday and may sometimes take them for granted.

Vote Shaloh and win an I-Pad

2010-08-09T06:09:00.001-07:00

B"H
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The Rebbe approves proclamation "Yechi haMelech!"-"Long live the king!" 4th of Nissan 5748 (1988)

2010-07-15T09:02:00.000-07:00

The Rebbe approves proclamation "Yechi haMelech!"-"Long live the king!" 4th of Nissan 5748 (1988)
בליל ד' מר חשוון תשמ"ח בעת יציאת הרבי שליט"א מלך במשיח לרכבו, נשמע יהודי מכריז לכיוונו של כ:ק אדמו"ר את ההכרזה 'יחי המלך' והרבח מעודדו בידיו הקדושות

The Rebbe talks about the meaning and importance of this proclamation 2 days before:

Queen Esther & Starbucks - Purim Torah from Egypt:

2010-02-28T00:59:00.000-08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO2NqMeOSuo
Happy Purim!

Does This Song Sound Familiar?

2010-02-04T05:19:00.001-08:00

This guy was playing this at the Satue of Liberty in NYC. he said a rabi taught him this song ands its called "Yekki".

Generation of the Redemption ( Dor HaGeula) with English subtitles.

2010-01-16T15:09:00.001-08:00

Освобождение пришло!

2009-11-29T04:50:00.001-08:00

Yeshiva Tiferes Menachem

2009-07-14T11:31:00.001-07:00

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The Coolest Yeshivah on the East Coast!

Yad Chessed - Repairing the World One Person at a Time

2009-04-07T00:21:00.000-07:00

By the grace of G-d

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Wishing everyone Chag Pesach Kosher veSame'ach

Rabbi Ariel Sokolovsky

Chief Rabbi Confirms Gaza Miracle Story

2009-01-20T13:32:00.000-08:00

Chief Rabbi Confirms Gaza Miracle Story

by Hillel Fendel

(IsraelNN.com) Former Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, recovering from a life-threatening disease, prayed several times at Rachel’s Tomb before the recent war in Gaza. Informed that an “old woman” saved IDF soldiers’ lives in Gaza, he said, “Did she mention that I sent her?”

The story was first told by Rabbi Lazer Brody, a rabbi in Ashdod who “devotes his time to spreading faith around the globe via Breslov Israel and the Emuna Outreach organization” that he founded. Rabbi Brody told IsraelNationalNews that he receives many phone calls in the framework of his work – including a particularly noteworthy one about two weeks ago. “The caller, an Israeli man, was clearly knowledgeable about how IDF infantry troops operate,” the rabbi and former IDF special-unit veteran said, “and this is what he told me:”

‘My son is in the Givati Brigade, and his unit’s job is to clean out areas around Gaza City. Outside one house, a woman dressed in black appeared and started yelling at them in Arabic, ‘Ruchu min hon – Get out of here! It’s dangerous!’ The troops thought she might be trying to protect her family, but they didn’t want to take chances; the company commander called the regiment commander, and they went on to their next target. There, too, the same woman appeared and gave the same warning. The soldiers thought she probably came somehow through the tunnel network that Hamas had set up between houses, and one of the soldiers even yelled at her… Then they went to a third house – and the same woman appeared again. This time, all the soldiers froze.

‘The soldiers then hooked up with a Golani Engineering force whose job it was to blow up houses that were found to be booby-trapped. My son’s unit asked them to check these three houses – and they found that all three of the houses that the woman had warned them away from had been booby-trapped.”

The story did not receive high-level confirmation, though it made the ranks of the rumor mills - and many dismissed it as just that. Then, on Monday night of this week, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, the Chief Rabbi of Tzfat and son of former Chief Rabbi of Israel Mordechai Eliyahu, was teaching students in Machon Meir in Jerusalem about the sublime level of soldiers fighting on behalf of Israel. In this connection, he said:

“There are soldiers who have been telling that in some places where they went in, there was a woman who told them not to enter certain buildings because they were booby-trapped, and that she said her name was Rachel... I asked a certain Yeshiva dean about this story, and he told me that it wasn’t a ‘story,’ but that he actually knew one of the soldiers involved, and he told me his name.

Click here to watch Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu telling the story in Hebrew

"Then the Yeshiva dean asked me if it was in any way connected with the fact that my father, Rabbi Eliyahu, had left the hospital before the war and went to pray not once, not twice, but three times at Rachel’s Tomb, and went nowhere else to pray? I told him I didn’t know, but that I would ask.

“In truth, I was a little bit afraid to ask him, because he usually dismisses these kinds of stories… But I decided to go, and I asked him, ‘Do you remember that you told us one time about Rabbi Shalom Mutzafi, of blessed memory, during World War II, when the Germans seemed about to enter the Holy Land, and he prayed at Kever Rachel against the decree, and he said that he actually saw Rachel praying. [My father] said yes, he remembers.

“So I told him about this story that I had heard, and I asked him, ‘Should we believe it? Is it truth?’ And he said, 'Yes, it’s true.’ I asked him to explain, and he said - in these words: 'I told her: Rachel, a war is on! Don’t withhold your voice from crying [based on Jeremiah 31,14-16]! Go before G-d, and pray for the soldiers, who are sacrificing themselves for the Nation of Israel, that they should strike - and not be stricken.'

"I told him, “Well, you should know that she really did that.” So he asked, “Did she mention that I sent her?”

“Everyone should then make his own calculation,” Rabbi Eliyahu the son then continued. “If this is the great level of the soldiers, and if this is the great power of prayer, then how can anyone say anything against them?...”

IsraelNN.com

Foremother Rachel protected our soldiers in Gaza

2009-01-19T19:02:00.000-08:00

Sholem Lougov http://Moshiach.ru
There are reports from the battlefield in Gaza about a woman who saved Israeli soldiers several times. Eyewitnesses claim that the woman told them that she is foremother Rachel and was sent to guard them. One of the soldiers spoke on Israel Radio with a story about it. It also written about on the Israeli web-sites ...
Here's one of those stories ...
The group of soldiers from the «Golani» Brigade conducting the raid on the streets of Gaza was going to enter into one of the buildings. Suddenly, at the entrance in front of them a woman, whose face was covered by a cloak. The commander of the
squad addressed her in Arabic and asked to leave the building. She replied asking them in good Hebrew: «Get out of here, the building is mined!» Captain paid no heed to her words and soldiers continued to move forward, then the woman screamed again: «Go, building is mined!» Then the soldiers retreated and tried to enter into another house. But the same woman appeared at the entrance, who repeated the same words. Infected detachment commander, who first took her to be an Arab asked how does she know Hebrew. The woman replied that she is the foremother Rachel - was sent from heaven to help the soldiers in the merit of Psalms that Jews around the world read for success. The soldiers obeyed and withdrew. A few minutes later, both houses have exploded in front of their eyes.
Some among the soldiers were people very non observant of commandments , but their tears flowed after experiencing such a miracle ... Later, the commander reported the story to Rabbi Mazuz from Bnei Brak.
http://www.moshiach.ru/view/miracles/4405.html
(translated by Ariel Sokolovsky)

The Lubavitcher Rebbe King Moshiach on Israel's Security

2008-12-28T23:03:00.000-08:00

Rabbinical Congress for Peace reminds Obama of G-d's promise

2008-11-08T16:38:00.000-08:00

The Rabbinical Congress for Peace (RCP) comprised of over 350 leading rabbis in Israel and 850 abroad has sent a message through a personal contact to President-elect Barack Obama congratulating him on his election and at the same time reminded him of his prayer at the Western Wall and the biblical promise of Jewish sovereignty in the entire Land of Israel.

The RCP wrote that "we appreciate the fact that on your last visit to Israel you prayed to G-d at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, the holiest Jewish site, and according to media the following was the text of your prayer: "Lord-Protect my family and me. Forgive me my sins, and help me guard against pride and despair. Give me the wisdom to do what is right and just. And make me an instrument of your will."

"Consistent with your focus on the will of G-d we trust that you are aware of the will of G-d when it comes to Jewish sovereignty in the entire Land of Israel. We therefore trust that you will accord the will of G-d concerning all of Israel the same divine importance as you do with regard to other areas of the will of G-d.

"The last 15 years have proven without a shadow of a doubt that the "land for peace" formula, besides being a formula that goes against the Divine will, is ineffective, obsolete, and an exercise in futility. Most of all it is a dangerous policy that only leads to bloodshed and instability in the region.

"Its proponents turn a blind eye to the inescapable reality that to this day the Palestinians are cynically trampling on every promise they has ever made. Instead, they blandish with unfounded fantasies of peace.

"As rabbis, we love peace and pray for peace. Moreover, we are obligated, by teaching our holy Torah, to guide our people to strive for peace – but a peace that is true and lasting. As most residents of Israel have personally witnessed, the ceding of territory inevitably invites increased terrorist activity. Silence on our part, in a question of life or death, would therefore be sinful and irresponsible.

"The ruling of Jewish law which is summarized in the enclosed document forbidding the surrender of any part of our Holy Land to Israel’s neighbors is based on the principle of Pikuach Nefesh, the obligation to safeguard lives that are in jeopardy. This ruling was issued by the majority of the most prominent rabbis in Israel and abroad, among them former justices of Israel's Supreme Rabbinical Court.

"This ruling is anchored in G-d's eternal Torah, whose ethical standards underlie Western civilization. We are therefore confident that you, Mr. President-elect, who prayed to be an instrument of G-d and G-d accepted your prayer, will now do everything in your power to implement the will of G-d that the Promised Land that He expressly allocated to the Jewish People will remain under Jewish sovereignty.

The letter was signed by Rabbi Joseph Gerlitzky, Chairman of the RCP and Rabbi Avrohom Shmuel Lewin, Director.

http://chabad.info

Global Warming and Redemption

2008-09-11T23:55:00.000-07:00

World Cooperation
The threat of global climate change has become increasingly accepted by people around the world. It has become clear that human activity is exacerbating the risk: Cars, airplanes, factories and power stations are all potent sources of gas emissions which create a heat-trapping layer around the globe, heating up the planet.

Along with better understanding of the problem has come a growing literature devoted to finding solutions. Scientists from diverse fields such as meteorology, astronomy, chemical and physical engineering are working together on the problem. For now, the solutions are focused on new technological advances that will be environmentally friendly, as well as social change to reduce consumption of oil and natural gas. Sources of energy that are being explored include solar, wind and water power, as well as geothermal energy, which harnesses heat from deep inside the earth. Cars and trucks are now being built according to more stringent specifications for mileage per gallon as well as limits on carbon emissions.

International sanctions have been imposed on countries that are not doing their part. There still is no magic wand that will solve all the environmental and energy problems in one blow. However, we see how people around the world are uniting in the face of a common threat. We realize that global climate change affects all of us; this is an apolitical issue that crosses international boundaries, and we need to work together to find a solution.daytona there still is no magic want that will solve all the environmental and energy problems in one blow.l as limits on carbon

It seems this unification of the global population is unprecedented in history. For generations, emperors sunk their resources and energy into waging war with one another, spreading destruction and disease in the process. Today, nations are investing energy in precisely the opposite purpose: the benefit of mankind as well as the planet as a whole, including plant and animal life.

Over 16 years ago, the Lubavitcher Rebbe King Moshiach (Messiah) spoke about the phenomenon of world leaders gathering together to agree upon mutual reduction of arms and conversion of military equipment to peaceful uses. Since that time, the phenomenon as only expanded. As the Rebbe said, this is a result of the process of Redemption which we are now experiencing.

We are entering into a new era, in which all people of the world will recognize their common origin and joint responsibility to serve as stewards of the planet. Together we will harness our insights and creativity to ensure that the world we live in is a safe, clean place for all its inhabitants.

9/11:A Person Saved Twice From Tragedy

2008-09-11T03:53:00.000-07:00

How a person was saved from the Sbarro pizza bombing in Israel and then saved again from the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Watch this amazing story!!!

How could he have known? (with Russian subtitles)

2008-09-05T13:33:00.000-07:00

Danger - Trojan Horse

2008-07-30T20:38:00.000-07:00

Sos-Israel.com
The following Op-Ed is a free translation of an article written by Rabbi Sholom Dov Volpo.

With all due respect to the "greatest army in the Middle East", we have been suffering great defeat on all fronts- military and political. There isn't a day when the security situation doesn't worsen, to the point of danger to our very survival as a nation in the Holy Land, may G-d protect us.

The army had no solution to the barrages of missiles from Lebanon and Gaza. The Hizbullah rained thousands of missiles on us during the second Lebanon war, the Chamas has shot hundreds of Kassam missiles since the expulsion from Gush Katif, and our extolled army stood, and stands still, absolutely helpless....

The PM and the Defense Minister are responsible for the Hezbollah becoming stronger. Ehud Barak left them secret army equipment, and fled with his soldiers under the cover of night. He and his successors ignored the Hezbollah's development, and caused the war and its' results. Since then, the terrorists in the north have turned into monsters that grow without being stopped. Same situation in the South. The expulsion brought the Chamas to rule, weapons and missiles flow freely, with no one stopping them, and zero Israeli reaction.

These traitors haven't stopped there, but are talking about further concessions that will give the Chamas total reign in Yehuda and Shomron, and make the Syrians and Iranians into a very real threat to our eastern border.

The new Commander in Chief has turned into a poodle as well. He doesn't take a single step to curb the terrorists from becoming more powerful, and doesn't raise his voice in protest of the talk about further territory cessions and uprooting of settlements.

When future historians will analyze the collapse of the Israeli state, they will come to a simple and clear conclusion: the beginning of the end was due to the great success of the terror organizations to plant their people in key government positions. The President, the Defense Minister, the police, the media and more all work for them. Ministers and Knesset members are on their side, as well.

Let's do some simple math: close to two thousand people were killed since the Oslo Accords! How many funerals did the PM and the Defense Minister attend? How much time did the media allow for each funeral? How many MP's from the different parties came to pay condolences? But.. the funerals of soldiers Goldwasser and Regev, may Hashem avenge their blood, turned into media festivals that were on the air for the longest time. The heads of state starred at the funerals with tear jerking speeches, and hugs with crocodile tears, brought to you by the greatest spin and PR experts around.

Where are they when Sderot and Western Negev citizens are killed?? When did they last visit those injured in the terrorist attacks?? Since when are they so sympathetic to widows and grieving parents?? It is clear as day: the whole show was put on to justify their anti-security act of releasing an arch-terrorist, may his name be erased, who is planning the next murderous attack with his friends- and the next prisoner release.

Don't worry. If we'll G-d forbid, see the next terror attack as a result , the PM and Defense Minister won't have a problem. They won't have to look those mothers and widows in the eyes, simply because those poor souls can't make eye contact with those "high and mighty" ones. They have no lobby in the Knesset, they don't interest the media. They are just "victims of peace".

I once wrote to Moshe Katzav, a few days before he was to sign the release of 400 terrorists: "You surely are aware of the surveys that show that 80% of the released terrorists return to their terror activities. If so, could you fantasize, for one moment before you sign, that this terrorist will, G-d forbid, kill one of your family members?' He replied that I was "uncouth".

And now, once again, Shimon Peres signed the release of Samir Kuntar, thereby aiding and abetting the terror organizations. In any normal country he would find himself under lock and key for the rest of his life for his role in the Oslo crimes. In our decadent state- he continues to serve as president and serve our enemies.

In any normal country, the MK's operate according to security considerations and their consciences. Here they go as a herd of sheep led by the radio and TV announcers. Charedi MK's who announced that they wouldn't allow terrorists with bloody hands to be released, are speechless in the presence of the media whom they try to impress.
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Three weeks ago we were shocked by the bulldozer terror attack in Yerushalayim. While the bodies were still on the ground and the wounded were being rushed to the hospital, the Chief of Police announced that within a half hour life will be back to usual on Yaffo Street. In simple words, the police's job is not to protect its' citizens, but imprint in their minds that murderous terror is a part of the ideal daily life in Israel. That is why the police and the courts allow Arabs to harass and plot against Jews, but jail settlers that try to protect themselves. That is because in this state of Yishmael of ours, the Arabs are the lords and the settlers are the minority people.

The dangers that we face are not from the enemies that surround us, rather from the "fifth column" that the enemy succeeded to plant in the political, judicial and communications hierarchy. The situation continues to go downhill. Therefore, from this Israeli state, that has been overtaken from the inside, we will not see salvation.

We are left with three options in this "inner exile": a: to oppose the Trojan horses fighting us from within, with all our might; b: fight with self sacrifice so that the virulent bacteria cannot reach its' goal; c: to beg, three times a day, from the depth of our hearts, for the true and immediate redemption: "Es tzemach Dovid avdecho m'heiro tatzmieach", may it be now!

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1. The IDF
Out of Town Shliach
Its not the fault of the IDF. Its all due to the leftist Govt of Olmert, Barak, and Livni. They set policy and they tie the hands of the army. I had hoped that we would be rid of Olmert long ago but the leftist AG Mazuz keeps stalling and stalling.
Also the corrupt Shas party keeps helping the present Govt to stay in power.

2. Mashiach Now
Devorah Leah
Govt Olmert is finished. He did a lot of wrong to the Jewish country and to the Jews. The real ruler is the Mashiach himself. Only Mashiach will come and rule the world immediately.

3.
Devorah Leah
Olmert and all his office supporters have to be punished for the crime against humanity. They have to be punished for assisting the Arab terrorists and neglecting the fellow jew.
Arabs have to leave the Holly Land. Mashiach has to already reveal himself now rebuild the 3rd Beit Hamikdash and rule the world.

4. Trojan Horse
Yisroel
Instead of blaming olmert, livni etc., lets not forget what the Rebbe, MH"M, said. We ALL are responsible for what occrs in Eretz Yisroel. We should be asking "what have I done for Eretz Yisroel & Shlaimus Haaretz'. Pointing a finger at the 'other guy' is a MAJOR COPOUT!!!

Moshiach Now!!

5. Re: The IDF

The leadership of the IDF is responsible. I work in the US defense industry. There are articles every day in the defense magazines that hold the US General Staff responsible the failures in Afghanistan, Iraq and the General war on Terror.

Why? Because it is the responsibility of the general staff to advice & inform the civilian staff of what the miliary can do, what it can't, and what violates 200+ years of military common sense. And if what if the political leadership violates this, then it is there responsibility to their troops to refuse orders that put the soldiers in their command at risk.

The IDF has time and time again treated the rank and file IDF soldiers as expendable sacrifices, not for military reasons, but for political goals. The Rebbe has commented that the responsibility of the military is to make decisions purely for military reason, and not to endanger Jewish blood for political reasons.

Yes, the IDF must also take responsibility (as we all must, and the three weeks is a good time for a cheshbon hanefesh).

reprinted from Chabad.info

Deeper Reality (English with Hebrew subtitles)

2008-06-20T14:52:00.001-07:00

About - A Deeper Reality
* What is the Kabbalah?
* What does science think about the existence of G-d?
* What is the purpose of life and the world?
* Why is there suffering in the world?
* What can I do to feel fulfilled?
Join us for a fascinating journey - both mystical and practical - on
the Kabbalah’s look into the future. From the beginning of time through
our current technological revolution, take a deeper look into the
energy stored in sub-atomic particles, the new global community, the
future of the Internet, and where man’s intelligence is leading the
world.
FEATURED SPEAKERS
* Rabbi Butman - director Lubavitch Youth Organization
* Rabbi Dr. Dovid Gottlieb - Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem
* Rabbi Simon Jacobson - Meaningful Life Center
* Rabbi Shais Taub - teacher, speaker
* Rabbi Garelick - speaker
* Rabbi Homnick - speaker, teacher
* Rabbi Yossi Paltiel - teacher United Lubavitch Yeshiva, Machon Chana
"The Zohar, book of Kabbalah, predicted that in 1840 the wellsprings of
information will open up…"
- Rabbi Simon Jacobson
"We now have the power to destroy ourselves, what are we going to do
with that power?"
- Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb

מזמור לדוד Song of David the Movie (with Hebrew Subtitles)

2008-06-10T23:07:00.000-07:00

B"H
Amazing new movie featuring NIZ (Nosson Isaac Zand)[ http://www.kosherhiphop.com ] now available online:

מזמור לדוד Song of David the Movie (with Hebrew Subtitles)

http://www.songofdavidmovie.com

السلام العالمي وفقا لقوانين 7 نوح World Peace According to 7 Laws of Noah (English with Arabic subtitles)

2008-05-27T02:47:00.000-07:00

More about Moshiach and 7 Noahide Laws in Arabic (click on the pictures to enlarge):

Moshiach in Arabic Remix ‎, al-Masīḥ المسيح

2008-05-10T18:17:00.001-07:00

A song about 7 Noahide Laws , Moshiach and redemption in Hebrew and Arabic dubbed over English subtitled Israeli news report about Chabad Lubavitch campaign to spread 7 Noahide Laws among the Arabs
Category: Music
Tags: Moshiach Мошиах Машиах משיח Messiah Mashiach al-Masīḥ المس

Moshiach in Arabic Remix ‎, al-Masīḥ المسيح

2008-05-10T18:16:00.001-07:00

Chabad Jamaica חב"ד ג'מייקה

2008-05-08T08:31:00.001-07:00

Immediate Payback

2008-04-18T07:04:00.000-07:00

Immediate Payback
By Menachem Ziegelboim

People stood shaken and fearful as they silently watched the soldiers turn the house upside down in their search. None of them dared tell them what the Rebbe said... * The following story is publicized for the first time (in English), as heard from the protagonist, Rabbi Yaakov Landau, zt’l, rav of Bnei Brak, a close Chassid of the Rebbe Rashab (see bio in issues 278-279 of Beis Moshiach).

5678 (1918). Civil war raged between the Reds and the Whites in Russia. After a few months of bitter street fighting, the Reds finally took the upper hand. That is when the Communists began forcibly ruling over the millions of Russian citizens.

In order to firmly establish their position, the Communists compiled a long list of rules to regulate the lives of the citizens. They couldn’t congregate in the evening, and even during the daytime no more than a few people were allowed to gather, lest they attempt to conspire against the government.

Beginning in 5679 (1919), the government cracked down harder and harder. They established laws limiting the activities and authority of religious institutions. They began to dog the footsteps of rabbanim and often conducted searches in their homes for possible proof of rebellion.

One day they came to the home of the Rebbe Rashab in Rostov. A group of soldiers armed with rifles broke into the Rebbe’s home to search for anti-revolutionary material. The members of the household were ordered not to move from their places. The sight of the armed soldiers was terribly frightening, and the Rebbe remarked to those standing around him that it would only be right if the soldiers at least removed the bayonets from their rifles.

Those who had come to the house stood in terror, watching silently as the soldiers turned the house over in their search. None of them dared repeat to the soldiers what the Rebbe said. Another moment went by, and then Rabbi Yaakov Landau, the young rabbi who was a household member in the Rebbe’s home, courageously spoke to the commanding officer and asked him to consider the Rebbe’s honor and remove the bayonets.

The officer could have easily ordered that the young man be beaten for his nerve, yet amazingly, the officer told his soldiers to respect the Rebbe’s wishes.

But the search was not over. The soldiers continued looking, and one of them found a box of tobacco the Rebbe used on Pesach. The soldier wanted the box and put it in his pocket. The Rebbe observed the theft and moaned, telling those around him that the box was precious to him, and that he was willing to redeem the Pesach snuff box, which was made of tin, for a different one made of silver.

The household members standing around thought it wasn’t an auspicious time to get into an argument with soldiers over something so insignificant. Again it was Rabbi Yaakov Landau who put his life on the line, and as a loyal Chassid he acceded to the Rebberequest. He turned to the officer again and asked him to tell the soldier to return the box.

Again those present were certain that the officer, a wicked man whose hatred for the Jews burned in his eyes, would order Rabbi Landau’s arrest, but incredibly, he turned to the soldiers, red-faced with anger, and said that whoever stole the box had to remove it from his pocket at once and put it on the table, otherwise he would be sorry. Within seconds one of the soldiers grudgingly removed the box from his pocket and placed it on the table.

The Rebbe looked pleased until he noticed that the box cover had been opened. His face was downcast again and he said that since the box had been opened he didn’t need it anymore, since the soldier might possibly have had a drop of chametz in his pocket.

Dovid HaMelech said, "V’ata m’shaleim l’ish k’maaseihu" (You recompense a man according to his deeds). As the soldiers left the house, a bullet from one of the soldier’s rifles accidentally shot the soldier who had stolen the box, and killed him on the spot!

This difficult episode left its mark on the Rebbe Rashab, who said that he could not continue to live with the Communists. Shortly thereafter, on Beis Nissan 5680 (1920), the Rebbe Rashab was nistalek.
http://www.beismoshiach.org/Holidays/2nissan317.htm

Rebbe King Moshiach on Israel's security.

2008-04-04T14:26:00.000-07:00

This video is a 45 minute long compilation of statements by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, on the subject of the Land ... all » of Israel and it's security concerns. The statements are culled from public talks as well as exchanges with various Israeli and other figures, from the 1980s thru 1992. The video is from www.sos-israel.com and is in Hebrew and Yiddish, with English subtitles.

Roadmap to World Peace Video (English with French Subtitles)

2008-03-26T09:48:00.000-07:00

"World Peace According to the 7 Laws of Noah." An amazing Sci-Fi like presentation showing how the world might look in the future. And explaining the 7 Universal Laws of Noah - the key to world peace.

Especially the fast of Esther....

2008-03-20T11:37:00.000-07:00

Especially the fast of Esther....

Date:
3/20/2008 8:41:18 AM Eastern Standard Time

From:
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To:
Rabbi Ariel Sokolovsky

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B”H

Note: For a stunning sicha of the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach at the time of the completion of the Sefer Torah for Moshiach, please open the attachment.

“And specifically in these days,--the days of Moshiach that we are in now, and we only have to open the eyes and then we see that the true and complete Redemption is here in actuality.”

- The Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach, 20 Kislev 5752

“All of these fasts in the future will be nullified to Yemos HaMoshiach…especially the Fast of Esther.”

- The Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach, Sefer Hisvadius, Vol. 2, p. 1027

“Especially the Fast of Esther”

Dear Friends:

Purim Sameach!

For thousands of years we have been observing the Jewish holiday of Purim with the utmost joy. The miracle of Purim was a true Geula. The great leader of the generation, Mordechai haYehudi,--Mordechai the Jew, who would not bend the knee or bow down to anyone other than Hashem, ignited this same level in everyone of the generation. Men, women and children displayed a supernatural strength in the face of annihilation and were able to vanquish their enemies.

What is the difference between Purim now, and Purim in the past? Always, we remember the self sacrifice of Queen Esther and how she fasted for three days before risking her life to appear before the King in order to save her people. We commemorated her courage by fasting the day before Purim.

However, the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach tells us a most astounding and wondrous thing in the time of the Geula, Yemos HaMoshiach, in which we are now. The Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach says that according to Rambam, all fasts in Yemos HaMoshiach will be nullified (as per the first stage of Yemos HaMoshiach[1]), and will turn over into days of “sasson v’simcha” (in the second, supernatural phase[2]). In Sefer Hisvadius 5743, Vol 2, P. 1027,

“And specifically in these days,--the days of Moshiach that we are in now…”

the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach emphasizes that nullifying the fasts is particularly important when it comes to the fast of Esther:

And so too the purpose and completion of all fasts it to turn them over to holidays and days of joy and gladness (as the Rambam said in the end of the Laws of Fasts) that “All of these fasts in the future will be nullified to Yemos HaMoshiach. And not just that, but they are in the future to be holidays and days of joy etc. This is emphasized especially in the “Fast of Esther” for it is through her hand that it was affected the aspect of “vena hapach hu,” that it was turned over.

And again in Toras Menachem 1991, p. 288, the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach, in discussing the nullification of fasts in Yemos HaMoshiach, places special emphasis on nullifying the fast of Esther, as we see below:

And it shall be His will that there should be no more need of fasting and thereby there will be no need in redeeming the fast because the undesirable elements that cause the fast will be nullified. As in the Psak Din of the Rambam, all of the fasts are in the future to be nullified to Yemos HaMoshiach, including and especially the fast of Esther (on erev Purim) that is connected to Purim and to Pesach, for the fast at the time of Esther the first time was on Pesach for both (Purim and Pesach) are tied with the Redemption. As our sages say, “From Redemption to Redemption.”

This Is the Time

After the Redemption of Purim, we were still slaves to Achashveros. And our suffering at the hands of the nations continued for thousands of years. All through this time the Jewish nation has remained whole, sticking to the Torah and its commandments, to fix and transform the world and bring the Redemption. Now, in our time, the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach says the work of exile has been completed. Therefore we will never again go through this kind of suffering.[3] We will never again experience another Inquisition, another pogrom, another Holocaust. Now the Jews are free to keep the Torah and its commandments. Shouldn’t we acknowledge this time with joy and gratitude? The Shulchan Aruch does.

“And specifically in these days,--the days of Moshiach that we are in now…”

The Shulchan Aruch recognizes that there will be a time when certain prohibitions of the time of exile will be removed. This time the Shulchan Aruch refers to as “AZ…” (THEN…as per Psalm 126, “Then our mouths will be filled with laughter…in other words, the time of the Redemption).

The Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach says that AZ is NOW. The following is the way the prohibition against joy in the exile appears in the Shulchan Aruch:

Laws of Remembrance of the Destruction of the Holy Temple

We are permitted to gladden the bride and the groom with our mouths and instruments, however we should not rejoice too much. And it is forbidden to a person to fill his mouth with laughter in this world (Exile) even in the joy of a mitzvah. As it is said, “Then (AZ – only at the time of the Geula) our mouths will be filled with laughter.”

Here is the way the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach tells us that this is the time:

And this that it is forbidden to fill our mouths with laughter in this world (Exile), what are these words saying when we are talking about a moment before the revelation of our righteous Moshiach? But in our subject matter, since the leader of our generation was the Moshiach of our generation and he has been revealed with all the might, not only have we been granted permission but even more so, there is an obligation to conduct ourselves in a manner of filling our mouths with laughter and our tongues with joy.

The Shulchan Aruch Says the Fasts Will End

The Shulchan Aruch makes it clear that the laws of the fasts are not meant forever but only for the time of the exile. As it says in the Shulchan Aruch at the end of the laws of fasts:

In the future (the Redemption), Hashem will turn them over into days of joy and gladness.

However, the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach tells us that the Shulchan Aruch does not deal with the laws of Yemos HaMoshiach and that for this, we have to go to the Rambam.

“And specifically in these days,--the days of Moshiach that we are in now…”

Rambam’s Psak Din L’Halacha for Yemos HaMoshiach

In the era of the Redemption, the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach tells us that it is the Psak Din of the Rambam that goes into effect. This Psak Din declares that immediately upon the advent of Yemos HaMoshiach, the fasts are nullified.

This is in the halachic category of Dinim Mi L’Chatchila, as the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach explains:[4]

And moreover since “…all the words of the Torah we are commanded to do forever” (Rambam, Hilchos Yesodos HaTorah 289) – therefore it was necessary to say that

these fasts, their law is from the beginning (from their inception) (Dinam Milichatchila) that in the future they are to be nullified to Yemos HaMoshiach.

Two Stages

Two stages in the Redemption are implied by the way the Rambam words the halacha about nullifying the fasts:

All of these fasts in the future are to be nullified to Yemos HaMoshiach and not just that, but in the future they will be holidays and days of joy and gladness.[5]

First the fasts are nullified, then they turn over to days of joy and gladness.

The Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach, based on the Rambam, goes into more detail about the two stages of the Redemption.[6] In the first stage there is no difference between exile and Redemption except that there is no more subjugation to the nations. It is a time when the world continues to be ruled by the natural order of things. The only change is that governments no longer persecute the Jewish people and punish them for keeping Torah and mitzvoth.

“And specifically in these days,--the days of Moshiach that we are in now…”

The second era embraces the supernatural wonders such as revival of the dead and the Third Beis Hamikdosh coming down from the sky.

It is in the first stage (the onset of the Redemption) that the fasts are nullified, and only in the second stage do they turn over into an amazing joy.

After nullifying the fasts, the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach tells us that then they turn over to days of sasson v’simcha.[7] By listening to the Rebbe and nullifying the fasts, we bring the days of sasson v’simcha closer.

This brings us to a very important point that the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach has said many different times and many different ways.

We Are Partners in the Redemption.

In the shocking sicha of 28 Nissan 5751, the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach gave over the work of revealing the Redemption to us. Two months later, on the 28^th of Sivan, the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach made it perfectly clear what he wanted from us:

A Jew with his body and soul simply becomes a partner to Hashem in a manner of unification in all of Hashem’s aspects, including and especially in bringing the true and complete redemption. In order for Hashem to accomplish this in its entirety He needs (so to speak) the participation of every single Jew, specifically as a soul within a body. It is through our deeds and work that the redemption comes, and it is needed, so to speak, that

a Jew should agree and want and even more so, that he should desire and proclaim,--not just that the time of the redemption has arrived, but that the redemption is actually here.

Our partnership is to say that the Redemption is here in actuality (b’pashtus).

“And specifically in these days,--the days of Moshiach that we are in now…”

Feasting Instead of Fasting

Just as Queen Esther had bittul to Mordechai, and through following his instructions ended up saving the Jewish people, so we can emulate her. We don’t have to risk our lives. By feasting and not fasting, we show that we

really believe the words of the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach that we are in the Redemption. And this will accelerate the revelation of the wonders and miracles of the second stage of the Redemption, and what we all want…

“No longer shall thy Teacher hide Himself…but thine eyes shall see thy teacher.” (Tanya). And as the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach says, this is the main prophecy of the Redemption (Vayera 5752), and this is Hashem revealing himself to us in utmost completion.

“And immediately in our time Moshiach will come and he will redeem his first son the Jews from the Yidden and AZ we shall sing before him a new song, ‘Hinei Elokenu Zeh” (Igores Kodesh, Volume 15, p. 321).

A freilichen Purim!

- Jewish Women United for the Redemption

P.S. Since the whole world will be filled with the knowledge of G-d in the Redemption, the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach has asked that we publicize the Seven Noahide Laws to the nations. Enclosed is a 7 Laws brochure. Please give it to someone.

[1] Likutei Sichos, Vol. 15

[2] “ “ “

[3] Parshas Vayigash 5752; also Parshas Tetzaveh 5752

[4] Likutei Sichos Vol. 20, p 353, End of Footnote 17

[5] Rambam Laws of Fasts, Chapter 5, Halacha 15

[6] Likutei Sichos, Vol. 15, pg. 417 (1976)

[7]

Ashkelon resident threatens to shoot a rocket into Gazah. Rocket for rocket?:-)

2008-03-14T01:19:00.000-07:00

B"H
The dream of of Ed Koch (former mayor of New York) recently expressed in Jpost of Jewish militias responding to Hamas rocket for rocket ( Wednesday Jan 30, 2008
Koch's Comments: Using Israeli militias http://cgis.jpost.com/Blogs/koch/entry/israel ) seems to be coming to life:

> The caption to the photo reads: "Residents of Gaza, beware - 'Red
> Alert' is on the way." ("Red Alert" is the siren warning of Kassam
> attacks. The missiles that have reached Ashkelon were Iranian versions
> of the Soviet Grad.)

> "I don't want to live in a bombarded city, so I built this missile,"
> said Moshe Nisimfor, who showcased his home-made rocket during a
> protest at the Ashkelon city hall. "The language of terror is the only
> language, and that is how we will speak to them."

>
> The caption to the photo reads: "Residents of Gaza, beware - 'Red
> Alert' is on the way." ("Red Alert" is the siren warning of Kassam
> attacks. The missiles that have reached Ashkelon were Iranian versions
> of the Soviet Grad.)

> "I don't want to live in a bombarded city, so I built this missile,"
> said Moshe Nisimfor, who showcased his home-made rocket during a
> protest at the Ashkelon city hall. "The language of terror is the only
> language, and that is how we will speak to them."

> http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3515326,00.html
Hat tip to: А. Брусиловская
Житель Ашкелона угрожает запустить ракету в сектор Газы http://moshiach.ru/view/israelindanger/3772.html

Hang the traitors.

2008-03-05T00:18:00.000-08:00

By the grace of G-d
Dear friends!
In honor of the upcoming holiday of Purim let's all contribute money to donate gallows 50 amah high (see Esther 7:9):

to the State of Israel to try and hang the dirty traitors who are endangering our people in the Holy Land
and worldwide by cooperating with murderers and bowing down to the pressure of the public opinion instead of defending their citizens from terrorism.

As Rabbi Shalom DovBer Wolpo explains and many others have pointed out in the past this is a violation of the Israeli law banning any aid to the enemies of the Jewish people and the state of Israel. This constitutes treason and is the only crime punishable by death penalty by hanging under Israeli law.
See:

Please donate and, or publicize this appeal widely to increase the awareness of this disgusting betrayal of our brothers and sisters in the holy land of Israel by the post-Zionist gang of corrupt burocrats and politicians still allowed to remain in power doing next to nothing to stop this Holocaust from continuing.

We cannot simply sit back ignoring the cry of our brothers and sisters to do somethign waiting for more Devine retribution after the fact:

We must stop this nonsense. We cannot allow these traitors continue giving away parts of Erretz Yisrael to terrorists who enjoy singing about the "flesh of the Jews being carried away in black bags":

Small print:

If the State of Israel doesn't accept our money for the gallows it will be spent for the benefit of the residents of Sderot and other areas attacked by terrorists to help them protect themselves.

An urgent appeal! Please Help!

2008-02-26T09:08:00.000-08:00

By the grace of G-d
Dear readers!
Can you please be so kind and donate money to help the poor woman described in this post:
Hard Luck Story
http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=2325
If you'd like to donate online by credit card or bank account transfer thru PayPal
click here
click
here
PS. I gave almost $200 myself but more is needed to help her get out of this mess see the LukeFord post above.

Investing in Charity

2008-02-26T04:31:00.001-08:00

The Disgrace of Betrayal

2008-02-21T12:37:00.000-08:00

B"H
The Disgrace of Betrayal

By Yehoshua S. Hecht

Norwalk, CT USA

The great Rebbe of Kotzk was known to say that the prohibition of not deceiving others applies to oneself too. He said “Only a fool attempts to dupe another and of even greater silliness is when the fool deceives himself?

This introduction comes to mind to the visceral reaction I had after reading not once but twice the ”Opinion” which appeared in the Chabad Hebrew language website called “Shturem”.

The article was presented under the banner headline “There is no Pikuach Nefesh (saving of life) in the obligation of protest” which was penned by an official from Chabad serving in Maryland, USA.

The writer opines that as an emissary of Chabad he had nothing to say publicly about the Annapolis meeting convened last month which was attended by Abu Abbas, President of the terrorist PLO and Prime Minister Olmert of Israel which was convened by Secretary of State Condi Rice to set the stage for more territorial concessions by the state of Israel and to push for parts of Jerusalem to be given away to the PLO and its supporters.

The writer in “Shturm” informs us that the Rebbe no longer wants us to be involved in Mihu Yehudi – the Who is a Jew controversy by (“miss”) quoting a talk of the Rebbe and then informs us that his perspective is informed by events of over thirty years ago when he was a part of those who worked on Mihu Yehudi etc.

The upshot of his article is that Chabad as official Chabad should not be involved in any of these issues and certainly at present not be involved in any official protests against giving over parts of Israel to the enemy.

It is plainly astounding that the writer who is an intelligent and articulate individual should allow himself to digress with such equanimity and smoothness of a political operative to so deftly identify darkness as light and bitterness as sweet.

In short, he has performed a 180 degree turn away from the clearly stated and unambiguous talks (by the hundreds) of our Rebbe concerning Mihu Yehudi and certainly Pikuach Nefesh and Shelemus Haaretz.

His giving over responsibility of these important issues into the hands of others (rabbis) is most certainly a cop-out of the most grievous sort.

In my humble opinion any person possessing integrity honesty and loyalty to his Rebbe cannot pen such an awfully misguided opinion piece and disseminate it publicly. If anything it is a sad indication of how far we have fallen from the source of inspiration and guidance bequeathed to us with brilliance, heart and soul from all of our holy Rebbe’s and certainly during the years of 1950 through Gimmel Tamuz and beyond.

As such, I have no recourse but to publicly repudiate and oppose the above misguided opinion that Chabad emissaries are not to speak out publicly on these issues. This is a patently disingenuous opinion that ought to rile up every Chassid who cares about what the Rebbe cares about. Namely, bringing Moshiach Now, protecting Jews and their security in Israel and opposing bogus standards of conversion.

I find it offensive and upsetting that our Rebbe's words and opinions are twisted and contorted in such a disrespectful and disloyal manner and presented as being in the interest of the Rebbe’s legacy.

To take it one step further it is the ultimate rebellion to his authority and legacy to remain silent on the very issues he so poured so much time and energy in to.

Where are the Chassidim of the Rebbe and why is our leadership so quiet and mute when we were encouraged and taught by the Rebbe to speak up and to be activists for “Pikuach Nefesh?”

How many more articles are we to read in “Shturem” of rockets hitting civilians and killing innocents? Since when is a picture of a Chabad emissary helping the victims the only response of what Chabad and every Jew who cares about another Jew is to do.

Where were we when the outrage of the Gush Katif destruction was unfolding before our very eyes?

What happened to Pikuach Nefesh at the world wide conference of shluchim held recently in NY? Why was there no official communiqué on Pikuach Nefesh?

Has the need for access to political or monetary connections corrupted us to the point of not only silence in the face of challenge but active acquiescence too? To quote the words of the Megillah “have you come to subjugate the queen in my own palace”.

When are we going to wake up and begin to use the world -wide influence we have for the purposes intended?

Indeed, every Shliach every Tomim, and every Chassid has not only the prerogative but the holy responsibility to do whatever they can to enhance Pikuach Nefesh.

May the miracle of Purim and the lesson of Mordechai the Jew not bowing down to Haman resonate with us today, in the here and now and very soon indeed merit the complete redemption with the revelation of Moshiach.

Beis Moshiach # 635 easy to read format

2008-02-18T14:39:00.000-08:00

Judios - Jews

2008-02-08T00:59:00.001-08:00

Todo Judio debe ver este video

Kinderlach - Moshiach

2008-02-08T00:36:00.001-08:00

The Kinderlach performing "Moshiach" on the Ma Kashur show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG7_WDUo2kI

Rebbe King Moshiach's emisary for he security of he land of Yisrael speaks:

2008-02-03T20:37:00.000-08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED8zXpRH8Ec

Rabbi Sholom Dov Wolpo recently (winter of 2007) made some comments about Ehud Olmert that resulted in a media smear campaign against Rabbi Wolpo. What did he REALLY say? In this short video Rabbi Wolpo explains his statements and points out the danger that Olmert's plans pose for the Jewish People.

A Life Changing Sermon

2008-02-01T13:27:00.001-08:00

A telling story that teaches us what a true Jewish unity is all about.

לעולם לא עוד (Never Again)

2008-01-01T18:34:00.001-08:00

בס״ד
לעולם לא עוד
(Never Again)

Produced by the World Committee for Saving the Jewish People and the Land of Israel (המטה העולמי להצלת העם והארץ), this critical documentary exposes the false promises of the Israeli government to the Jewish residents of Gush Katif to get them to leave their homes.

The tragedy of the expulsion of the Gush Katif Jewish residents and the destruction of their communities reaches many layers of depth, as shown in the film.

The destroyed communities of Gush Katif, in the Gaza Strip, are today under the control of Hamas. No longer under Israeli control, the region has become a nest of extremist Islamic fundamentalism. Rockets are still being shot against Jewish communities within the Green Line, Israel’s border before the 1967 Six Days War.

Yet, not having learned the lessons of history and its upheavals, the Israeli government is yet again about to proceed with the devision of Jerusalem.
May the lessons from the events depicted in this film reach us all in time to turn around the current debacle, and somehow correct the horrors of a government turned against its very own citizens for the sake of enemy, foreign interests. May these horrors be repeated NEVER AGAIN!

11 min 39 sec (Hebrew with English subtitles)
www.sos-israel.org
Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpo

Matisyahu sings Psalm 63:2-3 and then discusses Moshiach

2007-12-21T03:03:00.001-08:00

Moshiach and Redemption YouTube Movies Playlist

2007-12-18T15:52:00.000-08:00

ELIYAHU HANAVI

2007-09-23T11:19:00.001-07:00

אבינו מלכנו 770

2007-08-13T10:48:00.001-07:00

Yesh Din VeYesh Dayan

2007-06-26T16:53:00.000-07:00

יש דין ויש דיין

There is a Judge and the Judgment (Yesh Din VeYesh Dayan)

Produced by the World Committee for the Jewish People and the Land of Israel (HaMateh HaOlami Lema'an HaAm VeAaretz) http://www.sos-israel.com/eng/eng_index.asp, this impressive ... all » documentary shows how the present debacle of Israel's Kadima government started with the catastrophic mistake known as the "Disengagement". Surrendering parts of the Holy Land brought neither peace nor security, and placed the perpetrators in eternal shame.

May the lesson be learned, and the horrors of land surrender, and of depraving Jews of their rightful place in the Land of Israel, never again be repeated!

I place this video online, and fully and completely endorse its message and content.

http://rafvrab.blogspot.com
Category News & Politics
Tags: Hitnatkoot hitnatkut Sharon Israel Gush Katif Eretz Yisrael HaShleima Wolpo

Tuvia Bolton - Interview with Israeli Salad / Arutz Sheva

2007-06-13T01:11:00.001-07:00

Channel 2 Interview With Rabbi Brod

2007-05-31T18:46:00.000-07:00

By the grace of G-d

Channel 2 Interview With Rabbi Brod

In a special television program dedicated to the Rebbe on Channel 2 in Eretz Yisroel, Rabbi Menachem Brod (who insists on denying that the Rebbe discontinued the title of Chabad spokesperson) was hosted. Channel 2 reporter Koby Ariely asked him: nowadays, when we say an Israeli kid 'The Lubavitcher Rebbe' the first association he makes is 'Moshiach', is this the success of the Moshiach campaign or is there some sort of misunderstanding here?...

Rabbi Brod answered as follows: I can only say one thing one this matter. The Rebbe was very hurt by such expressions, and on several occasions the Rebbe told Chassidim in charge of presenting Chabad to the media, not to speak about this matter.

While It is pleasing to note that he remembers the directive of the Rebbe to Tzach not to comment on the matter, it is a shame that he does not remember the tens of positive answers from the Rebbe written to both individual Chassidim and Mosdos regarding publicizing the Rebbe as Moshiach, or the entire year that the Rebbe himself encouraged the singing of 'Yechi Adoneinu' with all of his strength. It is also a shame that Rabbi Brod doesn’t remember the edition of Sichat Hashavua (Yud Shvat Nun-Gimmel) where he himself explains how the Rebbe said about himself that he is Moshiach!

Comments from http://Chabad.info

1.

They should of interviewed Rabbi Wolpo because he says the truth, send a link from here to the articles about the "black book"

2.

The Rebbe said himself that he is Moshiach.

3.
Chabad

Rabbi Brod is making a chillul Lubavitch

4.

Could you give us (and if possible translate to english) the Sichat Hashavua Yud Shvat Nun-Gimmel

5.
wt

Is this a news item or an editorial??

6.

A while ago you put on the hebrew side of chabad.info 18 proofs that the Rebbe is Chai Vikayom, could you translate that to english & post it here.

7.
Racheli

I totaly agree with comments #1 & #6 this site should listen to those comments.

8.

If Rabbi Wolpo would be interviewed it would be the biggest Kiddush Hashem & Kiddush Lubavitch ever.

9.

To number 8 it is never to late Channel 2 can interview Rabbi Wolpo now & he can fix the damage that was done.

See also: http://torah.5u.com/Rebbe-King-Moshiach-Shlita-Uncensored-Video-at-Moshiach.tv.html
and more clips on this subject at http://www.Youtube.com/chabadvideos
Also check out "Countdown to Moshiach"Moshiach. CAN THE REBBE STILL BE MOSHIACH? by Rabbi Shmuel Butman. Head of Lubavitch Youth Organization *. Published and Copyright 1995, by: International Campaign To Bring Moshiach ...
www.moshiach.net/blind/count.htm

Moshiach and Zionism

2007-05-31T18:10:00.000-07:00

By the grace of G-d

5731
Mr. ----------
London, England

Greeting and Blessing:

Your letter reached me with some delay. In it you express your desire to learn more about the Lubavitch movement, etc. You also ask for clarification of certain questions.

Needless to say, it is difficult in the medium of a letter to expound adequately upon the various questions and matters that you touch upon in your letter. Actually, there is no need to have recourse to such correspondence, inasmuch as your Lubavitcher friends in London, whom you also mention in your letter and with whom you have personal contact, will be glad to go into some of these questions with you at length.

At any rate, in order not to turn you down completely, I will attempt to answer the first question that you put in your letter, where you refer to a statement of mine which you saw quoted in the press, to the effect that the happenings in our time in general, and in Eretz Yisrael in particular, are not the Beginning of the Redemption (Atchalta d' Geulah), while, on the other hand, I state that life in Eretz Yisrael must be conducted in accordance with the Torah, and you wonder whether there is an inconsistency there.

I wish to assure you that there is no inconsistency in the two statements, inasmuch as they are both based on Torah.

Thus, the first statement, namely, that we are not yet at the beginning of the Geula, is based on the clear ruling of the Rambam, who has explicitly defined the conditions and evidence by which to judge whether or not we are at the threshold of the Geula. Be it noted that this statement of the Rambam is to be found not in any of his non-Halachic works, where there may be room for various interpretations, but in his major Code, where he states the laws (dinim) in clear, precise and unequivocal terms. This is what he says after describing the last days of the Galut:

There will arise a king from the House of David, studying the Torah and practicing the mitzvot like his father David, according to the Written Torah and the Oral Torah, and he will induce all the Jewish people to walk in its ways and strengthen its repair, and he will battle the battles of G-d - it may be assumed that he is Mashiach. If he did so and was successful and built the Sanctuary in its place, and gathered the dispersed of Israel - then his is Mashiach with certainty...{Rambam, Hil. Melachim, ch. 11(end)

We see clearly that even after he induces all of the Jewish people to walk in the path of Torah, etc., it may only be assumed that he is Mashiach, but it is not yet certain, and it could in fact turn out that he is not. In other words, there is still a possibility that even this development will not necessarily spell the end of the Galut. As a matter of fact, the Rambam mentions in the previous halacha the fact that there was a time in Jewish history when it appeared that Mashiach had arrived, in the person of Shimon ben Kuziba, yet it later became quite clear that he was not. Only when - as the Rambam says - he will build the Sanctuary in its place and will gather the dispersed of Israel, only then will it be certain that he is Mashiach beyond all doubt.

On the basis of your letter, I think it is surely unnecessary to explain to you that the Jewish belief is that the end of the Galut will come when Mashiach himself brings about the ingathering of the exiles, as is clearly evident from the Rambam quoted above.

With regard to the second part of the statement, about the need to abide by the Torah, etc., I trust it is, again, unnecessary to emphasize to you at length that the Torah was given for all times, both in times of Galut and in times when the Bet Hamikdash was in existence. However, there are certain things which the Torah requires adherence only when the Jewish people are in a position to do so. By way of example: In your city of London, the Jews have no power to compel the closing of certain stores on Shabbat and Yom Tov, or enforce certain other laws. On the other hand, there were times in the past when a Jewish congregation or community had complete jurisdiction over its members, able to impose its will on the life and conduct of the congregation or community and bring it into strict accord with the Torah.

It follows, moreover, that the greater the authority and power the Jews have to direct and order their own life, the greater the duty to see to it that it be in accordance with the directives of the Torah.

Pursuant to the above, I trust you will not take it amiss if I add a personal note, to the effect that what has been said above about the conduct of a Jewish congregation or community, applies also to the individual Jew, namely, the obligation of a Jew to conduct his personal life in accordance with the Torah and mitzvot. This, of course, also includes the great principle of the Torah, V'Ahavta L'Reacha Kamocha{Lev. 19:18}, namely, to share a vision of the good by helping others move in the same direction. This is incumbent particularly upon one who goes beyond being just a private individual and who has an influence upon the many. The responsibility of such a person to exercise good influence in his immediate surroundings and in the world at large is, of course, all teh greater. In your case, I see that Divine Providence has granted you a special gift for writing articles and books, etc., through which you are able to reach a considerable segment of our brethren in different parts of the world. Clearly, it is your sacred duty to utilize this gift to inspire your readers to seek a closer identification with the Jewish people, not only in thought and speech, but in actual everyday life and conduct, in accordance with the principle of our Sages that the essential thing is the deed. {Avot, 1:17}

With blessing,

[Sign.]

From The Letter & The Spirit, pages 272-275.

If the Passover Story Were Reported by CNN or the New York Times

2007-05-30T18:54:00.000-07:00

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If the Passover Story Were Reported by CNN or the New York Times

Daniel P. Waxman

The cycle of violence between the Jews and the Egyptians continues with no end in sight in Egypt . After eight previous plagues have destroyed the Egyptian infrastructure and disrupted the lives of ordinary Egyptian citizens, the Jews launched a new offensive this week in the form of the plague of darkness.

Western journalists were particularly enraged by this plague. "It is simply impossible to report when you can't see an inch in front of you," complained a frustrated Andrea Koppel of CNN. "I have heard from my reliable Egyptian contacts that in the midst of the blanket of blackness, the Jews were annihilating thousands of Egyptians. Their word is solid enough evidence for me."

While the Jews contend that the plagues are justified given the harsh slavery imposed upon them by the Egyptians, Pharaoh, the Egyptian leader, rebuts this claim. "If only the plagues would let up, there would be no slavery. We just want to live plague-free. It is the right of every society."

Saeb Erekat, an Egyptian spokesperson, complains that slavery is justifiable given the Jews' superior weaponry supplied to them by the superpower G-d. The Europeans are particularly enraged by the latest Jewish offensive. "The Jewish aggression must cease if there is to be peace in the region. The Jews should go back to slavery for the good of the rest of the world," stated an angry French President Jacques Chirac.

Even several Jews agree. Adam Shapiro, a Jew, has barricaded himself within Pharaoh's chambers to protect Pharaoh from what is feared will be the next plague, the death of the firstborn. Mr. Shapiro claims that while slavery is not necessarily a good thing, it is the product of the plagues and when the plagues end, so will the slavery. "The Jews have gone too far with plagues such as locusts and epidemic which have virtually destroyed the Egyptian economy," Mr. Shapiro laments. "The Egyptians are really a very nice people and Pharaoh is kind of huggable once you get to know him," gushes Shapiro.

The United States is demanding that Moses and Aaron, the Jewish leaders, continue to negotiate with Pharaoh. While Moses points out that Pharaoh had made promise after promise to free the Jewish people only to immediately break them and thereafter impose harsher and harsher slavery, Richard Boucher of the State Department assails the latest offensive. "Pharaoh is not in complete control of the taskmasters," Mr. Boucher states. "The Jews must return to the negotiating table and will accomplish nothing through these plagues."

The latest round of violence comes in the face of a bold new Saudi peace overture. "If only the Jews will give up their language, change their names to Egyptian names and cease having male children, the Arab nations will incline toward peace with them," Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah declared.

President Sarkozy Discusses Sheva Mitzvos

2007-05-21T15:36:00.000-07:00

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President Sarkozy Discusses Sheva Mitzvos

The newly elected president of France Nicolas Sarkozy, met with the Shliach of the Rebbe Melech Hamoshiach to Neuilly, Rabbi Dovid Zaoui, who presented the president with literature on the Sheva Mitzvos Bnei Noach. The bond between Sarkozi and Rabbi Zaui began about 12 years ago when Rabbi Zaui opened the Beis Chabad in Neuilly "Sarkozi always showed support for all Chabad activities, and he always seeks my advice before any important steps" Rabbi Zaoui told Chabad.info. Rabbi Zaoui offered him to write to the Rebbe by way of the Igros Kodesh...

...and he always received unbelievable answers.

Recently, after Sarkozy was elected as president of France, he has not forgotten his close friend and confidant, who he shares an ongoing relationship with.
Video:
http://chabad.info/php/videonewp.php?lang=he&vid=374

'The Rebbe Appointed Me'

2007-05-13T20:21:00.000-07:00

Following the release of the preview of the 'Black Book' and the media attacks against 'the committee to save the nation and the land', as well as attacks from within, Rabbi Sholom Yaakov Chazan interviewed Rabbi Sholom Dovber Wolpo, who said: "The Rebbe appointed me to be involved in Shleimus Ha'aretz. I will continue working as per the Rebbe's instructions". When did the Rebbe appoint him as his shliach for inyanei shleimus ha’Aretz? Does he act in the name of Chabad? Is the Rebbe in favor of soldiers refusing to obey orders? Which Lubavitchers have been attacking him and why?
Full interview in the latest edition of Beis Moshiach:
http://beismoshiach.org/_pdf/600.pdf

What is a Jew

2007-05-10T01:17:00.003-07:00

The Jews of Ethiopia

2007-05-10T01:17:00.001-07:00

The Sanhedrin’s peace initiative

2007-05-08T18:37:00.000-07:00

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The Sanhedrin’s peace initiative

Hoping to rebuild Temple Photo: Haim Zach

Jewish group devoted to rebuilding Temple in Jerusalem to send letters to all world leaders, including Arab ones, inviting them to take part in project, attend conference on Temple Mount in Israel
Kobi Nahshoni

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has been gearing up for an Israeli offensive in recent months, is bound to be surprised by the peace feelers he is set to receive from Jerusalem soon.

Without Saudi mediation or diplomatic procedures, the president will get a “Letter of Love and Peace”, accompanied by a historic invitation to visit Jerusalem, from The Supreme Judicial Court of the Jewish People, better known as the Sanhedrin.

After having tried their luck with the High Court of Justice and the government, the members of the Jewish group have set out on a new track in their struggle for the Temple Mount, aimed at rebuilding the Temple in the Jewish capital.

In recent days, the group members have drafted a letter that will be translated into 70 languages and sent to all government institutions in the world, including “the sons of Esau and Ishmael” who do not hold diplomatic ties with Israel.

Jews responsible for world peace

In the letter, the rabbis of the self-proclaimed Sanhedrin warn that the world is nearing a catastrophe, and write that the only way to bring peace among nations, states, and religions is by building a house for God, where Jews will worship, pray and offer up sacrifice, according to the vision of the prophets.

The rabbis also call on the non-Jews to help the people of Israel fulfill their destiny and build the Temple, in order to prevent bloodshed across the globe.

The letter will initially be translated into English, Spanish, Arabic, French and Farsi, and later also into Russian, Chinese and Japanese, and will include an invitation to world leaders to attend a conference dedicated to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem five months from now, during Succot.

Prof Hillel Weiss of the Sanhedrin explained that the Torah and the prophets have tasked the Jewish people with the responsibility for world peace. He stressed that the group’s project was to rebuild the Temple, not a “church for all nations,” but added, “We have all descended from the same father, this is not another primitive and racist approach.”

Point with your finger and say...

2007-05-01T04:24:00.000-07:00

By the grace of G-d
Please watch this important video clip here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF4mJpy-Nyc

and follow the instructions:

Moshiach Makes Miracles

2007-04-29T01:07:00.000-07:00

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Recently signs were placed on Eged buses all over Eretz Yisroel (Land of Israel) with the words: Moshiach Oseh Nisim (Moshiach Makes Miracles) and a phone number which people can call to ask for Brachos (blessings from the Rebe King Moshiach) through the Igros Kodesh.

To promote the campaign, R' Avi Piamenta and his son have recorded a song to be used in Lag Baomer parades, radio and television advertisements, and much more. The song was composed spontaneously by a group of Temimim Farbrenging in Kfar Chabad...

Click Here: http://chabad.info/audio/shonot/MASHIACH%20-%20FINAL%20JINGEL.mp3 to play the song.

More pictures of bus campaign here: http://chabad.info/index.php?url=article_en&id=8881

Charlie Buttons

2007-04-27T10:37:00.001-07:00

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"Charlie Buttons" in a tuxedo!

A Chess Lesson

2007-04-27T10:21:00.001-07:00

A good Russian fire

2007-04-27T10:13:00.001-07:00

Present-day Sanhedrin court seeks to revive ancient Temple rituals

2007-03-14T18:08:00.000-07:00

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Present-day Sanhedrin court seeks to revive ancient Temple rituals

By Nadav Shragai, Haaretz Correspondent

The present-day Sanhedrin Court ( http://www.thesanhedrin.org/en/ ) decided Tuesday to purchase a herd of sheep for ritual sacrifice at the site of the Temple on the eve of Passover, conditions on the Temple Mount permitting.

The modern Sanhedrin was established several years ago and is headed by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz. It claims to be renewing the ancient Jewish high court, which existed until roughly 1600 years ago, and meets once a week.

Professor Hillel Weiss, a member of the Sanhedrin, told Haaretz on Tuesday that the action, even if merely symbolic, is designed to demonstrate in a way that is obvious to all that the expectation of Temple rituals will resume is real, and not just talk.
Several years ago, a number of members of the various Temple movements performed a symbolic sacrifice on Givat Hananya, which overlooks the Temple Mount from Jerusalem's Abu Tur neighborhood. During the ceremony, participants sacrificed a young goat that was donated by a resident of Tekoa. The participants also built a special two-meter tall oven, in accordance with halakha (Jewish law).

The Passover sacrifice is considered a simple ceremony, relative to other works performed in the Temple. On Wednesday, the Sanhedrin will hold its main conference, entitled "Existential threats and ways to correct them." Rabbi Menachem Froman, far-right activist Moshe Feiglin, and Nativ editor Arieh Stav will participate in the conference. The guest of honor will be Makor Rishon publisher Shlomo Ben-Zvi.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/831646.html

Dmitriy Salita - Trans World Sport

2007-03-10T22:03:00.001-08:00

Where Faith and Science Meet

2007-03-09T03:01:00.001-08:00

Rabbi Cantor Chabad of Thailand speaks on what it means to be a shaliach (emissary of Moshiach).

2007-02-27T12:33:00.000-08:00

Response to the "STATEMENT FROM CHABAD-LUBAVITCH OF OREGON Inc."

2007-02-13T09:34:00.000-08:00

By the grace of G-d
Shalom everyone!
The "STATEMENT FROM CHABAD-LUBAVITCH OF OREGON Inc." signed by Rabbi Moshe Wilhelm Shlit"a
condemning me from http://chabadoregon.com/ and now mirrored here since it was removed from ChabadOregon.com shortly after I posted the response bellow showing the absurdity of it, no apology or explanation for this slander has been forthcoming from Chabad of Oregon Inc. thus the statement and my response will continue to be displayed here and is being advertised on google searches and ad network and posted on other popular sites and blogs encouraging you to contact Rabbi Wilhelm and Chabad of Oregon Inc. and demand a clarification and an apology as they haven't returned my calls since they posted this lie on their site. http://chabadoregon.com/ front page: Click on it to enlarge and read press the back button to return to the post:

makes no sense:

1) How can Rabbi Moshe Wilhelm be "shocked" when he knows my beliefs for 2 years I have been here in Portland and 1 year I had http://www.RebbeGod.blogspot.com blog when we had a number of 1 on 1 conversations on these topics with him in which he never told me he thinks such beliefs are heretical?

2) How can he accuse me of "blasphemy" if he gives me aliahs to the Torah fully knowing what my public statements and beliefs are (a blasphemer doesn't get aliahs among other things) ?

3) He asserts that I have no position in Chabad Lubavitch movement. I don't know what that means.If it means I have no position in his non profit corporation Chabad of Oregon Inc fine I never claimed I did. Yet on the other hand the Rebbe King Moshiach clearly said a number of times that every Jew is His shaliach (emissary): http://www.beismoshiach.org/Misc/rebbe_says.htm thus is automatically part of Chabad Lubavitch movement.

Fascinating paper by Rabbi Simon Jacobson presents a view of the Rebbe's Infrastructure

A follow-up to Rabbi Simon Jacobson's earlier paper for more in comprehensive treatment of this subject as to who can be legitimatly called Chabad shaliach (emissary) etc. hat tip to BeisMoshiach.org and ChicagoAnash.com)
That every Chabadnik should turn his home into a "Chabad House" to offer physical and spiritual assistance to others including putting a "Chabad House" sign on the door thus I have a number of such "doors" here in Portland in Boston and online which welcome thousands of visitors daily spreading Torah and Chassidus including the Rebbes teachings about the excitement of living in the Messianic era unfolding before our eyes and the identity of Moshiach and why is Moshiach called by the name of G-d etc.

4) He asserts that I'm not a rabbi certified by Chabad movement which is extremely deceptive as Chabad movement doesn't "certify" Rabbis nor is an ordination at one of the Chabad Yeshivah's is or has ever been a requirement for serving as a Chabad emissary (see part "3)" above). A number of well known emissaries ordained elsewhere are clear proofs to this fact.

5) He claims that I cannot be called a Chabad activist as my actions are supposedly against the Shulchan Aruch - the code of Jewish law. Since none of these sins are actually listed this vague slander deserves no reply.

6) He reiterates that my blog is my private initiative as if I ever claimed it is officially affiliated with Chabad Lubavitch of Oregon Inc. As if it even needs to be said to avoid such condemnation.

7) He mentions another blog http://www.Pilegesh.org and 2 sites http://JewishPolygamyPersonals.com also known as http://www.PilegeshPersonals.com/ and http://www.NoahidePersonals.com (which are now run under a pen name "Noah Smith" due to somewhat controversial nature of the subject matter on these sites to shield me from unwaranted criticism of well meaning people ignorant of Torah law and the Rebbe Kiung Moshiach's opinions on these subjects see http://pilegesh.blogspot.com/2006/12/lubavitcher-rebbe-on-polygamy.html ) that I have recently took over (after this popular more than a 100 links to it yet formerly very brief blog http://pilegesh.blogspot.com/2006/12/lubavitcher-rebbe-on-polygamy.html was deleted by previous ownerusing the name "Odom" [Adam] from "Lakewood NJ") and improved with the Rebbe's blessings thru the Holy letters http://www.igrot.com/ (as is the Chabad custom to ask the Rebbe's blessing thru holy letters) that "it should be published as soon as possible as it will bring merit to many" (mezakeh et ha'rabim) and claims that this particular blog and site are against the Torah and Jewish tradition ignoring the fact that this site is under the supervision of a qualified Dayan (Rabbinic Judge) from Jerusalem an expert in Jewish family law and author of many books on this and other topics who has more knowledge than Rabbi Wilhelm Shlit"a whose main functions as far as I can see are teaching the basics of Judaism, kosher supervision and fundraising.
PS. It has been mentioned to me by a person with connections within the so called "Lubavitch Headquarters" and Chabad Media Center which coordinates the public relations of Chabad Lubavitch Movement emissaries who sign up for this service worldwide (many still choose not to for various reasons) and hosts and supports ChabadOregon.com website and other such Chabad.org clone sites for $75 a month making them a part of the so called "Chabad web system" and placing emissaries who chose to use this service in a position where their site can be turned off from New York if Rabbi Yudel Krinsky or one of his cronies doesn't like what's writen on it too much that supposedly Rabbi Wilhelm didn't write this shameful statement of his own volition but only after facing much pressure from "Lubavitch Headquarters" to do so after the HaAretz article came out.While I don't know for sure if this is true or another bit of misinformation this statement does look very strange much unlike anything I have seen or heard from Rabbi Wilhelm Shlit"a whom I have grown to respect as a decent and kind human being that he is (since I met him two years ago after being invited to Portland by a student of mine ) . A person would never had imagined would lend his name and web site to spread this strange defamatory, backstabbing, unethical and slanderous statement.
With respect and blessing.
Rabbi Ariel Sokolovsky
Bais Moshiach Center of Greater Boston and Portland Oregon
617-372-2312
http://www.BostonChabad.com
http://www.MoshiachTV.blogspot.com
http://www.ChabadTravel.com
Moshiach Center for Russian Speakers (in English see http://www.moshiach.ru/english/ )

2007-01-16T05:01:00.000-08:00

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2007-01-10T15:02:00.000-08:00

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Sadam is dead-another prophecy fulfilled

2006-12-31T06:55:00.000-08:00

By the grace of G-d

On Shabbos Parshas Bo Nun-Aleph (January 1991) the Rebbe King Moshiach Shlit"a spoke of the destruction of Bavel (Babylon, Iraq), "May it be the will of Hashem that the nations of the world will continue to destroy and destroy, until the true victory". At that time the Rebbe instructed not to widely publicize the Sicha, for "the time will yet come"....
The whole Sicha and other articles on this subject can be found here http://www.torah.5u.com/moshiach.html

Iraqi authorities hung the former dictator just before dawn on Shabbos after he was convicted in a months-long trial of being responsible for the 1982 killing of 142 men and boys in the town of Dujail. Saddam led his country into multiple conflicts that cost over a million lives. He launched 39 Scud missiles on Israel unprovoked during the 1991 Persian Gulf War and financed Palestinian terrorist groups among other things.
PS.It's interesting to note that the war in Iraq started on the 16th of Adar 5763 the day exactly 12 years after the Rebbe King Messiah spoke about the future victory of America in it's war against "Basra" (Iraq) like it says in Isaiah 63 "Who is that coming from Edom in crimsoned garments from Basra etc.")(majority of war casualties on our side primarily among the British soldier were in Basra specifically ) . Sadam was captured on 19th of Kislev (Chassidic new year
- day of liberation from prison of the 1st Rebbe of Chabad ) he was brought before the judge the 1st time on 12th of Tamuz the birthday and the day of liberation of the 6th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch (the father in law of the Rebbe King Moshiach) from the Soviet internal exile in 1927 and his final appeal was denied on 5th of Teves known as "didan notzach" - we won the day celebrated by Chabad Chassidim since 1987 when the federal court found that priceless books stolen from Chabad library by a relative of the Previous Rebbe of blessed memory who claimed they belong to him as part inheritance belong to all the Chassidim and must be returned to Agudas Chassidei Chabad.
And finally Sadam was executed by hanging this Shabbat 9th of Tevet the day preceding the 10th of Teves the start of the siege of Jerusalem by the Babylonian emperor king Nevuhadnetzer that led to the destruction of the 1st temple of Somomon and the 70 year old Babylonian exile.
PPS. There are those who don't fast on his day as the Rebbe King Messiah said in 1991 that Rabbis should decree that these fasts no longer apply since Messiah is finally here and we are in the process of redemption when as the sages teach these 4 fasts associated with the destruction of the temples shall be turned into days of rejoicing.
May we soon see the rebuilding of the holy temple in Jerusalem with complete and final redemption when all nations will serve G-d in one accord.
With respect and blessing.
Rabbi Ariel Sokolovsky
Moshiach Info Center,
Bais Moshiach Chabad Lubavitch Center of Greater Boston and Portland Oregon
http://www.BostonChabad.com
http://www.Moshiachtv.blogspot.com

(Sadam's hanging video embeded above.Click play to start watching.)
(hat tip Tzemach Atlas)

2006-12-21T00:53:00.000-08:00

Testimony on Shlomo Aviner

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From Exile to Redemption in My Life

2006-12-14T12:20:00.000-08:00

By the grace of G-d

From Exile to Redemption in My Life

Nechama Gerber

THE SEEDS ARE PLANTED

It all started when I was at my friend’s house in Crown Heights the weekend of Gimel Tammuz 1994. I asked her why some Lubavitchers were singing and clapping, at what seemed to be a levaya? She answered, “It says Moshiach will appear to die before he comes.” Woohoo! I went home with the bas mitzva present she had just given me, a clock with a picture of the Rebbe, eagerly awaiting the Rebbe to take us out of Galus… Throughout the years I got very discouraged that the Rebbe hadn’t taken us to Yerushalayim that day, even making fun of the whole thing. But I still felt very sentimental about that clock, which I brought with me everywhere. My high school principal wouldn’t help me apply to a Lubavitch seminary; my seminary principal discouraged me from doing Lubavitch shlichus the next year; a Lubavitch seminary wouldn’t hire me as a madricha for my 3rd year in Eretz Yisroel; and the 4th year Chabad of the Cardo said they might need me but never called. In a shiur we had on Moshiach (during my 2nd year of seminary), the rabbi said there will be a T’chiyas HaMeisim for tzaddikim before Moshiach comes. One girl asked my rav if Moshiach can be one of those tzaddikim who come up from it. He made some faces, gnarled, “I suppose so,” and changed the subject. Hmmm… One Shabbos (about two years later) in a friend’s caravan in Bat Ayin, her Lubavitch mother asked why I’m so into Breslov. When I told her it’s because Breslov is so into simcha, she said Lubavitch is too. And that Chabad is more intellectual, Breslov more emotional; so since I seem more intellectual, I should try Chabad. What impressed me very much was that chassidus Chabad has the same foundation as the mussar vaad I belonged to. A different friend in Bat Ayin joked, “I could see you running around shouting ‘Yechi’ – just don’t let them convince you the Rebbe’s still alive!” I reassured her that there’s nothing to worry about, since I was actually at the levaya. Baruch Hashem I had too many jobs in Yerushalayim, so Machon Alte had to wait almost a year. What gave me the final push to just drop everything and learn about Lubavitch, was when a Litvish friend (whose Breslov rebbetzin told her to learn Tanya every day) told me all these contradictory things about Lubavitch: On the one hand, Lubavitch women are very learned and make the best Bais Yaakov teachers; on the other hand, “There’s a whole book about the g’dolim’s issues with Chabad,” etc. I just had to get to the bottom of this, reminding myself that what Lubavitchers do can’t stop me from learning the chassidus. And hey, Moshiach’s whole origins are so intriguing and unusual, so that the Satan won’t realize how kadosh he is, and therefore won’t bother stopping him. Maybe everyone hates Chabad davka because it’s so true, because the Rebbe really is Moshiach!
CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT
I made a one month commitment to try Machon Alte, no matter what. Those first two weeks I felt the tension between myself and the Lubavitchers. They thought I was some spy or something, reporting back to Litvish-Land. I also started attacking them after some rabbi with a really smushed hat said our generation has an obligation to learn chassidus. How can he diagnose my g’dolim with a disease to which chassidus is the only cure? Is he saying my g’dolim aren’t serving Hashem properly? This same rabbi tried spooking us out that the Rebbe is in the classroom with us, and made the “ridiculous” claim that the Rebbe is our Moshe and has nevua! He said if we learn what Moshiach is and learn about the Rebbe, we’ll see it’s identical. One girl commented, “But he died.” He exclaimed, “I can’t believe this is being asked in these four walls! The Rebbe said this is the last generation of Galus! The Rebbe said the Beis HaMikdash will come down on 770 first!” He must be “one of those” that book warns about – I’ll have to be mekarev him. In the meantime, there was also tension from everyone back in Yerushalayim, including my rav, whom I really needed and respected. I justified being in Machon Alte by telling him I can’t be anti-Chabad if I don’t know what Chabad is! He couldn’t believe I was there already a whole week and still hadn’t figured it out, so he dropped the subject. I would lie awake most of the night coming up with all sorts of refutes for everything I had learned that day and wake up already thinking of new questions. And reading “that book” wouldn’t help because Lubavitchers had already put out another book refuting it. I would often go meditate on the mountains, calling out to Hashem, “In the z’chus of Rebbe Nachman, give me clarity!” Baruch Hashem there was one ex- Lakewooder there, Basya Richburg, my island of sanity. She would tell me how she also went through all these questions, and reassured me how peaceful I would feel when the struggle would be over. But I still had to fight it out myself – how do I know she didn’t fall for the same stuff all those other Lubavitchers are falling for? The real action started when I signed up to have a chavrusa. I wanted to know the deal with the Rebbe being Moshiach: he certainly could have been, and maybe will be, but what makes Lubavitchers rule everyone else out? The chavrusa asked how I came to Lubavitch, and before I could even finish telling her about the weekend I got my precious clock, she interrupted: “He didn’t die!” She sat there like a peaceful chassid while I yelled at her about everything you would imagine someone from a mussar vaad to. Despite all my “ingenious” refutes to her “flimsy” Torah sources, I was touched by how passionate she is about the Rebbe. I had never seen anyone care so much about a Torah leader. I met with her the next day to just listen – no arguing; just listening to why the Rebbe means so much to her. She said this is her life – she can’t fully explain it, but agreed to try. I sat there with my mouth open as she told me all these nissim the Rebbe did for her, even after Gimel Tammuz. I tried to overcome the magical feeling I got, like she had injected some spirit in me, by telling myself that this is how cults work, and I have to make a decision based on truth, not some “feeling.” One conversation I probably won’t ever forget was my “convincing” this chavrusa that a Rebbe gets in the way of us and Hashem. She closed her eyes and promised me, from a very deep place within herself, that the more mekushar you are to the Rebbe, the more connected you are with Hashem, and offered to teach me the “V’Ata Tetzaveh” maamer (which explains there’s an extension of Moshe in every generation whose role is to bring out our emunas Hashem.) But I knew her tricks – that when you see something in print it has a powerful effect on you, and she was already brainwashing me enough... By hashgacha pratis, a certain rebbetzin who was close with the biggest opponent to Chabad was visiting Tzfat. I tried arranging a meeting with her, because so far Lubavitchers seemed to really know what they’re talking about, so I was looking for more information to bring up with them. I was also hoping to show her where she’s wrong, because so far nothing my Litvish friends said about Chabad is true or relevant. She sent a message back with someone saying that once someone’s been in Machon Alte “that long” there’s no talking to them; and the Rebbe can’t be Moshiach because of Gimel Tammuz. I couldn’t believe she passed the opportunity to save my soul and recruit me to her seminary! About two weeks into Machon Alte, it was once just me, the smushed hat rabbi and his wife. I told him I figured out my real problem with chassidus: learning all these fancy kavanos and getting a high from connecting to Hashem takes away from doing a mitzva lishma (meaning, just because Hashem says so, regardless of the spiritual results.) When he gave me the answer I had been looking for the whole time but was waiting for a Lubavitcher to tell it to me on their own – that you need chassidus in order to fulfill the mitzvos to know, love, and fear Hashem – all barriers were broken. He was now my hero, and I was now chassidishe. The only question from then on was: Chabad or Breslov? Around the same time, after speaking to my chavrusa on a regular basis, it started to really sink in that although halacha does leave room for Moshiach dying, since halacha goes by what you see, there’s still no way to get around all those other sources (such as Yalkut Shimoni, Ramban, Rebbe Nachman, etc.) that say Moshiach will live forever, physically; that Moshe’s neshama is always mislabesh in the Nasi HaDor’s guf in the physical world (Likkutei Sichos, Vol. 26, page 7); that the Nasi HaDor is compared to the Even HaSh’siya, which is always found in the physical world without any change or being stored away (sicha of Shoftim 5751); and that the world can’t exist without the Nasi HaDor being physically alive (Chassidus 101, Tanya). Add to this the Rebbe’s outright statement that the uninterrupted eternal life of neshama in a guf is starting with him (Seifer Hisvaaduyos 5749 vol. 4, p.148). What does a Yid do when the Torah says one thing but her personal experience shows her the opposite? Baruch Hashem, Rashi already prepared us for this phenomenon by explaining that even though the Mitzrim embalmed Yaakov, he merely appeared to die, while in truth Yaakov lives forever. (By the way, “Nasi” stands for “Nitzutz Shel Yaakov Avinu.”) I guess the Arizal (Shaar Hagilgulim, perek 13) and Rashi (Daniel 12:12) knew what they were talking about when they said Moshiach would first be somewhat revealed, and then concealed before he’s fully revealed? That Lag B’Omer night in Meiron was the first time I was ever really happy R’ Shimon Bar Yochi revealed the Zohar to us. It was also the first time I was torn between wanting to hang out by the Na Nachers and moving on to the Lubavitch section! There were these two guys dancing and doing cartwheels with big Moshiach flags, blasting “HaRabbi Mi’Lubavitch, hu Moshiach.” I felt so proud to be part of the Rebbe’s people. On my way out of Meiron the next morning, I obtained my first little Moshiach flag. My chavrusa also brought me to my first Lag B’Omer tahalucha later that day. When my month commitment to Machon Alte was almost up, I had to decide if I would stay at the expense of losing my madricha job in the Heritage House in Yerushalayim. I was thinking about it on one of my long walks around Tzfat, when I felt as if the Rebbe put his hands on my shoulders. I heard the Rebbe tell me, “Nechama, zai shtill.” I understood the Rebbe wanted me to stick around Machon Alte. So I did. But it still gnawed at me that maybe my rav knows something I overlooked, which would make me rethink becoming Lubavitch. He got annoyed that I called to talk about it: “Look, I’m not going to try to talk you out of it; you like it, so good.” I wasn’t satisfied with that lame answer after all his hockening me about going there to begin with, so I pushed for a real reason. He asked if they think the Rebbe’s Moshiach. When I told him they have their sources, he said, “They’ve gone mad! He died. Gamarnu!” (Mind you, this is the same rav who, three years earlier, said he supposes Moshiach could come from the dead.) He got defensive when I tried clarifying if there’s a real hashkafic/halachik issue, or if he just thinks they’re silly. Finally he quipped, “If you have any more questions, turn another page in the sicha or fax a letter to the Ohel.” I still gleefully follow my rav’s advice to this day! So basically, the Litvaks I know have no solid, Torah-based reason to stay away from Lubavitch, and Lubavitchers have every good reason to come closer. It was sad and disappointing to realize this about the people I respected, but at the same time, relieving to know I finally found the emes I had been toying with the past eleven years.
HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY
One thing that surprised me throughout my stay in Tzfat was Lubavitchers who thought the Rebbe’s being Moshiach is a secret. Here I am, putting my life on hold to find the truth, and they’re hoarding information from me. I felt so deprived and left out. Why is the smushed hat rabbi and chavrusa the only ones open about the Rebbe’s own words and actions? Why must we hide the psak din that some other chassidishe rebbes signed, paskening that the Rebbe is Moshiach? Why did one rabbi insist it’s bad to say “Yechi,” when I see videos of the Rebbe encouraging it publicly? What makes the Moshiach flag a “chillul Chabad”? If it said, let’s say, “Torah,” would that be a “chillul Chareidim”? Many months later I was finally granted the privilege of learning that there was a time the Rebbe used to be very against chassidim publicizing him as Moshiach. That even though in 5751 the Rebbe was very pleased with the seifer Yechi HaMelech and then even gave his explicit approval of Yechi HaMelech HaMoshiach (whose goal is to explain the p’sak din regarding Moshiach), at first the Rebbe was the opposite of pleased, to say the least. That although we saw the Rebbe encouraging “Yechi” day in, day out – including the Yud Shvat 5753 live worldwide satellite broadcast – the Rebbe did get very upset earlier on when chassidim sang a niggun with the words “HaRebbe Moshiach Tzidkeinu” at the Shabbos Bereishis 5745 farbrengen. That even though Kehos got the Rebbe’s clear permission to print “Rebbe shlita Melech HaMoshiach” in their introduction to Besuras HaGeula, and the Rebbe himself openly discusses Moshiach’s identity in sichos he personally edited for newspaper publication, this was uncharacteristic of the Rebbe in the earlier years. And that all the stories of the Rebbe approving shluchim’s advertising him as Moshiach (such as those documented in V’Hu Yigaleinu/And He Will Redeem Us) came only after many famous stories of the Rebbe strongly reacting the opposite. Oh, I also learned that at first the Rebbe was opposed to becoming Rebbe. These two role models (smushed hat and chavrusa) who changed my life are able to help me because they are proud of everything the Rebbe says. They have emuna in and rely on the Rebbe, trusting that if the Rebbe becomes open about something, then certainly we have nothing to fear. They also really live with the Rebbe on a constant basis, are more passionate, happy, and peaceful. There’s a certain aura they radiate, stemming from pure emuna and hiskashrus with the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach.
SATISFACTION BROUGHT IT (THE CAT) BACK
While visiting the Heritage House in Yerushalayim one Shabbos (five weeks into my stay in Machon Alte), I had a really bad nose bleed. Baruch Hashem, someone stopped it for me, but I still felt a major loss of oxygen and very weak. At one point I was alone in the house for about two hours. I finally lied down on the couch to die, said Shma, told Hashem I love Him and am sorry for making fun of the Rebbe. I was glad to at least leave this world as a chassid of the Rebbe. Maybe this was even my entire tafkid? Suddenly it occurred to me that I might live, and I remembered learning that one way to hold on to an inspirational experience is by taking on something concrete, which would make you relive the inspiration every time you do this thing. Nothing really appealed to me, until Hashem gave me a brilliant idea: I made a deal with Hashem that if He saves me from this with no brain damage, I would be bittul to the Rebbe shlita Melech HaMoshiach. I would even wear a sheitel after I got married (as opposed to those comfortable funky tichels I had my heart set on), would have a million kids, and would even leave Eretz Yisroel if the Rebbe sends me out. I would do anything and everything the Rebbe says. Within minutes I was feeling strong enough to go upstairs to get dressed and daven! I couldn’t find a Nusach Ari Siddur, but switched as soon as I got my hands on one. The next day, Erev Chag HaShavuos, I called the rabbi from Machon Alte to ask what to do different over Shavuos, now that I’m dedicated to Lubavitch. We officially finished the conversion when I got back to Tzfat. After going through some differences in minhagim and halachos, he told me what it means to be a Lubavitcher chassid: Be mekushar to the Rebbe, have a lot of Ahavas Yisroel, and do everything with the kavana of bringing Moshiach. I decorated my first Chitas cover with a quote from a Musar Seifer by Rav Yerucham Levovitz ZT”L, in the name of the Alter of Chelm: “The Rebbe said!” – and after that, nothing further is required… The goal of all the wisdom and understanding that passes between Rebbe and Talmid … is the student’s giving himself over, emuna in the Rav.
WHAT ABOUT BRESLOV?
I still love Rebbe Nachman and have a lot of hakaras ha’tov for the simcha and strength his teachings gave me when I needed it. And the Rebbe’s being Moshiach doesn’t retroactively undo the fact that Rebbe Nachman sent one of his Chassidim the petek (Na Nach note). I still appreciate the kabalistic principles that a) the tenth song will be a four-letter tzaddik’s name built up one letter at a time (like Me Mena Menach Menachem) and b) doing that to a tzaddik’s name increases his kochos in the world. The truth is one doesn’t have to choose between Rebbe Nachman/Keter/Likkutei Moharan, and the Rebbe/Malchus/Sichos, because the Rebbe’s neshama klalis includes Rebbe Nachman; his sichos and Igros Kodesh include Likkutei Moharan (since the Rebbe learned Likkutei Moharan, even making a direct reference to it twice); and Malchus is both rooted in Keter and is the Keter of the s’firos below it. Even their names are the passive and active forms of the same shoresh. That’s why you’ll notice a petek necklace next to my Moshiach pin, and a big Na Nach sticker next to my Lubavitch s’farim.
RETURNING TO LITVISHLAND AS A LUBAVITCHER
Early on in my search through different hashkafos, a friend tried helping by telling me to think of our g’dolim. Since when you follow a gadol you end up with them, so if they’re wrong you’ll be in Gehinom with them. The thought of my g’dolim in Gehinom tickled my brain, and comforted me that “of course, Chareidi Litvaks are right.” After my commitment to Chabad, this friend asked what Lubavitch gives me that nothing else did? I told her it can’t be their systematic approach to learning and Yiddishkait, because we already had that in the Musar vaad we were part of for three years. And it can’t be chassidus, because I already had Breslov books and meditated regularly. The answer is, “The Rebbe.” She asked me to explain, and it was then that I started to understand why my chavrusa (who is now my mashpia) said she just couldn’t explain the concept of Rebbe; it’s our whole life. And thanks to those two role models, I can confidently say that I’d rather go to the Gehinom of a chassid than any gadol’s Olam HaBa. The story doesn’t end here. The stronger my emuna and hiskashrus, the stronger the Satan. Throughout my “shana rishona” of being Lubavitch, many people have showed me many things to make me seriously reconsider being a chassid of the Rebbe, chas v’shalom. To get clarity I tracked down people who could give me details of what that B’nei Brak rosh yeshiva said; but either they didn’t really know specifics, or they weren’t willing to tell me. I found that extremely frustrating: if a gadol openly says something, who are they to cover up for him? I thought we’re supposed to have emunas chachomim, and be proud of our g’dolim’s (and Rebbe’s!) announcements. I even hunted down that rebbetzin (who avoided me in Tzfat) and met her in her house. She tried turning the tables, asking me all sorts of questions, avoiding it, finally admitting she doesn’t really know what he said, absolutely refusing to refer me to those who do. She commented that I looked so pained, how someone so young shouldn’t have to carry such a burden. I let out my frustration: “It pains me that the whole world is against Chabad and doesn’t even know why! How come no one can tell me that gadol’s issue?” When I shared this with a Litvak, she was surprised, and referred me to a website that would spell out “all the problems with Chabad.” It had some pretty shocking things different g’dolim said about the Rebbe, in addition to a paraphrasing of a certain sicha from 5710 suggesting avoda zara, ch”v. I realized that the bottom line is: either the Rebbe is a tzaddik and his sichos are emes, or the opposite, chas v’shalom. So I called a really big rav who is known for his ahavas Yisroel, deciding that whatever this future gadol says will be it. He said he’s not qualified to answer if the Rebbe is a tzaddik or not, but offered to tell me that “the Rebbe never said he’s Moshiach, and certainly never said he would be after he dies, and it’s questionable if saying that the Rebbe is still alive is part of Torah.” (He also added that he’d still accept me even if I stay Lubavitch.) I clarified that I’m Meshichist because of the Rebbe’s sichos, and that’s why I want to know if he’s a tzaddik and his sichos are emes. He said he doesn’t know; he never learned the Rebbe’s sichos. Since I called to listen and not to debate, I thanked him very much, amazed at how he knows what the Rebbe never said – in those sichos he never learned. Over the next few months I did some research regarding the information on that website. Most of the stories and “quotes” from different g’dolim turned out to be not only untrue, but to be the opposite of how those g’dolim actually regard the Rebbe. I also learned that regarding that “avoda zara” sicha – this blogger obviously never learned the whole sicha, and very much misunderstood the one or two paragraphs he did read. However, the website did do a magnificent job showing how the Rebbe himself made it clear to us he’s The Final Moshiach, encourages “Yechi,” allows people to call him “Rebbe shlita Melech HaMoshiach” to his face, was pleased with the woman who handed him the “Yechi” tambourine, etc. I informed the website owner of the inaccuracies, and thanked him for spreading the Rebbe’s sichos all over the internet.
NO TURNING BACK – EVER!
The stormier the Satan’s wind of doubt, the stronger my enthusiastic devotion to the Rebbe burns, baruch Hashem. I still can’t get over how the Rebbe Rashab picked me, out of all my friends and family, to be Lubavitch. I certainly didn’t do anything to deserve it! You can’t even compare life as a Lubavitcher to the old world. It’s like going from Exile to Redemption, literally. Amen!
Yechi Adoneinu Moreinu V’Rabbeinu Melech HaMoshiach L’olam Va’ed!
Long Live our Master our Teacher and our Rebbe King Moshiach Forever and Ever!

2006-09-01T01:05:00.000-07:00

Dor haGeulah (Generation of Redemption)

The Rebbe foresaw everything

2006-07-25T17:44:00.000-07:00

By the grace of G-d
Shalom everyone!
The Rebbe King Moshiach predicted this in 1991:
In the Sicha that predicts current war in Iraq at the end it says:
Moreover, [the destruction of Babylonia] will lead to fullness in the realm of holiness. As our Sages declared, "If this one (Jerusalem) is full, this one (Caesarea) is empty." Correspondingly, "Tyre received fullness only because of the destruction of Jerusalem." It thus follows that the destruction of Tyre [and its like] leads to the fullness of Jerusalem. [...] (Tyre is an important city in Lebanon http://menachemmendel.blogspot.com/2006/07/jews-and-tyre-lebanon-i.html )
See:
http://www.sichosinenglish.com/books/counsel-given-concerning-babylon/01.htm
See also Timeline of Moshiach and redemption
May we merit complete redemption very very soon.
Rabbi Ariel Sokolovsky

Beis Moshiach ISSUE 545 - increasing in joy

2006-03-03T12:38:00.000-08:00

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It helps to consider that the Rebbe King Moshiach Shlit"a said that we have the strength now, despite the darkness of these last moments of Exile, to celebrate with pure joy the imminence of Moshiach, a theme that ties in beautifully with the Divine service particular to the month of Adar: increasing in joy!

Now that things are becoming more and more clear and obvious, being on the very threshold of Redemption, when the true colors of everyone and everything come out, it is a wonder that so many people have yet to catch on. Indeed we are witnessing the gradual acceptance of a terrorist state on the global political scene, and right in the midst of the Holy Land, r”l.

Similarly, the failure of the “Zionist” vision is apparent, imploding before our eyes, morphing into a diabolical creature fraught with self-hate. See the introduction of BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARKNESS, where Rabbi Sholom Dovber HaLevi Wolpo analyzed the theoretical foundations of Zionism in the light of the Torah and the wisdom of the Rebbe MH”M.

HOT OFF THE PRESS: Click here http://www.beismoshiach.org/_pdf/545.pdf for the latest Beis Moshiach Magazine (English section) in PDF format . Click here http://www.beismoshiach.org/Lashon_HaKodesh/pdf/545.pdf for the Hebrew version.

CONTENTS OF LATEST ISSUE:

4 | TO KNOW G-D: IT’S NOT ENOUGH TO BELIEVE (CONT.)

D’var Malchus / Likkutei Sichos, Vol. 26, pg. 114-123

6 | BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARKNESS

Focus / Rabbi Sholom Dovber HaLevi Wolpo

10 | SHIDDUCHIM: ADVICE FOR PARENTS

Insight / G. Shmuelevitz

14 | DO AS THE REBBE SAID IN THE DREAM

Miracle Stories / Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Ginsberg

18 | ELDEST CHASSID OF OUR GENERATION: RABBI YEHUDA CHITRIK A”H

Chassid / Zalman Berger

28 | THE OBLIGATION TO CELEBRATE ON PURIM (CONT.)

Purim / Torah Or

32 | DON’T FORGET!

News

34 | SHLIACH ON THE MOVE

Shlichus

42 | DAY OF RECKONING

Shleimus HaAretz / Shai Gefen

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EVENT CANCELLED

2006-02-13T13:02:00.000-08:00

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We are sorry to report that the event in New York tonight has been cancelled due to Rabbi Bolton not managing to get a flight from Florida because of the weather in New York.

Rabbi Boltons event in New York

2006-02-12T12:05:00.000-08:00

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For all those who have been emailing regarding the event in New York - Crown Heights:

The event will Please G-D be taking place tomorrow night (Monday) at 7pm, at 1365 Carroll St Apt 1C (between Carroll and Kingston). Please let your friends!!

Parshat Beshalach

2006-02-10T07:46:00.000-08:00

Parshat Beshalach

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This week's section contains the song that the Jews sang after crossing the
sea.

And the song is preceded by the sentence;

"Then will sing Moses and the Jewish people this song to G-d" (15:1)

At first glance this is not understood.

First of all, why didn't the Jews sing as soon as Moses split the sea before
they crossed, or as they were crossing? Why did they wait till afterwards?

Also it would have been sufficient to write, "Then the Jewish people sang".
So we have the following questions on the passage:

Why does it say 'WILL' sing?
Why does it say 'Moses AND the Jewish people? If it would have just said
'the Jewish people', Moses would have been included.
Why does it say "this song" when the song is written clearly afterwards?
And why does it say "to G-d" when the first words of the song are "I will
sing to G-d"!

To answer this here is a story. (Migdal Oz pg 161 & Likuti Sipurim, Perlov
pg 54)

Rabbi Shlomo of Carlin was known throughout all of the Chassidic world as
being one of the foremost pupils of the Maggid of Mezeritz, the successor of
the Baal Shem Tov. In fact he was nicknamed The Rabbi Shlomo the Great
because of his holiness, expertise in all branches of the Torah and great
miracles that he performed.

He had pupils and followers scattered all over the Ukraine and White Russia
and would travel around to visit them regularly.

It so happened that one year he visited pupils that lived in a predominantly
anti-Chassidic (mitnagdim) town in White Russia but he paid no attention to
the opposition. He was too devoted to serving the Creator with every fiber
of his being every moment of the day .

There were many things that the Chassidim did that infuriated their
opposition and two of them were that the men would go to the mikva
(sometimes every morning) and they would heat up the mikva before immersion;
things the mitnagdim thought were insane and even forbidden.

[A mikva is like a small 'swimming' pool built exactly according to Torah
standards, big enough to immerse at least one's body. Immersion in a mikva
removes certain types of impurity. The water is either all rain water, or a
certain percentage rain water]

But, as we said, this opposition did not bother Rabbi Shomo at all. In fact
he requested from some of the young men to heat up the town mikva so he
could immerse himself before prayer and the water was very cold.

The men somehow found a way to get into the mikva building when no one was
there and even managed to heat up a huge pot of water to boiling. The mikva
itself happened to be empty (or they emptied it) and their plan was to pour
the boiling water into the empty mikva and then to quickly fill it with
regular water so it would be warm for Rabbi Shlomo.

But somehow things got a bit disorganized and when they finally managed to
lift the heavy boiling pot to the edge of the wall surrounding the mikva and
pour it into the mikva, they didn't notice that one of their company was
down there in the empty mikva checking on something or other completely
unaware of what was going on above him.

The results were a catastrophe. The Chassid never knew what hit him. In
just seconds he was completely and instantly scalded from head to foot. He
let out blood-curdling screams for about thirty seconds and then passed out
from the pain.

The Chassidim were shocked to the essence of their souls. Their poor friend
was dying a horrible painful death before their very eyes. Their only chance
was to take him to the Rebbe as quickly as possible. They wrapped him in
their coats and ran with him through the cold winter streets until they saw
in the distance the house where the Rebbe was staying.

As they were running they also began to remember that they themselves were
also in severe trouble. If it were known that they were Chassidim of Reb
Shlomo and that their connection to him was any more than casual it could be
physically dangerous for them and their entire families. There were
instances of Chassidim being beaten and even killed by zealous mitnagdim.

They made it to the Rebbe's house They brought their burnt friend in and
laid him on the table. By this time he was much more dead than alive and,
to make things worse when they removed the coats they had wrapped him in
much of the poor fellow's skin peeled off. It was obvious that the end was
only seconds away.

Rabbi Shlomo, however, did not seem overly concerned. He simply began
slowly passing his hand over the fellow's body and wherever his hand passed
the skin miraculously healed!! The burnt Chassid began to breathe more
steadily and easily until after about fifteen minutes of this his skin was
whole and rosy as though nothing ever happened.

The others could not believe what they were seeing; their friend put on his
clothes, thanked the Rebbe profusely for saving his life and left.

It was an open miracle and they all saw it with their naked eyes.

One year later Reb Shlomo again returned to the same town and again the same
young men came to meet him, led by the Chassid that he had brought back to
life. But the Rebbe could tell that something had changed, their entire
attitude was different. He asked what it was and they told him.

"A few months after you did that amazing miracle and actually raised the
dead, well, another Rebbe came here. His name was Rabbi Shneur Zalman of
Laidi. We know he is your friend and you respect him as well, and his
respect and reverence for you is immeasurable.

"But he said two or three discourses in Chassidut and we heard things that
we never thought a human being could say. He spoke about the upper worlds
and we felt we were in the upper worlds. He spoke about how the upper worlds
were really nothing compared to the Creator and we felt that too. But when
he talked about Moshiach and we felt Moshiach was here we decided to follow
him.

Rebbe, you showed us the miracles G-d does; you can even enliven the dead!
But Rebbe Shneur Zalman shows us what WE should do for G-d; he enlivened our
souls.

This answers our questions. The Jews didn't sing when the sea split because
they were used to G-d doing miracles for them. What they needed was someone
to teach them to return the favors. ... Like the difference between the two
Rabbis in our story.

That is why it says "Moses AND the Jewish people" because without Moses the
Jews would not have known how to sing to G-d. Moses enlivened their souls.

That is also why it says "This song to G-d" because it was the first time
that the Jews repaid G-d; returned energy and gave something TO Him.

And this explains why it says "Will Sing" as Rashi explains there that this
proves that there will be the raising of the dead; Moses and all the Jews
will again sing.

And the reason why we will SING is because the resurrection of the bodies
will come as a result of the physical service we did with our BODIES in this
world.

And that is the essence of the idea of a SONG - namely raising physical
energy back up to the Creator. It is precisely this return of energy we
'raise up' to G-d that will cause the Raising of the Dead.

That is why the Chassidim in our story favored Rabbi Shneur Zalman's
discourse over Rabbi Shlomo's miracles.

They sensed that it was a preparation for Moshiach.

Moshiach is the goal of Judaism. He will bring all the Jews, indeed all
mankind, to serve Hashem (see the end of Rambam 11:4). And Rabbi Shneur
Zalman was the Moshiach of his generation! (in fact the Lubavitcher Rebbe
pointed out that each of the Chabad Rebbes was the Moshiach of his
generation).

And just as G-d did great miracles in the Exodus from Egypt so will He do
even bigger ones in the future redemption. (Micah 7:15) as a result of us
doing all we can NOW in this physical world to bring....

Moshiach NOW!

Rabbi Tuvia Bolton
Yeshiva Ohr Tmimim
Kfar Chabad, Israel
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Updated List: Appearences in the USA - Feb 2 thru 13

2006-02-02T07:48:00.000-08:00

B"H

There have been a few changes to this list (5th, 12th (NY))

This list can also be found here.

www.tuviabolton.com/tour.htm

Please pass the link onto your friends!

Yours Sincerely

Rabbi Tuvia Bolton

BOSTON: February 2nd, 8:30pm
Weston Chabad Center
793 Worcester Street, Wellesley Hills, MA 02481
Tel: 781.239.1076
Email: Chabadwellesley@aol.com

LAS VEGAS: Friday Night Feb 3rd, 5.30pm
Kabbalat Shabbat Services follwed by meal and Lecture
Chabad of Summerlin, 2620 Regarra Dr #117
Tel: 702.243.3623
Email: chabadofsummerlin@yahoo.com

Saturday Night Feb 4th, 8.00pm
Chabad of Summerlin, 2620 Regarra Dr #117
Tel: 702.243.3623
Email: chabadofsummerlin@yahoo.com

LOS ANGELES:Sunday 5th Feb, 7.30-9.00pm
Chabad of Bel Air
2851 Nicada Dr,
Bel Air, CA
Tel: 323.669.2417
Email: rlavey@chla.usc.edu

MARINA: Monday 6th Feb, 7.30pm
(Near LA)The Marina Shul
2532 Lincoln Blvd, Marina del Rey.
Tel: 310.980.6671
Email: RABBIYOSKE@aol.com

SAN DIEGO: Tuesday 7th Feb, 7.30pm
Chabad Center of University City
3813 Governor Drive
San Diego, CA 92122
Tel: 858.618.6513
Email: Rabbi@chabaduc.org

DALLAS: Wednesday 8th Feb
Levelland Road, Dallas TX 75252
Tel: 214.632.2633
Email: chabadlubavitch@gmail.com

AUSTIN: Thursday Feb 9th, 7.00pm
HEB Kosher Store
7025 Village Center Dr. Austin TX
Tel: 512.502.8459
Email: cfeldman@crescentheights.com

Thursday Feb 9th, 8.30pm
Chabad of Austin
2101 Nueces, Austin TX
Tel: 469.831.9465
Email: rabbi@cheerful.com or Matzah24@aol.com

MIAMI BEACH: Shabbat Feb 11th
Bais Menachem of North Miami Beach
1005 N.E. 172nd Terrace
North Miami, FL 33162
Tel: 305.761.5217
Email: y.horvitz@prodigy.net

Saturday Night Feb 11th
Tel: 305.761.5217
Email: y.horvitz@prodigy.net

Sunday Feb 12th, DAYTIME
Email: Itasaraga@aol.com

NEW YORK: Monday Feb 13th, 7.00pm
Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Email: webmaster@ohrtmimim.org

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Parshat Bo & Yud Shevat

2006-02-02T07:41:00.000-08:00

Parshat Bo & Yud Shevat

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Rabbi Bolton on tour Feb 2 -13.
Full information here:
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This week's section tells of the last three plagues and the Exodus of
the entire Jewish nation from Egyptian slavery.

Strangely, the Jews prepared for this monumental event in a seemingly
very inappropriate way:

All Jewish males had to undergo a painful and debilitating operation
and then eat a full meat meal: they circumcised themselves and then
had to eat from the Korbon Pesach - the Pesach Offering, just hours
before beginning an arduous desert trek.

Who would do such a crazy thing? Why did G-d want them to do it? What
sense did it make?!

Also, this coming week we celebrate the Tenth day (yud) of Shvat; that
date of the passing of the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe (1950) Rabbi
Yosef Yitzchak and the date, one year later, that his son-in-law
succeeded him.

Is there a connection?

To understand this here is a story.

About 250 years ago in the Ukraine, Jewish education was a big
problem. Gentiles had the option, which they often took, to leave
their children unlettered but not the Jews! That a Jewish child could
be illiterate and unable to approach the wonderful, holy Torah was
inconceivable!

In fact, education was so ingrained in the Jewish soul that even
non-observant parents, which began to be more and more common, often
hired Torah teachers for their children.

One such Jew lived in a small village. He was well-off financially and
personally considered himself to be far above the antiquated Torah and
it's commandments but for some reason, that he himself couldn't figure
out, he wanted his children to learn Judaism.

The teacher he hired happened to be a young married Chassid, that we
will call Yankel, who had to leave his wife and three children far
away to come to teach in this village with an agreement that he could
travel home twice a year; Tishre and Nissan, for the holidays.

But as the month of Tishrei approached his boss started to have
regrets. True he didn't have much patience for Judaism the rest of the
year but Rosh HaShanna and Yom Kippur were different! He was sick of
the old farmer that usually led the prayers in the town and wanted
Yankel to stay in the village and lead the prayers on the High Holy
Days. But an agreement is an agreement and in any case he couldn't
stop Yankel from seeing his family.

But he was surprised to hear that Yankel had no intention of going
home. Rather he said that he was going to Liozne see his Rebbe, Rabbi
Shneur Zalman of Laidi the (first) Rebbe of Chabad.

His boss couldn't figure out why Yankel would want to go see a Rebbe
when He was a rebbe himself! Everyone in the village called him 'Rebbe
Yankel'. What did he need a Rebbe for?

Yankel even tried to explain it to him; something about the Moses of
each generation and a general soul, but he didn't understand a word.
Yankel seemed to be a normal, intelligent young man. Why would he
forego a visit to his family to see some Moses?

Yankel didn't give up. He tried again and again to explain but his
boss was too seeped in the mundane for anything to penetrate. Until
finally Yankel just said, 'Listen, if you want to know what a Rebbe
is, then why don't you just come to Liozne with me. It will be an
adventure!"

It was all too spiritual for the boss and at first he refused. But
after several days of hearing Yaakov ramble on, his curiosity got the
best of him and he took up the invitation.

Yaakov was especially glad not only because it might awaken his boss'
Jewish soul but also because he wouldn't have to walk for five days;
his boss had a horse and wagon.

When they arrived in Liozne his boss was surprised to see hundreds,
maybe thousands of Chassidim that seemed to know and respect Yaakov
and that were friendly to him as well. They shook his hand warmly,
spoke openly and in general the atmosphere was happy and positive.

He accompanied Yaakov to the place where they were staying but that
night he saw that Yaakov, instead of just falling exhausted into bed
as he did, seemed to be preparing for something. He was looking in his
Siddur (prayer book) praying and swaying back and forth with such
concentration that his boss had to interrupt and ask him why.

Yaakov explained that tomorrow after the morning after prayer, would
be his turn to enter for 'Yechidut', a private audience, with the
Rebbe and he is thinking about it.

His boss didn't understand a word but the next day they woke early and
when Yaakov went to stand in line for Yechidut his boss also stood
there for a while and then went back to the room to eat.

When he finished he returned to look for Yankel and when he didn't see
him, decided to stand in line for 'Yechidut' himself. He wasn't aware
that each of the Chassidim there had been preparing intensely
sometimes for years for this moment that they would be with the Rebbe,
in fact he had never been aware of anything spiritual his entire life.

Finally he was next! The Rebbe's door opened and the Chassid who had
been in before him came out. The Chassid had obviously been crying but
he wiped his eyes, grabbed another Chassid and began singing and
dancing.

The boss entered, closed the door behind him and there he
was...standing before the Rebbe. The room was quiet and very solemn
but besides that he didn't really see anything special. So he just
stood there. After all, he thought to himself, he had put a lot of
time and effort to come here, now the Rebbe has to do something.

The Rebbe looked up at him and said, 'Nu?' (usually Chassidim give the
Rebbe a note with their name and request or question but he gave
nothing.)

'What, Nu?' Yankel's boss couldn't figure what the Rebbe wanted.

"What nu?" The Rebbe asked rhetorically.

"I will tell you. Sometimes it could be that a Jew who doesn't learn
Torah and doesn't care much about the commandments can come to do
sins. For instance" and the Rebbe proceeded to list, one at a time,
all the sins that the Yankel's boss had done in the last few years.

The boss couldn't believe his ears! At first he was startled, how
could he know!? But then he realized what happened; it was Yankel! He
must have told the Rebbe all this!! Why, that snake!!

As soon as the Rebbe finished he turned, walked out the door and began
looking for the culprit; the informer!!

By the time he found Yankel he was burning mad. He grabbed him and
began yelling. 'How could you stab me in the back?! I've treated you
well and even brought you here and you told the Rebbe my sins!!? Why
I'm going to..." but he saw that Yaakov was bewildered.

"What? Me? I would never! G-d forbid! What, I told your sins to the
Rebbe? Why, how could I know if you did sins?? How could I possibly
know? Just think! And even if I did, I wouldn't tell the Rebbe! G-d
forbid! That is loshon hara (slander).

"Well, if it wasn't you then who could it be!!" his boss sputtered.
"It was you all right! You can forget about working by me again!
You're lucky I don't punch you. Just keep away from me from now on!"
And he turned in anger and stormed away.

But after a few minutes it dawned on him that what Yankel said made
sense. But on the other hand, how did the Rebbe know? Why did he tell
him? What did he want? It was too confusing. He decided to leave.

Meanwhile Yaakov stood in line again to the Rebbe, told him what
happened, how now was out of a job and asked him to help.

So a few moments later Yankel's boss, who was in his room packing his
suitcase, heard a knock on his door, opened up and saw a Chassid
saying that the Rebbe wants to see him.

In a few minutes Yankel's boss was back in the Rebbe's room listening
to the Rebbe explain that not only had Yaakov never told him anything
but in fact all he said was that it's possible for one to do sins not
that anyone actually did them. And even if someone did do all those
sins they could easily be corrected.

For the first time in his life Yankel's boss didn't feel like a boss
and he didn't like the feeling but he sensed it was the truth.
Suddenly he noticed the Rebbe. This man obviously cared about him and
wanted him to be a Jew. He had been fooling himself and the Rebbe was
peeling off his foolishness.

His eyes began to fill with tears as the Rebbe told him that from now
he would have to change his attitude to G-d and the Torah and learn to
act and think differently.

Yaakov's boss left the room a humbled man as though the Rebbe turned
on a light that showed him that his life had been in the shadows; a
complete bluff. He remained in Liozne, became a genuine Baal Tshuva
and came home a happy Jew.

This answers our questions.

When the Jews left Egypt it wasn't just for political freedom, in fact
after Egypt had been decimated by plagues they could have remained
there and themselves been bosses.

Rather they had to leave the Egypt within them.

That was the job of Moses; to make the Jews leave not only the
external but also their internal, spiritual, personal Egypts. Namely
their false egos and unwillingness to love, fear and trust the
Creator.

That is why they had to circumcise themselves and sacrifice the Pesach
Lamb. The Egyptians were the epitome of egotism; famous for their
licentiousness and idolatry, and the Jews had been under their evil
influence for over two hundred years!

And just as the Rebbe made Yankel's boss in our story remove his
falseness before he could reveal and internalize the truth of Judaism
so Moshe did to all the Jews.

The circumcision negated the desire for licentiousness (with the Mila)
and the Pesach offering the desire for idolatry (the lamb was
worshiped in Egypt); Moses removed the barriers to believing in G-d
and Moses His servant.

And even more; the eating of the Pesach offering was the first time in
history that anyone had ever actually used the mundane physical act of
eating meat to reveal the inner will of the Creator in this world as
well as raise the consciousness of the person eating it to a higher
spiritual level.

And more yet: this circumcision just before the journey and the
slaughtering and eating of the god of Egypt before the very eyes of
the Egyptians requied much self-sacrifice (M'sirut Nefesh) faith and
optimism; exactly the qualities necessary to bring Moshiach and take
us from the exile we are now in.

This is what the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe did. He opened the
channel of M'sirut Nefesh, faith and optimism for our generation by
single handedly defeating Stalin's forces in Russia and later the
coldness and indifference of American Jewry.

As his successor pointed out in his acceptance 'speech'; ours is the
seventh generation of Chabad Rebbe's (beginning from Rabbi Shneur
Zalman). Just as Moses, because he was the seventh generation from
Abraham, built the Tabernacle and revealed G-d in this world so will
our generation, the generation of Moshaich, merit to see the Third
Temple.

Just as Moses took the Jews out of their physical limitations and
connected the Creator and the creation, so Moshiach will take all
mankind from even spiritual limitations!!

The world will be filled with the knowledge and realization of not
just spirituality but rather of the Creator Himself; the source of all
spirituality. And the Lubavitcher Rebbe said that if we open our eyes
we will see that Moshiach is here right now!!

It all depends on us to remove our apprehensions, false ideas and
false egotism, and do all we can to reveal....

Moshiach NOW!!

Rabbi Tuvia Bolton
Yeshiva Ohr Tmimim
Kfar Chabad, Israel
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Appearences in the USA - Feb 2 thru 12. See you there!

2006-01-26T18:13:00.000-08:00

B"H

Dear Friend

I am delighted to have been invited by several Chabad Houses across the USA
to perform/speak, Feb 2 thru 12. If you live in one of the locations being
visited, it would be great to see you. Please call/email the relevant
location below for more information. For a brief biography:
http://www.tuviabolton.com/bio.htm

Yours Sincerely

Rabbi Tuvia Bolton

BOSTON: February 2nd, 8:30pm
Weston Chabad Center
793 Worcester Street, Wellesley Hills, MA 02481
Tel: 781.239.1076
Email: Chabadwellesley@aol.com

LAS VEGAS: Friday Night Feb 3rd, 5.30pm
Kabbalat Shabbat Services follwed by meal and Lecture
Chabad of Summerlin, 2620 Regarra Dr #117
Tel: 702.243.3623
Email: chabadofsummerlin@yahoo.com

Saturday Night Feb 4th, 8.00pm
Chabad of Summerlin, 2620 Regarra Dr #117
Tel: 702.243.3623
Email: chabadofsummerlin@yahoo.com

LOS ANGELES:Sunday 5th Feb, 7.30-9.00pm
Chabad of Westwood
741 Gayley Avenue, Westwood, CA 90024
Tel: 323.669.2417
Email: rlavey@chla.usc.edu

MARINA: Monday 6th Feb, 7.30pm
(Near LA)The Marina Shul
2532 Lincoln Blvd, Marina del Rey.
Tel: 310.980.6671
Email: RABBIYOSKE@aol.com

SAN DIEGO: Tuesday 7th Feb, 7.30pm
Chabad Center of University City
3813 Governor Drive
San Diego, CA 92122
Tel: 858.618.6513
Email: Rabbi@chabaduc.org

DALLAS: Wednesday 8th Feb
Levelland Road, Dallas TX 75252
Tel: 214.632.2633
Email: chabadlubavitch@gmail.com

AUSTIN: Thursday Feb 9th, 7.00pm
HEB Kosher Store
7025 Village Center Dr. Austin TX
Tel: 512.502.8459
Email: cfeldman@crescentheights.com

Thursday Feb 9th, 8.30pm
Chabad of Austin
2101 Nueces, Austin TX
Tel: 469.831.9465
Email: rabbi@cheerful.com or Matzah24@aol.com

MIAMI BEACH: Shabbat Feb 11th
Bais Menachem of North Miami Beach
1005 N.E. 172nd Terrace
North Miami, FL 33162
Tel: 305.761.5217
Email: y.horvitz@prodigy.net

Saturday Night Feb 11th
Tel: 305.761.5217
Email: y.horvitz@prodigy.net

Sunday Feb 12th, DAYTIME
Email: Itasaraga@aol.com

NEW YORK: Sunday Feb 12th, 7.00pm
Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Email: webmaster@ohrtmimim.org

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Parshat Va'eira

2006-01-25T13:28:00.000-08:00

Parshat Va'eira

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Full tour date list for Rabbi Bolton at
the end of this email! Feb 2 thru 12
ALL OVER THE USA!!

Would love to see you there! email/call
the information listed at the end of
this email.

BOSTON, LAS VEGAS, DALLAS,
BEL AIR, MARINA, LOS ANGELES,
SAN DIEGO, AUSTIN, MIAMI BEACH
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This week's section finds Moses face to face with Pharaoh the king of Egypt
(according to some, the king of the world) and from the beginning we see the
game is fixed and Pharaoh doesn't stand a chance.

Even before they meet G-d announces, "I will harden Pharaoh's heart so I can
multiply my miracles and signs. And he won't listen and I will smite Egypt
and take my people, the Jews, from Egypt with great miracles. (7:3,4)"

And Pharaoh is certainly no match for the Creator of the universe!

At first glance this is not only unfair, it's cruel. Why harden Pharaoh's
heart with false confidence in order to add plagues?

If G-d wanted the Jews out of Egypt He could have just miraculously moved
them out. Why the plagues?

And if it was necessary to punish Egypt then why play with them like a cat
with a doomed mouse? Make one plague and get it over!

In order to understand this here is a story. (Shmuot V'Sipurim from Rabbi
R.N. HaCohen vol 1, pg. 250).

About two hundred and fifty years ago In the city of Shpala, in the heart of
the Ukraine, lived a simple Jew who we will call Avraham who was a Chassid
(follower) of the great Tzadik the Shpaleh Zaide (the Grandfather from
Shpaleh).

This simple Jew made his living by selling small trinkets in the
marketplace; needles, buttons and anything that he thought might sell and
didn't cost him too much to buy.

One day a large company of some two hundred soldiers came into town on leave
and began spreading out through the marketplace. One of them approached
Abraham's stand, began looking at his trinkets, casually reached behind the
counter, took the cashbox and walked away.

It was only a few seconds until Abraham realized what had happened but by
then the soldier was gone into the crowd.

He didn't know what to do. He had heard that such things happened but never
dreamed it would happen to him, now that it did he was confused.

When his friend in the stall next to his saw him distraught he asked what
happened and when he heard the answer he told poor Avraham that in his
opinion he had two choices: either pray to HaShem for the money back or go
to the commander of the soldiers and complain - and then pray to HaShem for
the money.

Avhaham decided on the second option; It was all the money he had for the
next month! He had to get it back!

He put his wife behind the counter and went looking for the commander;
asking soldiers for directions. Meanwhile he learned that his man was as a
cruel person as they come and a rabid anti-Semite to boot.

He was just considering forgetting the whole thing when suddenly he heard a
booming voice behind him. "You! Jew! You look for me?!" the commander came
out of a restaurant. Someone must have told him.

He looked at Avraham as he would a rotten piece of meat and scornfully
sneered "Talk, Jew!"

Avraham was really scared now. He blurted out, "One of your soldiers took my
money and I want it back. I sell here in the market and it's all I have for
the next month. Food, rent, wood for the oven, I have children to feed.
Please I need my money back." Avraham was trembling.

"One of my men? Ha! Stole from you? A measly Jew? Heh! Feh!! Who would even
touch your filthy few coins. Not my men! That's for sure!! My men are
soldiers!! Listen Jew! If you are so sure then tell me which of my men did
it! What's your name anyway?"

Avraham showed him his papers and the commander had someone write them down.

"Okay Jew. You point out the thief and if he really is the thief, I'll
return your money. But if not, then I'll have you beaten!" He took out a
cigar, bit off a piece from the end and spit it on the ground. And as he was
putting it in his mouth and preparing to light it said menacingly, "You have
till tomorrow."

Now Avraham was really in trouble. He would never recognize the soldier, all
of them looked the same and he really hadn't taken notice. He would be
beaten to death! What would be with his wife and children?! His only
recourse was the Rebbe; the Shpaleh Zaide.

Avraham wasted no time and in just moments he was standing before the holy
man explaining the frightening series of events.

"It's nothing to be worried about" explained the Tzadik calmly. "Just tell
the commander that in the morning when all the men line up for roll call
that you want to look each soldier in the face. The soldier that looks at
you with hatred in his eyes and grits his teeth is the thief."

Avraham thanked the Rebbe profusely and returned to look for the commander
again and tell him what the Rebbe said. But he was still very scared.

Sure enough the next morning when all the soldiers were standing at
attention and Avraham and the commander were perusing each of them one
soldier glared hatefully and began gritting his teeth menacingly. "This is
the man!" Avraham yelled out pointing with his finger. "He stole my money!"

The commander faced the soldier and ordered him point blank to give the
money back. He was certain that the soldier would just deny the whole thing
and he could give the order to have Avraham beaten. But instead he answered
indignantly.

"But, General, Why?! A filthy Jew! Why should I return the money? He's only
a Jew!"

The commander became red with anger and ordered the man flogged with no
mercy and, of course, to return the money.

But now he wanted revenge; Avraham had bested him.

"How did you know?!" he turned and hissed at Avraham putting his face into
his, "How could you possibly recognize a man you only saw for a few minutes?
What, are you some sort of a witch or sorcerer?"

Poor Avraham became so confused and frightened, especially with the screams
of the thief receiving lashes in the background, that instead of just saying
it was a lucky guess he just told the truth.

"It was the Shpaleh Zeide" he sputtered in fear. "He's a holy Jew that can
see everything - he told me how to recognize the thief."

"Aha!" spouted the commander "A holy Jew ehh??" suddenly a sadistic smile
spread across his face. "Bring him here! We'll see how holy he is!! If not
I'll kill you and him as well. I'll give you till tonight."

Poor Avraham wanted to slap himself on the forehead. Why didn't he just say
he recognized the thief? Why did he have to tell the truth all time?! Now he
got the Rebbe in trouble as well. All this was becoming too much for him.

He ran to the Rebbe as fast as his legs would carry him and told him what
happened. But the Rebbe was not at all surprised or even the least bit
worried. He calmed Avraham down and told him to return immediately and tell
the commander: First, that the Rebbe refuses to come and second, that if he
wants to know what is happening he should check in his own pocket.

Avraham left the Rebbe's house shaking. He thought he was going mad. He was
like two people; when he thought of the commander he became petrified with
fear and wanted to run away, but when he thought of the Rebbe he was filled
with bold confidence.

Finally he made it to the commander and gave him the Rebbe's message. But
before he could finish the commander became red with anger and began shaking
with fury. Soldiers gathered around until there was quite a crowd but
Avraham continued, "And the Rebbe said if you want to know the truth check
your pockets."

At this point the commander went berserk with rage. He began screaming, "Who
is your Rabbi!? I'll show you what's in my pocket, I'll shoot you and your
Rabbi too!! You dirty..." and put his hand on his gun....

But for some reason he hesitated, thought a moment, stuck his other hand in
his pocket, pulled out an envelope that was there, looked at it and turned
pale. He gave it another quick glance, looked furtively up and down, pulled
the gun from its holster, put it to his head and shot himself!!

The soldiers looked at horror at Avraham as their commander fell to the
ground and ran in all directions. Avraham was alone, it happened so brutally
fast that he barely had time to think.

He ran to back to the Shpaleh Zedie and when he finished telling him what
happened the Rebbe explained.

"The commander was a truly evil man. He spilled a lot of innocent blood and
was planning to spill more. He was conspiring with a group of
revolutionaries to murder the Czar, usurp the throne and who knows what he
would do if he was in power. But he fell in his own trap.

This morning he had two letters in his pocket; one to the Czar pretending to
be his loyal and faithful servant which he sent off earlier in the day and a
second to his fellow conspirators with the details of their next step which
he was planning to deliver personally this evening.

But when he saw that the letter to the Czar was still in his pocket and that
this morning he sent the wrong one his world collapsed; the defeat,
humiliation and torture awaiting him drove him crazy!

This answers our question.

The purpose of the exodus from Egypt was to reveal the truth even to the
Egyptians (8:18) just as every step in our story was necessary in order to
reveal the truth; that the commander was evil and the Shpaleh Zedie was
good, in a way that even the soldiers would know it.

That is why G-d hardened Pharaoh's heart: because He knew that it would take
at least ten steps; ten plagues, to destroy the evil and reveal the good.

Indeed, this is the purpose of creation.

Namely to reveal the truth that there is a Creator, the G-d of the Jews, who
creates and controls everything and who chose the Jews to teach all mankind
to how serve Him.

This began when He took the Jews from Egypt and was finalized when He gave
them the Torah.

But only in the days of Moshiach will it be recognized by the entire world.

And just as the Shpaleh Zeide in our story, so today the Lubavitcher Rebbe
has given us the steps necessary to leave the exile (see last paragraph of
Moshiach essay www.ohrtmimim.org/torah_Default.asp?id=781)

Moshiach NOW!!

Rabbi Tuvia Bolton
Yeshiva Ohr Tmimim
Kfar Chabad, Israel

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APPEARANCES IN U.S.A

BOSTON: February 2nd, 8:30pm
Weston Chabad Center
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DAILY DOSE: Wellsprings

2006-01-23T07:48:00.000-08:00

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Wellsprings
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There is a story that tells it all. On the awesome day of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, of the year 5507 (1746), the Baal Shem Tov lay in deep meditation and ascended to the holy chamber of the Moshiach.

"Master," he asked, "when will you come?"

The answer: "When your wellsprings shall spread to the outside."

The wellspring are the wellsprings of the deepest inner wisdom.

Not only the water of the wellsprings, but the wellsprings themselves must spread forth. When the furthest reaches of the material world become wellsprings of the innermost wisdom, then the Moshiach will come.

This is our mandate now. We are all to become wellsprings.

A Daily Dose of Wisdom from the Rebbe
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Tevet 23, 5766 * January 23, 2006

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LESSONS IN TANYA: Monday, January 23, 2006

2006-01-22T21:48:00.001-08:00

B"H

Tevet 23, 5766 * January 23, 2006

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L E S S O N S I N T A N Y A
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Today's Lesson:

Likutei Amarim
Chapter Fifteen
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[In the previous chapters, the Alter Rebbe discussed the difference
between the tzaddik and the Beinoni. The tzaddik has no evil
inclination.

Since there is no longer any evil in his own soul, evil holds no
attraction for him. In the Beinoni, however, the evil remains strong.

The Beinoni therefore finds evil desirable, and it is only through the
constant vigilance and struggle of his divine soul that he is able to
prevent his animal soul from implementing its desires in thought,
speech and action].

With this [distinction in mind], we may understand the verse: (1)
"And you will return and see the difference between the righteous man
and the wicked one, between he who serves G-d and he who serves Him
not."

[The Talmud (2) raises the question: The term "righteous man" is
identical with "he who serves G-d," and "the wicked man" is obviously
"he who serves Him not." Why, then, does the text repeat the
contrast?

In answer, the Talmud states: "Both `he who serves G-d' and `he who
serves Him not' are fully righteous; yet one who reviews his studies
one hundred times cannot compare to he who reviews his studies 101
times." (3)

However, this answer seems to clarify only the second set of seemingly
repetitive terms - "the wicked man" and "he who serves Him not."
Far from being wicked, "he who serves Him not" is so described only
because he reviews his Torah studies no more than 100 times. Yet we
remain with the difficulty posed by the first set of identical
descriptions - "the righteous man" and "he who serves G-d." In fact,
the above-quoted Talmudic interpretation of the verse adds yet a third
category: "he who serves Him not," yet is also righteous!

It is this difficulty that the Alter Rebbe now resolves, based on his
previous distinction between the tzaddik and the Beinoni].

The difference between "he who serves G-d" (oved) and a righteous man
(tzaddik) is, that "he who serves G-d," written in the present tense,
describes one who is still presently laboring in his divine service.

This service consists of the struggle against one's evil nature with
the aim of overpowering it, and banishing it from the "small city"
[i.e., the body, which is like a city whose conquest is the objective
of both the good and the evil nature], (4) so that it should not vest
itself in the organs of the body through evil thought, speech or
action. (5) [Doing battle against his evil nature is the avodah
("service") of "he who serves G-d]."

This constant battle with one's evil nature truly entails much effort
("service") and toil. This is the Beinoni.

[It is he, who must wage this battle; it is the Beinoni who is called
"he who serves G-d," for he is actively engaged at present in his
service].

The tzaddik, on the other hand, is designated "a servant (eved) of
G-d," as a title [conferred on the person himself; it is not merely
a description of one's active role as is the designation "one who
serves."

[The term "servant" is] similar to the title "sage" or "king",
bestowed on one who has already become a sage or king.

So, too, he [the tzaddik] has already effected and completely
accomplished his "service" of waging war with the evil in him. He
has banished it and it is gone from him, leaving [the seat of evil
nature in] his heart, (6) "void within him." [Having completed this
task, the tzaddik has earned the title "servant of G-d."

We now see that the expressions "a righteous man" and "he who serves
G-d" are not repetitious; "he who serves G-d" is not a description of
a tzaddik but of a Beinoni.

The Alter Rebbe now goes on to discuss the difference between "he who
serves G-d" and "he who serves Him not," who, as the Talmud declares,
is not wicked].

In the category of Beinoni there are also two levels: "He who serves
G-d" and "he who serves Him not."

Yet he [who "serves Him not]" is not wicked, [although he does not
wage war with his evil nature], for never in his life has he committed
even a minor transgression [in the realm of negative commandments].

He has also fulfilled all the [positive] commandments which he was
able to fulfill, including the precept of Torah study - which is equal
to all the other commandments combined - to the extent that his mouth
never ceased from study, [despite the difficulty involved in this].

Yet [he is still described as one who "does not serve G-d," for he
does not wage any battle against his evil inclination to vanquish it
through the aid of the Divine light that illuminates the G-dly soul
abiding in the brain, which rules over the heart - as explained
above (7) - [that the G-dly soul and the Divine light illuminating it
are the Beinoni's answer to his evil inclination. He ("who serves Him
not') does not struggle with it] - for his evil inclination does not
oppose him at all in an attempt to deter him from his Torah study and
divine service, and thus he need not wage any war against it.

So it is, for example, with one who is by nature an assiduous student
due to his stolid temperament, and who is also free of conflict with
sexual desire due to his frigid nature; and similarly with other
mundane pleasures [he need not exert himself to master a desire for
them], for he naturally lacks any feeling for enjoyment.

For this reason he does not need to contemplate so much on the
greatness of G-d to consciously create a spirit of knowledge and fear
of G-d in his mind in order to guard himself from transgressing any
prohibitive commandments.

[He also need not create] a love of G-d in his heart, [which would
motivate him] to bind himself to Him through fulfilling the [positive]
commandments and through Torah study which equals all [the other
commandments together].

The hidden love of G-d found in the heart of all Jews, who are
called (8) "the lovers of His name," is sufficient for him [to
motivate his fulfilling the commandments], since he is naturally so
inclined.

[For a Jew who must engage in battle with his evil inclination,
the love hidden in his heart is not enough. He must arouse it to an
active, conscious state. For the person who is free of conflict with
evil, however, this hidden love (together with his naturally favorable
character traits) is sufficient].

For this reason, he is not considered "one who is serving G-d" at
all.

For this latent love is not of his making or achievement by any means.
It is our inheritance, bequeathed by our Patriarchs to the entire
Jewish nation, as will be explained further. (9)

[With this the Alter Rebbe concluded the thought that within the level
of Beinoni there are two sub-categories - "he who serves G-d," and
"he who serves Him not."

He now goes on to say that even one who is not naturally endowed with
traits favorable to G-d's service, may yet come under the category of
"he who serves Him not]."

So, too, he who is not inherently studious, but has accustomed himself
to study diligently, so that this habit has become his second nature;
thus, [diligence is now natural for him], - for him, too, the hidden
love of G-d is now sufficient, unless he wishes to study more than he
usually does.

[To do so, he must arouse a conscious love of G-d in his heart. Only
such a love can supply the strength necessary to free himself from the
restraints of his acquired nature].

Footnotes:

1. Malachi 3:18.
2. Chagigah 9b.
3. The significance of the 101st revision will be explained further in
this chapter.
4. Kohelet 9:14; Nedarim 32b; and see above, ch. 9.
5. See ch. 12.
6. See ch. 1.
7. See chs. 12 and 13.
8. Tehillim 69:37.
9. Chs. 18, 19, and 44.

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DAILY MITZVAH (Maimonides): Monday, January 23, 2006

2006-01-22T21:48:00.000-08:00

B"H

Tevet 23, 5766 * January 23, 2006

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D A I L Y M I T Z V A H (M A I M O N I D E S )
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Today's Mitzvot (Day 143 of 339):

Positive Mitzvot 82, 135; Negative Mitzvot 220, 221, 222
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Positive Mitzvah 82: Breaking the Neck of an Unredeemed First-born
Donkey

-Exodus 34:20 "And if you do not redeem it, you shall break its neck"

The owner of a first-born donkey, who does not redeem it, prevents
the priest from receiving his due.

He cannot benefit from this animal and is commanded to kill it by
breaking its neck.

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Introduction to Mitzvot 134 - 135:

Shemitah - The Sabbatical Year Avi's family lives in Jerusalem.

Avi likes the city with its busy streets and constant activity.
There is always something going on.

However, sometimes, Avi thinks about his cousins who live on
a kibbutz in the north and wonders what it is like to live there.

One summer, Avi's parents decided to send him to stay with his
cousins for a month.

He was so excited he could talk of nothing else for weeks.

Finally, Avi arrived at the kibbutz. The countryside was so different
from the city. The beautiful green meadows and yellow fields were
nicer than any park back home. Avi loved the kibbutz. But most of
all, he liked to accompany his uncle on his tractor.

Every day, his aunt would make fresh salads and steam vegetables that
came straight from the fields. His uncle even let him pick the fruits
and vegetables himself. Avi was amazed at the large amount of fresh
produce that grew in the fields.

"Uncle Abe," he once said, as they were riding on the tractor, "it
is as if the land is a natural factory, producing such a large harvest
over and over again every year."

His uncle smiled. "You are right, Avi. Sometimes, we're so used
to it, we take it for granted and expect the earth to supply us
constantly, with everything that we need. But, you know, that's
why HaShem commanded us to keep Shemitah."

"Shemitah?" Avi repeated, somewhat puzzled.

"What's that?"

Uncle Abe explained: "For six years we work the land, and then, on
the seventh year, we stop plowing and planting."

"That sound's like Shabbat!" exclaimed Avi.

"In a way it is!" Uncle Abe replied. "It is a Shabbat for the land.

We do not work the land at all. It reminds us, that it's not the earth
that supplies us, but HaShem that makes things grow!"

"But then, how do you make a living, Uncle Abe?" asked Avi.

"I can't imagine my father taking a year off from work!"

Uncle Abe explained: "There are some types of work in the fields
that are permitted. Most important though, this Positive Mitzvah
teaches us to trust HaShem and believe that He will provide us with
our needs. And He does!"

The Positive Mitzvah of Shemitah applies only in Eretz Yisrael.

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Positive Mitzvah 135: Resting the Land from Plowing and Reaping
during Shemitah

-Exodus 34:21 "In plowing and in harvest you shall rest"

The Torah commands us to stop working the land during the Shemitah
year.

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Negative Mitzvah 220:

It is forbidden to plant during the Shemitah year.

-Leviticus 25:4 "You shall not sow your field"

We are forbidden to plant our fields during the Shemitah year.

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Negative Mitzvah 221: It is forbidden to prune trees during Shemitah

-Leviticus 25:4 "You shall not prune your vineyard"

We are forbidden to prune our vineyards or trees during the Shemitah year. Pruning is snipping off extra branches or twigs that interfere with other growing branches.

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Negative Mitzvah 222: It is forbidden to harvest crops in a regular
manner

-Leviticus 25:5 "That which grows of its own accord of your harvest, you shall not reap"

During the Shemitah year, many crops that had been planted during the sixth year continue to grow on their own and become ripe. We are allowed to eat those crops, but we must harves them differently than we normally would.

For example, instead of collecting the entire crop at once and packaging it, we pick only the amount that we need to use in the immediate future. We are not permitted to harvest those crops in the same manner which we do every other year.

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"TODAY'S DAY": Monday, January 23, 2006

2006-01-22T21:24:00.000-08:00

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Tevet 23, 5766 * January 23, 2006

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"T O D A Y ' S D A Y"
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Thursday, Tevet 23 5703

Torah lessons: Chumash: Sh'mot, Chamishi with Rashi.
Tehillim: 108-112.
Tanya: However, the impression (p. 51)...Towards his
brothers.

(Here appears an emendation to the text of Torah Or, relevant only in
Hebrew. Translator).

Groaning by itself won't do a bit of good.

A groan is only a key to open the heart and eyes, so as not to sit
there with folded arms, but to plan orderly work and activity, each
person wherever he can be effective, to campaign for bolstering Torah,
spreading Torah and the observance of Mitzvot.

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2006-01-22T21:23:00.000-08:00

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Tevet 23, 5766 * January 23, 2006

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DAILY DOSE: Retroactive Liberation

2006-01-22T07:49:00.000-08:00

B"H

Retroactive Liberation
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(The Rebbe writes in a letter:)

Before I had even started school, a picture of liberation was already forming in my mind. Such a liberation, and in such a way, that it would truly make sense of all the suffering, all the oppression and persecution we have undergone.

It is not that there will be no more darkness, no more suffering, that those things shall cease to exist. It will be such an essence-light that darkness itself will become light -even the darkness and suffering of the past.

A Daily Dose of Wisdom from the Rebbe
-words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman
Tevet 22, 5766 * January 22, 2006

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DAILY MITZVAH (Maimonides): Sunday, January 22, 2006

2006-01-21T23:04:00.002-08:00

B"H

Tevet 22, 5766 * January 22, 2006

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D A I L Y M I T Z V A H (M A I M O N I D E S )
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Today's Mitzvot (Day 142 of 339):

Positive Mitzvot 80, 81
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Introduction to Mitzvot 79 - 82: The Uniqueness of the First-born

In Egypt, the tenth and final plague, which led to the exodus of
the Jewish people, was the slaughter of all Egyptian first-born men
and animals.

HaShem guarded the homes of the Jews and their first born remained
unharmed.

The Torah tells us that HaShem then claimed for Himself the first-born
of the Jews and their beasts, and declared them holy.

Certain Mitzvot apply only to the first-born.

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Positive Mitzvah 80: Redeeming First-born Sons

-Numbers 18:15 "Nevertheless the first-born of man you must
surely redeem"

Since our first-born sons were claimed by HaShem, they must be
redeemed by giving five silver coins to the priest.

Fathers should fulfill this Positive Mitzvah when the baby boy is
one month old. This is called the Pidyon HaBen.

If for some reason the Pidyon HaBen did not take place at that
time, the first-born son must carry out the Pidyon HaBen himself.

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Positive Mitzvah 81: Redeeming First-born Donkeys

-Exodus 34:20 "The first-born of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb"

The specialty of the first-born affects only one non-kosher animal -
the donkey.

Since a non-kosher animal cannot be sacrificed, it must be redeemed.

Its owner is commanded to pay the priest its value or give him a lamb
in exchange.

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