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CONTENTS
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FEATURED ARTICLES
WEEKLY COLUMNS
3 Dvar Malchus
5 Parsha Thought
15 Bitachon Bytes
29 Moshiach & Hakhel
30 Crossroads
32 Tzivos Hashem
THE LIBEL OF
YUD-TES KISLEV 5715
Shneur Zalman Berger
FORCES
16 SPECIAL
WARRIOR IN THE
REBBES ARMY
Avrohom Rainitz
WANDERING
24 THE
MASHGIACH
Dov Levanon
TO END
30 HOW
WORLD WAR III
Sholom Ber Crombie
TEACHER
34 EVERY
IS A SHLUCHA!
Rocheli Dickstein
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DVAR MALCHUS
BASI LGANI 5716

Beis Moshiach presents the maamer the Rebbe
MHM delivered on Yud Shvat 5716, in accordance
with the custom established by the Rebbe to
review each year a section of the Rebbe Rayatzs
maamer Basi LGani of 5710. This year we focus on
the sixth section of the profound and foundational
Chassidic discourse. * Part 2
Translated by Boruch Merkur
SPOKEN AND BROUGHT INTO BEING

2. My revered father in-law, the Rebbe, baal
hahilula, continues in the maamer: And from the above
we will understand the significance of why the wood of
the Mishkan is called krashim, as it is written, You shall
make the krashim for the Mishkan of standing planks of
acacia wood. From this verse it is clear that the term
acacia wood atzei shittim applies to the wood even
prior to its having a connection to the Mishkan. In order
to construct the Mishkan it was necessary to take acacia
wood and make it into krashim, planks. The maamer
explains that the term keresh plank also alludes to the
avoda of transformation, discussed above that through
iskafia (resisting the temptation towards that which
unholy), which is the gateway to ishapcha (sublimating
or transforming unholiness), unholy shtus is transformed
into something holy (as further discussed below).
But first we shall explain how a name (for the term
keresh plank is a noun, a name of something) is the
mechanism by which the thing named is brought into
being; it is its vitality and the force that sustains it. This
idea is expressed in the Baal Shem Tovs well-known
interpretation of the verse, Forever, O G-d, Your word
stands in the Heavens: G-ds statement, Let there be
a firmament amidst the water, etc., these words and
letters, stand and maintain their position forever in the
heavens, and they are eternally invested within all the
firmaments in order to enliven them. Were the letters to
depart for a moment, G-d forbid, all the heavens would
be void and nothingness, literally as before Let there be
a firmament, etc. was uttered.
The same applies to all the creations throughout all
the worlds, including the physical world and even the
mineral kingdom within it (which is the lowest of the four
kingdoms: human, animal, vegetable, and mineral). If
the letters from the Ten Utterances with which the earth
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was created in the Six Days of Creation would depart for

even an instance, G-d forbid, everything would literally
revert to void and nothingness, precisely as it was before
the Six Days of Creation.
Thus states the Arizal that even the mineral kingdom
such as stones, earth, and water has the aspect of
nefesh (spirit) and spiritual vitality. The spirituality
inherent to even the mineral kingdom refers to the letters
of speech of the Ten Utterances that invest themselves
within it. These letters enliven and create the mineral
kingdom ex nihilo, bringing it into being out of the
primordial void that preceded the Six Days of Creation.
Although the term even rock does not actually
appear in the Ten Utterances of the Torah, nevertheless,
vitality is drawn to the stone vis--vis permutations
and substitutions of the letters, etc. The reason for this
process is because a stone cannot receive Divine energy
directly from the Ten Utterances as they are, but only
as it descends and incrementally diminishes by means
of the substitution and the exchange of letters. The
permutation of the word even stone is fashioned
through this process, and this name embodies the vitality
of the stone.
The same is true of all the creations in the world: the
names by which they are called in the Holy Tongue are
(not arbitrary words but) letters of speech that descend
and derive from the Ten Utterances of the Torah to
create them ex nihilo and to eternally enliven them.
WISDOM IN A NAME
It is this message that the Mezritcher Maggid
conveys in his lengthy discussion on the verse, All
that Adam called each living creature that was its
name: It says in the Midrash that the angels asked the
Alm-ghty what the unique quality of the first man would
be. G-d answered: his wisdom shall exceed yours. In
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order to illustrate Adams preeminent wisdom, G-d
brought before the angels every animal, beast, and fowl
and asked the angels to state their names, but they did
not know. Then, after Adam was created, G-d brought
the creatures before him and asked, What are the names
of these? Adam answered, It is appropriate to call this
one shor ox, etc. The Mezritcher Maggid asks that at
first glance this is puzzling, for what is the great wisdom
in calling creatures by their names? Moreover, it must be
explained why it says, It is appropriate to call this one,
etc. In what sense is the name he called each creature
appropriate for it?
The explanation is that although in each of the
seventy languages there are names for each thing,
nevertheless, the name in those languages is not
descriptive of the essence of the thing named. It is,
rather, just a word assigned by convention, designated
to verbally differentiate things. Whereas, in the Holy
Tongue, what something is called is its true name, the
name of the essence of its spiritual source. For example,
the shor ox that exists in this physical world is called
by its name on account of the supernal shor, comprised
of the three letters Shin-Vav-Reish. So too with regard to
all others names. Thus, Adam HaRishon, who possessed
extraordinary wisdom, and fathomed and had knowledge
of the spiritual source of every species, was able to
call them by their true names. He therefore said, It is
appropriate to call this one, etc., meaning that the name
articulated is not just a noun or a term used to signify
the thing; it is appropriate or fitting to call it that, for it is
the actual name of its spiritual source. Its name is in this
sense appropriate for it.
The Mezritcher Maggid goes on to explain how this
concept applies to the names of people. At first glance,
the Maggid asserts, it goes well to say that naming
people only bears relevance to ancient times. That
is, since the people of early generations named their
children in anticipation of future events (as stated in the
Midrash), it illustrates that they knew the source of the
childs soul. These people had advance knowledge of
events that would occur involving their newborn child,
and they named the child accordingly. Their ability to
determine future events in the life of the child proves
that they possessed knowledge of his or her spiritual
root and source. But nowadays [in later generations]
children are named after their forbearers (as the Midrash
states there), indicating that the spiritual root and source
is not apparent to us, etc. [Thus, the naming of our
children seems to lack the same significance of earlier
generations.] However, the Arizal revealed to us that even
the names we give our children are not happenstance or
the whim of the father and mother; it is the Alm-ghty
Who provides the idea, wisdom, and intelligence in the
heart of the father and mother to call the child by the
name that is actually the root of the childs soul.
And the Maggid concludes that this is also in line

with what our Sages said regarding the Tanna Rebbi
Meir that he would draw inferences of character based
on ones name. Thus, in the Torah of Rebbi Meir it was
written kasnos or (not with an Ayin [as it is correctly
written in sifrei Torah, meaning garments of skin] but
with an Alef [meaning garments of light] (BReishis
Rabba 20:12)), for to Rebbi Meir there was no concept
of klipa (a husk, concealing G-dliness) at all: he
discarded the husk (Chagiga 15b). Rather, the truth
was revealed to him as it is [untarnished by klipa]. Thus,
Rebbi Meir was able to determine the quality of the
source of a persons soul from his or her name. He was,
therefore, able to foresee events that would transpire in
the persons life.
EX NIHILO: NOT LIKE A CRAFTSMANS VESSEL

As has been established, names in the Holy Tongue
are not arbitrary, established for the sake of convention.
Rather, each name is the spiritual and existential source
of the thing that is called by that name, and it is also
the source of the vitality by which it is created ex
nihilo. In this process of creation, it is not that a thing
is created by the name as a one-time act of genesis
and it no longer requires the name. Rather, the name
brings it into being every moment and every instant,
as the Alter Rebbe discusses at length in his response
to the error of the heretics who liken G-ds creation of
the heavens and the earth to the actions and dealings of
Man: A craftsman forms a vessel, yet the vessel no longer
requires the craftsman after it is complete. The reason
for the objects independence from its maker is because
the craftsman forms it out of existing material; he merely
manipulates its shape, etc. (i.e., he reveals the latent
form that was concealed within it). Whereas, with regard
to creation ex nihilo, there is an ongoing need for the
Creators involvement, for the power of the Creator to be
constantly within Creation. Were it not for this ongoing
Divine sustenance, Creation would revert to void and
nothingness.
From this discussion it is understood that the events
that occur to every thing are also connected with the
name in the Holy Tongue that creates it every moment
and every instant, even though the events take place
several years after it was so named.
The above sheds light on the term keresh, for
this is the name the Holy Tongue has given to acacia
wood once it had begun been processed for use in the
construction of the Mishkan (as it is written, You shall
make the krashim for the Mishkan), and this word is
what creates and enlivens the physical planks of wood.
Thus, the term keresh also pertains to all matters that
must be accomplished with atzei shittim (namely, the
transformation of unholy shtus, folly, into holiness).
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PARSHA THOUGHT
THE WORLD
OF OTHERNESS
By Rabbi Heschel Greenberg
YAAKOVS DISTRESS
Yaakov returned from a 22
year sojourn with his uncle
Lavan with a huge entourage
that included his wives, children,
servants,
flocks
of
sheep,
cattle and camels etc. Yaakov
discovers that his brother Eisav,
who pledged to kill him, was
approaching with 400 armed
men. The Torah records Yaakovs
feelings at the prospects of war
with his brother:
And
Yaakov
was
very
frightened and it distressed him.
So he divided the people who
were with him, the flocks, the
cattle and the camels into two
camps.
Rashi makes the observation
that there is a repetitive
expression here: It describes
Yaakov as both frightened
and distressed. Why the dual
expression?
Rashi explains: And he was
frightened lest he be killed, and
it distressed him were he to kill
others.
THE FOUR QUESTIONS

Commentators ask: We can
easily understand why he was
frightened lest he be killed, but
why was he so distressed that he
might kill others? Werent the
others he might have to kill, out
to kill him? Isnt there a Mitzvah,
a commandment, to defend
yourself and your family?
The Chassidic work Orach
Lchaim answers that Yaakov
was distressed that he would be
compelled to kill his own brother.
However, Rashi states that he
was concerned that he would kill
others, making it clear that he
was concerned about killing any
of Eisavs men, not just Eisav.
A second question may be
raised. The Torah states that in
response to his fear and distress
he divided the camp into two
parts. By dividing his camp
into two sections, the Torah
continues, it would enable one
half of his camp to escape harm.
This clearly ameliorates his
concern of being killed, but how
does dividing his camp into two
address his distress at having to
kill others? If he were forced to
kill Eisavs henchmen he would
have to kill them even if half of
his entourage could escape.
A contemporary work, Avir
Yosef, answers the first question
by observing that Yaakov was
concerned that the justified
killing of his enemy would plant
feelings of violence in him.
Yaakov was distressed that his
pure soul would be sullied by the
violence in which he would be
forced to engage.
However, why should his fear
of instilling a violent streak in his
psyche be a reason for him to
divide his camp into two?

The Maharal in his work
Gur Aryeh asks a third question:
Why does Rashi say that he was
distressed that he might have to
kill others. What does Rashi
mean by others? Why not
simply state that he was distressed
that he would kill Eisav.
A fourth question can be
raised. Why did Rashi have
to mention the word others
entirely. Obviously, if Yaakov
were forced to kill, it is selfunderstood that he would be
killing others, not himself or
people close to him?
The classic work Semuchim
Load argues that the word
others alludes to the sage Rabbi
Meir, one of Eisavs descendants,
who was given the moniker
others in the Talmud. Yaakov
was concerned that killing Eisav
would eliminate the possibility
for the emergence of the great
luminary, Rabbi Meir.
While this is an ingenious
explanation, it leaves unanswered
the question why he was
concerned about Rabbi Meir
specifically. Furthermore, why
is Rabbi Meir alluded to with the
sobriquet others?
PLANTING SEEDS
To answer all these questions
(based on the thesis that he was
concerned for the deleterious
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effect his killing of others would
have on himself) we must delve
more deeply into Yaakovs
concern.
Yaakov, like Avraham and
Yitzchak before him, knew that
he was not just an individual.
Yaakov and the other two
forefathers knew that they were
the progenitors of the Jewish
can result in a major deficit in

the offspring which necessitates
major intervention and repair.
In spiritual terms this would
result in his progeny, the Jewish
people, having a significantly
diminished spiritual potential,
which would undermine their
well-being.
This
weakened
spirituality
could
ultimately
To ensure that the future of the Jewish people

would be extraordinary, Yaakov resisted having
to engage in even the most kosher form of violence
thereby guaranteeing his progeny an early entry into the
illuminating otherness of Moshiach.
Commentators
have
not
been satisfied with the Talmuds
answer when taken at face value.
To them, it is inconceivable
that G-d would go back on His
unconditional and unequivocal
promise to Yaakov that He would
be with him.
In light of the above, we may
suggest that Yaakovs fear was
primarily for the blemish his
sins might have caused so that
even if he successfully weathered
the Eisav storm and not die in
the process, he would still be
diminished. That diminution
would have an unpredictable
ripple effect on his progeny.
YAAKOVS LIMP
people whose mission it would
be to illuminate the world that
would forever transform it
into an utterly different and
unrecognizable G-dly world. This
reality would take place at some
point in the future and it is what
we know of as the Messianic Age.
The
Patriarchs
and
Matriarchs, particularly Yaakov,
were the delicate seeds or saplings
that were being planted by G-d to
ensure the future changes. Every
event in their lives was geared to
cultivating and nurturing these
seeds and saplings. If the slightest
thing went wrong and their
behavior was found wanting,
even if it was inadvertent or even
if it would taint their character
ever so subtly, it could have
major ramifications for the future
of the Jewish people and indeed
the entire world.
For one, it would require their
children to go through an even
more difficult future. They would
need a more intense refining
program to compensate for the
damaged spiritual gene of their
patriarchal progenitor. A minor
defect in the genetic material
spell disaster for them due to a

prolonged stay in exile.
Exile is a painful surgical
process. It is intended to refine
and rehabilitate us; it is fraught
with its own pitfalls. Besides the
inevitable pain and suffering
exile has wrought, we are more
vulnerable and susceptible to the
forces of assimilation.
Worst of all, the ramifications
of the defective spiritual gene,
in the long run, could delay the
onset of the Messianic Age, when
G-ds plan for the world will
finally be realized.
All of this may have been
streaming through Yaakovs mind
when he considered the prospect
of having to fight Eisav.
YAAKOVS FEAR OF SIN

This could answer a question
concerning Yaakovs fear that
he might be killed. The Talmud
asks, wasnt he promised by G-d
that He would be protected?
The Talmud answers, he was
concerned that he might have
become so tainted by sin that he
forfeited G-ds protection.
Indeed, this is precisely what

happened. Yaakov encounters
Eisavs angel in the night, who
wrestles with and injures him.
Where is Yaakov injured? In the
part of the body associated with
reproduction. This tells us that
Yaakovs encounter with Eisav
did have a deleterious effect on
his progeny. In the end though,
Yaakov was healed and that
portends that we will be liberated
with Moshiach. However, we
have had to endure the bitter and
harsh Galus and as a reminder
of that we do not eat the sciatic
nerve of any animal.
Yaakov was justified in his
fear that his imperfections would
prove deleterious for the future of
the Jewish people. We can now
see that Yaakovs fear of being
killed was actually a fear of being
spiritually diminished, with an
exponentially more severe effect
on his progeny.
ALL QUESTIONS
ANSWERED
We may now answer all of the
questions raised above and tie all
the loose ends together:
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The reason Yaakov was so

concerned about killing others is
that the violence, although totally
justified, could create a tiny
abrasion in his spiritual generic
makeup which would have a
significant impact on the future.
We can now understand how
dividing his camp into two would
solve the problem raised by his
fear of killing others. By dividing
his camp and ensuring that
one half would escape it would
mean that one part of his family
would be blemish free; they
would not have engaged in the
violence. And their violence-free
genetic makeup would produce
spiritually healthy descendants.
RABBI MEIR AND

OTHERNESS
The word others, we have
seen, is said to allude to the
Talmudic Sage Rabbi Meir, who
was nicknamed Others.
The simple reason for this
epithet is that he was penalized
for his disrespect for the head
of the Sanhedrin at that time.
Instead of referring to him by
his proper nameRabbi Meir
saysthe Talmud frequently

states, Others say.
However, as the Rebbe
explains, this title was also an
honorific as it alludes to Rabbi
Meirs otherness. He was in a
league by himself. So great and
profound was his wisdom that
none of his colleagues could
fathom their depth. He was
distinguished by his otherness.
Perhaps, Yaakovs fear was
that if he acquired some negative
traits as a consequence of his
need to engage in violence it
would scar his spiritual genetic
makeup. And as a result, the
otherness of his progeny would
be lost. His descendants would be
made ordinary and incapable of
bringing the otherness of Divine
light (the word Meir means
illuminate) to their lives. They
would be condemned forever to
the quotidian state of Galus.
To ensure that the future
of the Jewish people would be
extraordinary, Yaakov resisted
having to engage in even the most
kosher form of violence thereby
guaranteeing his progeny an
early entry into the illuminating
otherness of Moshiach.
DOUBLE LIGHT
On the 19th of Kislev, this
coming Tuesday, we will be
celebrating the liberation of Rabbi
Shneur Zalman of Liadi (the
first Rebbe of Chabad and the
author of the classic work Tanya,
also known as the Alter Rebbe)
from Tsarist imprisonment. He
saw his liberation as a Divinely
sanctioned license to continue
spreading the profound mystical
teachings of Judaism contained
in Chassidus.
The name Shneur means
double light and alludes to
a higher dimension of G-dly
light. His teachings reveal the
otherness of G-d, Torah and
Israel and pave the way for the
ultimate otherness of Moshiach
and the Final Redemption.
Our generation, in particular,
has been bequeathed Rabbi
Meirs otherness as well as the
other-worldly light of all the
Chabad Rebbes, particularly our
Rebbe, and their teachings of
Chassidus. May we soon see the
imminent unfolding of the Final
Redemption and our entry into
the world of otherness!
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FEATURE
THE
LIBEL
OF YUD-TES
KISLEV 5715
An uninvited guest attended the central YudTes Kislev farbrengen of 5715 in Kfar Chabad
and afterward wrote a letter replete with
hatred and lies against the Chabad movement.
This letter was given to the Rebbe who made
inquiries about the truth of the matter and
then responded sharply and in detail to all the
allegations. * Presented for the Chag HaGeula
and Rosh Hashanah of Chassidus.
By Shneur Zalman Berger
UNINVITED GUEST
The Rebbe wrote a sharp
letter, unusual in its content, style
and form, following the YudTes Kislev farbrengen in Kfar
Chabad. It was a farbrengen
attended by thousands, led by
Chabad rabbanim and various
leading lights, politicians and

others.
Parts of this letter appear
in the Igros Kodesh and other
parts are quoted elsewhere, but
the letter was never printed in its
entirety due to the sensitivity of
the matter.
However, the big question is,
why did the Rebbe respond so

sharply? What is the story behind
that letter?
***
This is how the Yiddish
writer,
Moshe
Zimmerman,
described Yud-Tes Kislev 5715 in
Kfar Chabad:

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Mr. Yitzchok Navon [former president of Israel] speaking at a Yud-Tes Kislev farbrengen
Buses and cars packed with

people from Yerushalayim, Tel
Aviv, Haifa, Petach Tikva, etc.
attended the Chabad celebration.
A village beis midrash, gloomy
yet aglow. Crowded with G-d
fearing Jews, insiders, men of
stature. Armored with glowing
countenances, weighted entirely
by dense beards and wise

aphorisms.
Alongside them,
admirers, men of letters and
ideas, thirsting for roots, yearning
for a lost spiritual connection.
Their numbers include members
of Mapai and Mizrachi. Each of
them possessors of memories of
Chassidic experiences from the
homes of their fathers.

A song rises into the night,
deepening,
broadening,
a
complex song replete with ideas
and debates, yearnings and
consolation.
A tune without
words it has no words and
needs no words. The sound of
deep faint basses seems to rise
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A song rises into the night, deepening,

broadening, a complex song replete with ideas
and debates, yearnings and consolation. A tune without
words it has no words and needs no words. The sound
of deep faint basses seems to rise up as if from a well,
with the tenors climbing ever higher, and all together the
stream of voices grows stronger and higher, and pours
forth over the twilit fields of Kfar Chabad.
up as if from a well, with the
tenors climbing ever higher, and
all together the stream of voices
grows stronger and higher, and
pours forth over the twilit fields
of Kfar Chabad.
This poetic description was
not published in Chabad media
or even in religious media but in
Davar, on Friday, 22 Kislev 5715.
Indeed, many elected leaders
along with leading national
figures the likes of Zalman
Shazar, Moshe Aram, Bentzion
Dinor, Uri Tzvi Greenberg
and others, attended the YudTes Kislev farbrengens in Kfar
Chabad over the years.
The style of the farbrengen
was pleasing to the journalist
who wrote for Davar but not
for someone consumed by
hatred and jealousy of Chabad
like the writer for Digleinu who
besmirched Chabad time after
time. He himself attended the
Yud-Tes Kislev farbrengen in
5715, despite being a Misnaged
who wrote vituperative articles
against Chabad and against the
Rebbeim.
The uninvited guest who
attended the farbrengen saw
the Knesset members and the
public figures drinking lchaim,
singing Chassidic tunes, and
some of them even spoke about
Chabad and the Chag HaGeula.
The latter were welcomed to
the farbrengen with the respect
accorded those who helped

build Chabad, and this was
displeasing to the Misnaged.
He knew that he couldnt write
lies in Digleinu since denials by
Chabad Chassidim would show
that he was a liar, so he sent a
sharp letter, full of lies that were
the product of his imagination,
to Rabbi Uriel Zimmer, a writer
and thinker who had previously
written for Digleinu.
R Zimmer who was an active
player in Chareidi activism and
journalism in Eretz Yisroel,
had become close to Chabad.
He left for the US where he
became a Chassid, mekushar
and mekurav of the Rebbe. R
Uriel was a brilliant man and
many of his questions and doubts
were referred to the Rebbe who
responded with answers that
clarified Chabads approach. R
Uriel took the opportunity to
send to the Rebbe some points
from the libelous letter that he
received and asked the Rebbe for
answers.
SLANDER
What was written in that
slanderous letter?
The content of the letter
was kept secret because of
the sensitive things written
therein, including quotes from
senior individuals, but after the
Rebbes response, which you
will soon see, a copy of the letter
was received by a number of

distinguished Chassidim in Eretz
Yisroel and certain parts are
publicized here for the first time.
At first, the writer explains
that he did not want to address
the Rebbe directly and then he
launches into his diatribe:
Last Yud-Tes Kislev, I had
the unfortunate idea of traveling
to the celebration in Safraya
[Kfar Chabad] and I took my son
with me. The humiliation of
pressed upon me and I did not
know how I could bear the shame
before my son. At the head of
the table sat the Chassidim the
Tmimim Shazar, Keseh, Bar
Yehuda and Aram [all leftist
Knesset members at the time].
At this point the writer
was aided by the wisdom of
face reading, which he had
apparently learned: The shul
itself swarmed with wanderer
guests whose lusts and serious
sins left their mark on their
coarse, materialistic faces.
The writer goes on to say that
men and women mingled and
he also claimed that the main
speakers were not the leading
mashpiim but Shazar and Yona
Keseh: I saw there the ohr
pnimi, namely the simple,
innocent Chabad Chassidim
who celebrated with mashke
and inner song and music, and
I saw the ohr makif, the heads
of Mapai whose speeches were
the only spiritual content at that
gathering.
The writer defended himself
from the outset against attacks
upon the party he belonged to,
Agudas Yisroel, and responded to
the usual complaints of that time,
like the reading of Ben Gurions
letter at the Agudah convention.
The
writer
immediately
responds that the one who read
it was punished and the Gerrer
Chassidim, to whom the reader

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belonged, were forbidden to

enter the shul.
In order to exaggerate his
complaints, he quotes various
people, one of whom said he
would not be shocked if the
following year the speaker in
Safraya would be one of the
missionaries whose parents had
once upon a time belonged to
Chabad.
He even quoted one of the
distinguished rabbanim in Eretz
Yisroel as though he said that
the terrible tragedy, in which a
bachur from Safraya (Yisroel
Dubroskin) was killed by
terrorists, happened because of
the chilul Hashem caused by the
Yud-Tes Kislev farbrengen!
He concluded his letter with
complaints about Chabad not
joining Chinuch Atzmai and
ended with, The fear for the
path this movement is going on
is justified and you [R Zimmer],
the big warrior for Chareidi
independence and its self-assured
dignity, what do you have to say
about all this?
Mr. Efraim Katzir [Labor party politician] and Mr. Zalman Shazar [former president
of Israel] with R Shlomo Meidanchik and mashpia, R Mendel Futerfas, at a Yud-Tes
Kislev farbrengen
CLARIFICATION
R Uriel Zimmer sent the
letter to the Rebbe as a result of
which a series of clarifications
ensued. The Rebbe sent letters
to a number of distinguished
Chassidim who had attended that
farbrengen and had even been
involved in organizing it, and he
asked for a detailed report about
the farbrengen. At a certain point,
he even asked for recordings of
the speeches. The Chassidim
did not realize that this was an
urgent request and the responses
trickled in to the Rebbe. The
Rebbe once again demanded full
reports, recordings, etc. Among
those asked to give a report was
Agudas Chassidei Chabad, the
vaad of Kfar Chabad, and R
Avrohom Pariz.
From left to right: R Uriel Zimmer, R Pinye Altheus, R Yaakov Yosef Raskin
Here is the Rebbes request of

R Avrohom Pariz:
Although I have written to
some of Anash to inform me in
detail about the farbrengen in
Kfar Chabad and I am doubling
my request to you too, since in
your letter you write very briefly.
The main thing, if possible, is to
send the speeches, since when
I am asked about them I do
not know whether there is any

basis or not, and it is clear that
in such matters lashon hara
is not an issue since it is for a
purpose.
The Rebbe also expressed his
opinion about the reliability of
the complaints in the slanderous
letter:
Especially when I suspect
that those who come with
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MISNAGDIM AND CHASSIDIM IN CHEVRON

Misnagdim at a farbrengen?
The following is an earlier account by a Litvishe writer who describes
a Yud-Tes Kislev farbrengen where Misnagdim were present. Here is a
fascinating news item from Chevron from the year 5688/1927. At that time,
the Chabad community had dwindled due to Chassidim having left during
World War I. The Yud-Tes Kislev farbrengen was attended by Lubavitcher
Chassidim along with Chassidim of grandchildren of the Tzemach Tzedek
as well as Misnagdim who lived in Chevron.
This is a news item from Doar HaYom from 24 Kislev 5688:
Chevron. From our special correspondent. Wherever Chabad Chassidim
are to be found, they celebrate Yud-Tes Kislev when the Baal HaTanya was
freed from jail, and they make a festive meal to commemorate the event.
This custom took place in Chevron too throughout the generations with
great pomp, since the city was settled primarily by Chabad Chassidim,
descendants of the Mitteler Rebbe. The festive meal would last all day and
night, wines were ordered from the best Chevron grapes that were prepared
by elders and men of stature for the sake of the Kislev feast, and they
were entertained by words of Chassidus, original Chabad niggunim and
dancing.
However, in recent years, as the old yishuv shrinks, many have died and
many moved elsewhere in the country and abroad, and were replaced by
new settlers, nearly all Litvaks, the glory of the Yud-Tes Kislev celebration
in Chevron departed. The grandchildren [those whose grandparents
were Chabad] do gather every year and have a seudas mitzva and are also
accompanied by many Misnagdim, residents of Chevron. Words of
Chassidus and niggunim are still heard, but it is all done with coolness and
haste and after too much drinking there sometimes starts the barbs and
arguments. Especially between Chassidim who came from abroad, students
of the Rebbeim of Lubavitch descended of the lineage of the Tzemach
Tzedek, and those born in Chevron who have their own great lineage as
grandchildren of the grandmother Menucha Rochel, founder [SZB there
were Chabad settlers before her] of the Ashkenazi yishuv in Chevron who
was also a granddaughter of the Baal HaTanya, and who are not that bound
to the current Lubavitcher Rebbe [Rayatz]. Ultimately, the participants
conciliate and all ill will is uprooted from the heart.
complaints, their questions
are based on jealousy and not
on yiras Shamayim and the
like. Still, I would like to see
the wording of the above, of
course.
The content of the speeches
as well as a detailed report took
time in arriving and therefore the
Rebbe did not wait any longer.
He sent a letter to R Zimmer
with particularly sharp answers.
We will now explain those parts
connected to the Yud-Tes Kislev
farbrengen.
First, the Rebbe expresses his
reservations regarding the claims
of the defamer and says he does
not know what is true and what
is made up. Still, even assuming
that all the details are correct, the
situation could be looked at from
two possible perspectives. One
perspective is that the hanhala of
Kfar Chabad is interested in the
mingling of men and women,
and that the main speakers
be representatives of a certain
party. The Rebbe explains that

a discussion with someone who
thinks this is really the situation is
pointless, as our Sages say, any
encounter with them is bad.
The other option would
be to say that the hanhala of
Kfar Chabad understands what
mingling is about, but for certain
reasons they did not send the
women away from the celebration
and they also saw to it that soand-so and so-and-so would
speak in praise of Chassidus
[although not necessarily the
representatives of a certain
party].
Regarding the complaint that
it was all done for money, i.e.
budgetary bequests from elected
officials, the Rebbe responds
that to the best of his knowledge
since the celebration the people
of the Kfar did not receive any
additional money, but with the
help of those participants [elected
public officials], spiritual benefits
did accrue (not necessarily
for the residents of the Kfar)!
Furthermore: Thanks to those
who attended the Yud-Tes Kislev
celebration, over the past year,
hundreds of Jewish boys and
girls learned Toras Hashem in
its pure form.
In general, added the Rebbe,
the Jews of Poland, Galicia, and
Russia were always in touch with
Jews like these and even gave
them honors, and used their
influence and efforts to cancel
undesirable decrees and laws,
to make things easier in the
spiritual matters of the Jewish
people and even material things
regarding the livelihood of
Jews.
The Rebbe goes on to
mention the events that occurred
at the Knessia Gdola of Agudas
Yisroel that took place half a year
earlier but in the letter the Rebbe
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The Rebbe even mentions

forgotten things: Surely you
know that there was a coalition
in the government with the
consent of etc. [referring to
the gdolim and Admurim of
Agudas Yisroel], and you know
how much so-and-so of his
party tried to get a ministerial
position so as to also be
responsible for laws and orders
etc. [the reference is to R Itche
Meir Levin who served as Welfare
Minister under the aegis of
Agudas Yisroel for several years,
thus being a partner to whatever
the government did in the early
days of the State].
The Rebbe expresses surprise:
During the days of the coalition
did the writer of the letter express
himself against the minister from
Agudas Yisroel who sat with
ministers of Mapai and Mapam?!
In the besmirching letter
it quoted a young man who
said about certain people who
A portion of the Rebbes letter to R Zimmer
I hold in disdain all those who describe an entire

movement which numbers tens of thousands
of Chassidim, the likes of whom the describers do not
reach their ankles, not in mesirus nefesh and not in yiras
Shamayim and not in genuine tznius
attended the Chabad event that

they are worshipers of avoda
zara bshituf. In general, the
besmirching letter and the
letter of the young man cited

therein are full of the most biting
language and the Rebbe writes:
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I hold in disdain all
those who describe an entire
movement which numbers tens
of thousands of Chassidim, the
likes of whom the describers do
not reach their ankles, not in
mesirus nefesh and not in yiras
Shamayim and not in genuine
tznius [] and shmiras
halashon describing them
with descriptions in that letter,
and their students and disciples
do not recoil from saying about
a Jew that he worships avoda
zara bshituf []
In continuation from the
above, following the Yud-Tes
Kislev celebration, despite
everything not one person was
missing from even one of the
shiurim learned in the Kfar,
on the contrary. The number
of those who immerse in a
mikva before davening even on
weekdays did not diminish, on
the contrary, etc. etc.
This is how the Rebbe
explained to R Zimmer the
importance of a relationship with
elected officials and inviting them
to a Chag HaGeula farbrengen.
THE PARTISANS LETTER

When I worked on the book
HaPartisan, about R Zushe
Continued from page 15

minutes, the Alter Rebbe looked
at the Chassid with a smile and
gave him the desired blessing.
Relieved, the Chassid left the
Alter Rebbes room. As soon as
he left he realized that he had left
his handkerchief in the Yechidus
room. Hastily, and without
thinking too much, he quickly
re-entered the room, excused
himself, took his handkerchief
and left.
Upon exiting, the Chassid
Wilyamowsky, I got to see some

confidential material on this
subject, since he was quoted in
the defaming letter, as a result of
which the Rebbe wrote to him.
R Zushe responded in a letter
that he never said such things.
In the end, even the Misnaged
writer said he had written those
things in error in the name of R
Zushe. This bothered R Zushe
which is why he wrote a letter
to R Zimmer. Here are some
quotes from that letter:
The sincere of heart see
that the activities of the Rebbe
are holy of holies (and those
who do not want to see because
of personal agendas) surely the
day will come and those among
them who will be meritorious
will know that Moshe is true
and his Torah is true. Rather,
my purpose with this letter is to
deny the defamation of the holy
community Kfar Chabad.
And I have no doubt that the
defamer does not come to the
ankles of the least of the residents
of the Kfar, especially when they
are a congregation of Chassidim
who are currently the spirit of
resurrection in disseminating
Torah with fear of heaven and
strengthening Judaism in nearly
all countries of the world, so
whence does this chutzpa come

from? But our job is not to enter
into debates with the evil of
someone and our role is just to
illuminate and the darkness will
come to an end by itself as in the
saying of the Tzemach Tzedek,
we are day workers.
As
for
inviting
people
who were not religious to the
farbrengens in Kfar Chabad, R
Zushe explained that by doing so
they prevented demonstrations
and many protests whose
effectiveness were dubious at
best. To all residents of the Kfar
it was obvious that inviting these
individuals was done for the sake
of holiness and not for business,
especially when the guests urged
everyone to a yearning for
authentic Judaism.
As for mingling of men
and women, R Zushe said this
was not correct for the women
gathered in a special area as
organized by the women of the
Kfar.
To this very day, elected
officials and prominent people
close to Chabad continue to go
to Kfar Chabad for the Yud-Tes
Kislev farbrengen.
gave a loud krechtz, Oy, what

have I done, the bracha was just
fulfilled, and I didnt get another
bracha to meet again before I
left! The Chassid sat down in
shul, relaxed and pondered the
reality. Instead of becoming
worried or sad about the fact that
my time is up, let me prepare for
the journey to the next world in
the proper way.
We can approach every
situation in life in one of two
ways: one of worry and anxiety or
one of introspection, relaxation,
and intelligent decision making.

In every situation in life we must
remember that worry is anathema
to Bitachon and that the avoda
of Bitachon demands of us to be
totally tranquil, as if the positive
outcome has already happened.
Rabbi Zalman Goldberg is
a well sought after speaker and
lecturer on Chassidic thought.
His writings and recordings on the
topic of Bitachon can be accessed
at http://www.gotbitachon.com.
The author thanks R Manny Wolf for

his help.

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BITACHON BYTES
NIRVANA:
AN ACCURATE
BAROMETER OF
BITACHON
By Rabbi Zalman Goldberg
ne of the fundamental
characteristics
of
Bitachon in Hashem
is the absence of fear.
If you truly have Bitachon you are
completely serene. One who fears
what the future of this world holds
for him is clearly not relying on
Hashem. Bitachon means that he
is sure and confident that Hashem
will make the situation good for
him. And if he is truly certain of
that, he will not fear any future
occurrences. This message is
featured in the beginning of this
weeks parsha.
The Torah relates that the
messengers Yaakov sent to his
brother Eisav returned with an
ominous message, He is acting
like an Eisav, without brotherly
love, and is approaching with
four hundred men of war,
(indicating that even though two
decades had passed, Eisav was
still furious over the brachos
Yaakov had taken and wanted
revenge.)
The pasuk continues and
tells us that Yaakov became
extremely frightened and he was
distressed. The Midrash quotes
these words and comments that

there were two people to whom
Hashem promised security and
nevertheless they harbored fear
the chosen of the forefathers,
Yaakov, and the chosen of the
prophets, Moshe. The example
given to prove Yaakovs fear is
in our pasuk; Yaakov had been
guaranteed prosperity, safety and
security, and he was nonetheless
frightened
of
the
coming
encounter with Eisav.
The commentators on the
Midrash discuss the intention
of the Midrash: was it to praise
Yaakov and Moshe for their fear
or is it a condemnation? Some
say that it was a sign of humility,
that despite being promised by
Hashem that all would be fine,
they still felt unsure of their
virtues, and that perhaps Hashem
would withdraw His promise.
Others dispute this and say that
the intention of the Midrash is
to censure them, that they feared
what the future held despite
Hashems promise.
In explanation, the Rebbe
emphasized that when truly
experiencing
Bitachon
in
Hashem, worry and fear are
not at all on the radar. True

Bitachon means that the person
truly relies in the depths of his
heart only on Hashem, to the
extent that he does not fear at all.
Bitachon and fear cannot coexist
together. When, however, the
person experiences worry, even
if it is just a scintilla of unease,
this shows that the Bitachon is
lacking.
This is the Midrashs criticism
of Yaakov. Worry and Bitachon
are mutually exclusive emotions
and therefore the correct way to
approach hardship and adversity
is with complete and total
certainty that the dnouement
will be positive in a revealed
sense.
A Chassid of the Alter
Rebbe used to visit Liozna every
year and would merit to enter
Yechidus with the Alter Rebbe. At
the conclusion of every Yechidus,
the Alter Rebbe would bentch
him that they should see each
other again in good spirits. One
year the Alter Rebbe ended the
yechidus with this Chassid and
omitted his usual bracha. The
Chassid noticed this right away
and pleaded with the Rebbe to
give him the bracha. After a few
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SHLICHUS
SPECIAL
FORCES
WARRIOR
IN THE
REBBES
ARMY
R Halperin speaks for the first time: About the secret to the
success of his magnificent community, their annual group
trip to the Rebbe, the way to be mekarev every Jew and
convey the Besuras HaGeula without cutting corners. * R
Yisroel Halperin, shliach and rav of the Chabad community in
Hertzliya, in a candid interview. Part 2 of 2.
By Avrohom Rainitz
Photos by Ezriel Moshe

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R Halperin holding the Tanya which was printed in the mayors office with Yechi on the cover
WAR AGAINST THE

INTERNET: FROM A
DEFENSIVE WAR TO AN
OFFENSIVE WAR
Over the years, dozens of
families became interested in
religious observance and a large,
dynamic Chabad community
formed in Hertzliya.
Unlike
other
Chabad
communities
which
are
somewhat
removed
from
irreligious surroundings, your

khilla is located squarely
within the secular milieu which
is Hertzliya.
How do you
preserve yiras Shamayim and a
Chassidishe atmosphere?
Its definitely not easy. As
youve noted, Hertzliya is a
very open place and many
groups find it hard to stand up
to the destructive influences
of the street. They try to wage
a resistance war but from our
perspective thats not enough,

because as shluchim the Rebbe
demands of us that we transform
the masses of Rome, to an
atmosphere of Lubavitch-ofLubavitch. Instead of a resistance
war we need to wage an offensive
war focused on progress.
The secret to success is
sourced in an idea in the sicha
of Parshas Chayei Sarah 5752
where the Rebbe says the only
thing remaining now in the
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Shlichus
avodas hashlichus is kabbalas
pnei Moshiach Tzidkeinu. This
is not flowery language but
the essence of what shlichus
is about. When you implant
this point within every detail of
avodas Hashem and hafatzas
hamaayanos, you see incredible
success.
Herein lies the answer to your
question. In our khilla we really
live the belief that the Rebbe is
about to be revealed now. When
all week that there is someone to

answer to, because throughout
the week I think about what I will
tell him. When important things
happen and especially good news,
I dont wait for Motzaei Shabbos
but write it immediately. Every
report includes all the online
posts, all the flyers and web pages
of the Chabad House and the
articles about us in the papers or
the things we submitted. These
reports are filed away along with
The first time I met the previous mayor of

Hertzliya, Mrs. German, I made sure to tell her
that when I say Rebbe, I mean the Rebbe MHM shlita.
She was offended and said, Rabbi, I am well aware of
basic things in Judaism.
you know that momentarily
you will have to face the Rebbe,
your personal order of priorities
changes.
Everyone understands that
when that happy moment comes,
we will want to look our best,
inside and out. When speaking
about Moshiach, the soul
garments need to be beautiful:
good thoughts, good speech and
good action.
One of the practices that are
integral to living with the Rebbe
is writing reports regularly to the
Rebbe. Every Motzaei Shabbos,
R Halperin sits down to write
reports to the Rebbe including
good news. Not just he, but
also the rest of the shluchim and
Anash in Hertzliya who receive
reminder texts to write good
news to the Rebbe.
This is the happiest time
of the week for me, says R
Halperin. I collect every bit of
news, personal or general, in
order to relate it to the Rebbe
and give him nachas. Writing the
weekly report gives me the feeling
a copy of the answer from the

Rebbe, and the horaos that we get
through the answers become the
focus of our shlichus that week,
among all our other activities.
And yet, the openness is not
only in the street but inside the
houses too, through technology
and the Internet, which is the
biggest nisayon (spiritual test)
of our generation. You use the
Internet in your shlichus to
spread Judaism and Chassidus
whether on your website or your
active Facebook page. How can
you use this technology without
being exposed and being harmed
by it?
First of all, only a few people
work on these sites and they use
filtered and very limited Internet.
We bought protected phones for
them and we pay for the best
filters.
In accordance with the
guidance of Chabad rabbanim,
our approach is that those who
dont need the Internet for
parnasa, are better off not being
connected to it at all. When they
are businessmen who need it for

parnasa, we refer them to suitable
filtering options.
Its important to emphasize
that the Chabad community
in Hertzliya (like many other
communities) is comprised of
different levels there are Chabad
Chassidim through and through,
mekuravim who are starting
out, and many others who are
in between. Among those in
between there are some who are
stuck at a certain stage for a long
time, but generally speaking they
feel like an integral part of the
Chabad community. So I dont
issue sweeping directives but
try to speak to each person and
relate to where he is at.
Personal example, as always,
is very important. So I zealously
keep my distance from all
forms of media. I dont use a
Smartphone even with good
protection so as not to give the
impression that its permissible.
For the same reason, I dont look
at Internet sites, not even our
own. When those who run the
site want me to look over content,
they print it out for me.
I try to stay away from all
of it, to the nth degree. In our
community people know that the
only magazine I look at is Beis
Moshiach. The dedicated team
of shluchim know that I dont
even want the local paper in
which we printed big ads about
our work. When there is news
about Chabad in the paper, they
cut it out and give it to me.
Boruch Hashem, it works.
Before Shabbos, those who run
the site print out the new content
for the community. I can tell
you honestly that if they did not
hang the online content on the
wall, most of the people in the
community would not know
what is on the Chabad House
Facebook page.

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But as I said, all this is only

part of the defensive war, and
its not enough. If you want to
succeed, you need to focus on an
offensive war and then the rule
of the Sages, since he is busy
expelling, he does not absorb,
will prevail. When you are busy
with outreach and hafatza and
your mind is constantly thinking
about how to prepare the world
to greet Moshiach, there is no
time to be influenced by the big
world out there.
This is one of the reasons
that we are very particular about
including the members of the
community in our outreach work.
It is the secret to the success of
the community and the secret
to success for each person
individually.
NOT A COMMANDER,
AN ADVISOR
Ive heard about how
you include everyone in the
community in your work. They
say that youve incorporated
methods that the army uses.
R Halperin smiled and said
that their big success is not a
result of military toughness. On
the contrary, its about a personal
relationship with everyone in the
community.
I operate with the method of
advisor (as the Rebbe says in the
sicha of Shoftim 5751) and get
people to partner with us and do
the things the Rebbe said. They
understand that this is important
for them.
Please tell us how your
community is involved in your
activities.
First, they are involved in the
mivtzaim that we do, both the
regular ones and the seasonal
ones. People go out on mivtza
mezuza, mivtza tfillin, and the
other mivtzaim on a regular
Our method is that there is no method. You

just need to sit down and learn the sichos, the
Dvar Malchus, and do what the Rebbe says. That is the
best method
basis. There is a rotation system

and each one does what he can.
Ill give you an example
from a new project that we
started this year. After I saw
how the Shabbos meals that
shluchim hold around the world
are so successful, especially at
the Chabad Houses geared to

tourists where guests are exposed
for the first time to an authentic
Shabbos, we decided to do it
here too. We say, Come and
taste Chabad in the East in
Hertzliya.
The one in charge of this
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project is in touch with all the
shluchim who host people from
Hertzliya visiting the Far East.
We ask for their email addresses
and when they return to Hertzliya
we keep up with them following
the same format of providing
Shabbos meals. Those who are
inspired there, continue here. We
also asked some of the shluchim
in those countries to come and
attend the Shabbos meals we
host. We have advertised it on
Facebook and have reached
25,000 people and get a lot of
responses.
So every Shabbos we have fun
Shabbos meals. They are open to
all and are very successful. Every
Friday night, Anash families
bring mekuravim to these meals
and families from our community
run the meals.
Another project we started
last summer is a mobile trailer
Chabad House, in the form of
770, 10 meters big. We did
massive advertising for this and
every day, the mobile Chabad
House is parked in a different
neighborhood and enables people
to get all their Jewish needs taken
care of close to home Chabad
comes to you.
Another project that the
entire community participates
in and which is very successful
is the Pesach campaign. The
Rebbe asked that we distribute
handmade shmura matza to as
many Jews as possible. Two years
ago we decided that in order
to hasten the Geula we need to
give out as much food of faith
as we can so it would become
part of the flesh and blood of
the residents of Hertzliya. It
was a huge operation in which
we literally went from door to
door, including the university.
We prepared a package which
contained matza and explanatory
materials. Women and girls from
the community packed tens of

thousands of these packages
while Anash and the bachurim
in the community gave them
out around the clock to 35,000
homes and businesses!
Anash are active participants
in the huge array of shiurim we
offer. There are so many shiurim
that when we submitted a request
for funding from the municipal
funding committee the clerk was
amazed and asked, One nonprofit organization gives so many
Torah classes?! Apparently,
the number of shiurim given by
the Chabad House equals the
number of shiurim given by all
the other organizations in the city
together!
THE REBBE MHM SHLITA

WITHOUT CUTTING
CORNERS
In 5770, R Yisroel Halperin
was awarded the title Yakir
Hair for the year 5770. R
Halperin was chosen by a
committee with a majority vote of
17 out of 18 members. He is the
youngest resident to be awarded
this prize which is usually given to
those with a proven track record
in their 70s. In the statement
explaining the award they wrote
that R Halperin received it for
his work in founding community
Jewish centers for the public,
a chesed center for the needy,
educational
institutions
and
subsidies for children of needy
families, and for establishing a
branch of Yad Sarah in Hertzliya.
At the award giving ceremony,
in front of 600 distinguished city
leaders, R Halperin emphasized
that his big success is thanks to
the people of the community
who work as a team. He is only
the representative of all those
who think the congratulations is
not due them but recognize that
their success is thanks to the

Rebbe MHM shlita, and that
they work for him. R Halperin
always conveys this message, that
all the success is attributed to the
Rebbe. We only try not to ruin
things and to be the conduit to
transmit the abundance that the
Rebbe supplies, he says.
When R Halperin mentions
the Rebbe, it makes no difference
when or where, he says the full
title, Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach
shlita. He did so in front of 600
local dignitaries, just like he says
it in the shul where he is the rav
and in this interview.
I wanted to discuss this point
with him. There are people who
are afraid that talking this way
after Gimmel Tammuz will raise
eyebrows and turn people off
to Judaism and Chassidus. R
Halperin is certainly qualified to
address this, being in the field
himself, and he knows that this
perspective is simply not borne
out. He believes that when you
go with the truth, people relate
to it, whether its Moshiach or
in general, issues in Halacha and
Judaism.
When
he
arranges
a
Chassidishe farbrengen for a
special date, numerous local
residents attend. Unlike other
places that need to bring in
artists and stars to draw a
crowd, R Halperin does events
al taharas hakodesh with
chassidishe mashpiim.
The
seating is completely separate
with a mechitza and there are
only Chabad niggunim. Despite
all these restrictions, if you want
to call them that, the hall is full,
while other groups in the city,
who organize events and bring in
special guests, have a hard time
filling half a hall.
At
the
Yud-Tes
Kislev
farbrengen last year, the mayor,
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the brachos he received through

the Igros Kodesh.
He told
everyone that he was elected
to his job thanks to the Rebbe
Melech HaMoshiach.
Many shluchim have a hard
time explaining that the Rebbe
is Moshiach. They find it even
harder to explain that the Rebbe
is chai vkayam. What is the
secret to your success?
There are no secrets. First
of all, you need consistent, noncompromising activities, both
in a way of makif and a way of
pnimi. Starting in 5752, every
week we hang posters on every
notice board in the city with a
picture of the Rebbe under which
it says, Melech HaMoshiach.
Our makif is very strong.
The first time I met the
previous mayor of Hertzliya,
Mrs. German, when she became
mayor, I made sure to tell her
that when I say Rebbe, I mean
the Rebbe MHM shlita. She
was offended and said, Rabbi, I
am well aware of basic things in
Judaism.
After the general makif, there
is the closer makif and aside from
the standard Chabad activities,
R Halperin gives an example
unique to Hertzliya:
We have a shliach to the
stores. Here too, the routine
outreach work
of
putting
on tfillin and encouraging
conversations about Judaism
are permeated with the idea of
kabbalas pnei Moshiach. The
shliach suggested to storeowners
a way of getting a special bracha
for their business: a certificate
with their picture, showing them
holding the Rebbes picture which
says Melech HaMoshiach on
it. The cost for the certificate
is mitzvos, which are recorded
in a special written pledge of
allegiance to hasten the Geula.
A business owner signs that
Printing the Tanya in the mayors office
There are three things that people take to the

extreme but in order to bring the Geula we need
to forgo one of them. The three are: infinite faith, infinite
unity, and infinite egotism. As mentioned, we need to
give up one of them
he joyfully anticipates the Geula
and that he is preparing himself
and his household to welcome
Moshiach along with good
hachlatos. We place this in a
golden book for kabbalas pnei
Moshiach Tzidkeinu bound with
a beautiful leather binding.
People
take
this
very
seriously.
They wash their
hands, make a good hachlata,
and then have their picture taken
with the Rebbes picture. Then
they receive a certificate with
this picture which they hang in
a prominent place in their store.
When residents of Hertzliya go
into store after store, including
fancy establishments, and see that
the storeowners identify with the
message, they view the subject
differently. The storeowners also

say that they consider themselves
representatives of the Besuras
HaGeula.
Heres another thing last
year, many storeowners (that
have no kashrus or tznius
problems) have set up video
screens in the front of their
stores which show videos of the
Rebbe all day. Thats besides all
the Chabad Houses around the
city that show Rebbe videos all
day. Above the video screen is a
golden sign which says, Seeing
the face of the Rebbe MHM
shlita. These are all over,
including high-tech places, and
people stop and watch and are
very impressed.
We convey these messages
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both openly and indirectly and
insert it at every opportunity.
When, for example, on the soup
kitchen sign it says Yechi, or
when we write the word appeal
next to a picture of an old man
and it says, We dont allow
anyone to go hungry in this city,
and next to it says Yechi, that
sends a message that people who
are committed to the welfare of
others say Yechi.
I dont try to convince people
that the Rebbe is Moshiach; I
present it as a fact, as the reality.
Ill give you an example. The first
day the current mayor went to his
office, the first thing he did was
operate the printing machine that
printed a Tanya that was waiting
for him in his office. That was
what he did before he sat down.
First he said Yechi and then he
pressed the copy button in the
presence of the rav of the city
who is Litvish. In this edition of
Tanya there were dedications that
began with Yechi. The mayor
looked it over and then gave out
copies of the volume with the
logo, From the Office of the
Mayor of Hertzliya. On the
binding is the logo of the mayor
along with Yechi. Aside from
that, at the top of the dedications
it says In the merit of the Rebbe
MH M shlita.
I think that this expresses
the desire of the Rebbe who
first speaks about the need to
be stubborn and only then
to come up with ideas. First,
you need to know that the Rebbe
is chai vkayam. Otherwise, the
main thing is missing from the
book, just like you cant ask a
question in the laws of Shabbos if
your belief in G-d is unstable.
So what is the method
exactly, establishing facts on the
ground?
Our method is that there is
no method. You just need to sit
down and learn the sichos, the

Dvar Malchus, and do what
the Rebbe says. That is the best
method, like the simple servant
who does his tasks with complete
faith.
THE KVUTZA OF
HERTZLIYA
The group from Hertzliya
came, people say to one another
in 770. Every year during Tishrei
this repeats itself and has become
part of the Tishrei scene.
R Yisroel Halperin comes
every year with a group from his
community and mekuravim who
want to be with the Rebbe for
the latter part of Tishrei, Zman
Simchaseinu.
When did this begin? How
do you do it successfully?
It started in the Hakhel year of
5748 when we came with a group
of thirty people. Unfortunately,
the following Hakhel, 5755,
the first Tishrei after Gimmel
Tammuz, it was just me and my
family who came from Hertzliya.
From all of Eretz Yisroel, only
four entire families came. I saw
that this needs chizuk.
The following Tishrei, 5756,
I came with a group again and
stood near the Rebbes bima.
People around me did not
understand why we were pushing
when there was plenty of room.
The guys from Hertzliya said
to me, Rabbi, isnt this a bit
much?
I said to them, Hold on tight,
soon there wont be any room.
Indeed, today, you need to
forcefully push your way through
to get to stand near the Rebbes
bima. Boruch Hashem.
The group comes every year,
like soldiers. They dont just
go to Beis Moshiach, but to
Moshiach himself. The Rebbe is
in 770 and they want to see him
himself. The fact that we dont

see him yet and that for a brief
moment I have left you, is the
Rebbes choice. We do our part
and we are certain that this will
immediately work out.
When the members of our
group go on Tahalucha to shuls
in Boro Park, many people join
us. We march through Boro
Park and sing VSamachta and
Yechi, and windows open and
people watch. There are people
in charge so we sing and walk in
unison which makes a wonderful
impression on those who see us.
One shul did not want to let us in
so we stayed outside and made a
circle and danced. Last year, the
gabbaim came out and invited us
in.
The group is very unified.
The guys sleep together, eat
together, learn together, and
proclaim Yechi together.
It
gives everyone lots of strength
for the entire year. When we
return to Hertzliya, we make a
farbrengen and people share their
impressions.
Of course, before we leave,
we make sure that the shlichus
in Hertzliya is not adversely
affected.
What can you tell us about
how these trips to the Rebbe
affect the members of the
group?
It makes an enormous
impression. Here is one example
out of many. Two years ago,
one of the local big time lawyers
joined me for Simchas Torah.
He stood next to me during the
hakafos. You had to see what
kind of letter he wrote afterward
to the city newspaper
One of the mekuravim
joined our trip after a few years.
Afterward he decided to grow a
beard and to publicize wherever
possible that the Rebbe MHM
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all kinds of respected forums.

At first he thought, should I tell
them that the Rebbe MHM is
alive? Well, if I am sure it is true
then it will be accepted just fine.
And thats what happened. After
a while he said, Its amazing!
Whenever I conveyed the
message with full confidence, it
was accepted.
THE REBBE PROVIDES THE

STRENGTH OF A KING
Can you tell us what
chiddush the Rebbe introduced
regarding Hakhel?
Ill summarize what the Rebbe
said. Hakhel is the only mitzva
where the spiritual intent is the
main thing, while other aspects
of the mitzva are merely details
and not the essence of the mitzva.
This is the reason why we dont
have a formal commemorative
practice zecher lMikdash for
Hakhel, because the whole idea
of Hakhel is that the king is
supposed to strengthen the true
religion and re-inspire people
like at Mattan Torah. The mitzva
is done once in seven years
Hashem, through the king who
is His emissary, strengthens
and renews the revelation of
Mattan Torah in peoples hearts.
The goal is to provide kochos
and awaken great desire to
strengthen yiras Shamayim and
the performance of mitzvos.
The Rebbe, as king of our
times, provides each one of us
with the kochos of the king to
accomplish this very goal. How?
By introducing the topic of
LEADING NATIONAL CAMPAIGNS

R Halperin, along with his work as rav and shliach, undertook to lead
more than ten national campaigns over the years, and received instructions
from the Rebbe about how to go about them. R Halperin, with his military
knowledge, knows how to organize large scale and smooth running
operations.
Back in 5740, he received a Chassidic Tzav 8 (an emergency call for
military service) regarding Lag BOmer parades. That year, the Rebbe
asked that at least sixty parades be organized in Eretz Yisroel. R Halperin
is an exceptional organizer and implementer and despite the small number
of shluchim at that time, the headquarters was able to make 167 parades
around the country!
Then he led the project of getting Jewish children to shuls on Shavuos, as
the Rebbe said to do.
In the years that followed, he ran the national siyumim for the first and
second Siyum HaRambam. He also was in charge of the central command
structure for Chabads national campaign on behalf of Agudas Yisroel
Gimmel in the elections of 5749. In his view, the most important large scale
project was leading the largest protest ever in Israeli history against the Oslo
Accords in 5753.
Hakhel to any existing gathering
or
by
organizing
Hakhel
gatherings, thus infusing spiritual
energy and an arousal of a desire
for yiras Shamayim and mitzva
performance and accepting the
Rebbe as Moshiach.
Every gathering has to be
connected to the main point,
that this year we have the ability
to renew the spiritual charge
of Mattan Torah. Each of us
has renewed abilities for mitzva
observance and to welcome
Moshiach.
Just mentioning
Hakhel
accomplishes
something. The Rebbe supplies
us with a mighty tool that can
revive so many people, with the
concept of Hakhel.
This is even more impactful
when you connect people to
the Rebbe. At every gathering,

without shame, you need to
declare that the Rebbe MHM
says this is a Hakhel year; the
king gives kochos to every person
and is doing so here and now.
That sums up Hakhel.
The
Rebbe notes that in this matter
every person is like a king in that
he can inspire the people around
him.
Final remarks.
There is a saying that there are
three things that people take to
the extreme but in order to bring
the Geula we need to forgo one
of them. The three are: infinite
emuna/faith, infinite achdus/
unity, and infinite yeshus/
egotism. As mentioned, we need
to give up one of them
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THE WANDERING
MASHGIACH
R Chaim Eliezer Gurewitz
was a gaon in Nigleh
and was appointed as
mashgiach of Tomchei
Tmimim by the Rebbe
Rayatz. During the harsh
years under communist
rule he served as a
wandering melamed, going
to the homes of students
and teaching them Torah.
* In 5708, he was arrested
in Moscow and after
exhausting interrogations
he was sent to Siberia
where he remained for
nine years. * To mark his
passing on 7 Kislev.
By Dov Levanon
Chaim Eliezer was

born in 5662 in
Kalisk. His father
was R Mendel Dovid
Gurewitz, a descendent of the holy
Shla.
R Eliezer was a gaon in
Nigleh. Those who knew him
said that he knew Shas by heart.
He was one of the outstanding
students in Yeshivas Tomchei

Tmimim in Lubavitch.
For
a number of years he served
as mashgiach in Nigleh in the
yeshiva, having been appointed
by the founder and nasi of the
yeshiva, the Rebbe Rashab and
his son, the dean of the yeshiva,
the Rebbe Rayatz.
His Torah and Chassidic
stature were worthy of emulation

by the talmidim of the yeshiva and
even afterward, when the Rebbes
court moved to Rostov along with
the yeshiva, R Eliezer continued
to serve as mashgiach in
Nigleh. When he was appointed
mashgiach of Nigleh in Rostov
by the Rebbe Rayatz, other
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Shlomo Chaim Kesselman and R

Chaim Meir Liss. It is wartime
now and you make officers out
of enlisted soldiers, said the
Rebbe, referring to the young and
inexperienced staff.
DURING THE DARK YEARS

After the communists took
over the government, they began
oppressing those who observed
religious life.
Thousands of
Jewish schools were closed,
shuls were turned into theaters,
rabbanim were arrested and
exiled, and those who worked
in klei kodesh were relentlessly
persecuted.
The yeshiva in
Rostov was closed down after
only a year in existence. The
talmidim fled to Poltava.
R Eliezer went underground
and secretly continued teaching
Torah to Jewish children despite
being a genius who could have
devoted himself to his own
learning or to giving shiurim to
bachurim-lamdanim. It was clear
to him that this was his mission.
As time went on, the noose
tightened. Even the small secret
schools that had only five or six
children were closed. R Chaim
Eliezer began going from house
to house, with great mesirus
nefesh, and spent time with one
child at a time, teaching them
psukim.
Aside from the learning that
they did, he would encourage the
children to continue observing
their parents traditions even
when the situation around them
was hard and threatening.
He was moser nefesh for the
chinuch of his son too. For the
first three years of obligatory
schooling, until he reached the
age of nine, he did not send his
son, Sholom Dovber, to school.
One day, officials came to his
house and said that if he did
R Chaim Eliezer Gurewitz
not send his son to school like

all other Russian children, they
would take the child away from
him and put him in an institution.
So Sholom Ber went to
school, but he was regularly
absent on Shabbos and Yom Tov
and gave various excuses. Things
went on in this way until a Jewish
teacher discovered the secret and
from then on, he had to show up
on Shabbos too.
My father encouraged me
to do everything possible not to
write in school. He explained to
me that even if I attended school
on Shabbos, when I finished
at school, I needed to conduct
myself as on a regular Shabbos,
said his son.
Every Shabbos R Eliezer
would walk with his son to a
minyan in shul. It sounds simple
enough but in those days it
entailed real mesirus nefesh, for
it meant not only was the father
a counter-revolutionary, but he
was corrupting his son too!
Although
there
were
enormous
difficulties
in
obtaining kosher food, R Eliezer
was particular about all the
stringencies. He never worked
on Shabbos and as a result, he

went from one job to the next.
For a period of time he worked
as a bookbinder, then in a
chemical factory, and then he got
a weaving and knitting machine
and worked as a tailor.
You cannot waste time,
he taught his son. It makes
no difference what you do, just
dont waste time. And he did
as he preached. He always had
an open seifer in front of him and
whenever he had free time, he sat
and learned.
Despite
the
oppressive
situation, his house was open
to guests and his modest home
regularly hosted Chassidim and
Tmimim. Although his home
consisted of one room within a
shared apartment with gentiles,
three or four Chassidim always
slept on the floor.
Life in Russia became
intolerable and R Chaim Eliezer
began thinking of emigrating.
In 1934, he wrote to the Rebbe
Rayatz that he wanted to leave.
The Rebbe responded briefly that
the idea of leaving was proper
and he should make aliya. The
Rebbe asked whether he had the
money for it.
For various reasons, he did
not emigrate.
IN THE RUSSIAN ARMY

During World War II, R
Chaim Eliezer was drafted
into the Russian army and,
fortunately, was sent to the
city of Opa in the Urals. They
had him guard the local power
station. He spent four years
there, nearly throughout the war.
Every Shabbos he went to shul, a
three hour walk each way. While
he was there, he ran the minyan
and also davened at the amud.
For years afterward, he was
the chazan for Kol Nidrei in
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You cannot waste time, he taught his son. It

makes no difference what you do, just dont
waste time.
the secret minyanim that the

Chassidim had in Samarkand.
POST WAR
At the end of World War II,
he returned to Moscow where
he continued teaching Torah
to children while endangering
himself.
Rumors abounded about
the possibility of leaving Russia
as Polish citizens and that
many of Anash had purchased
forged Polish passports and left
the country. R Eliezers son
suggested to his father that he
try leaving Russia in this way, but
he refused to leave with a forged
passport. His wife also refused to
leave in this way, being afraid lest
this method be discovered and
her family who remained behind
would be made to suffer.
R Chaim Eliezer decided to
remain in Moscow and continue
his work. Two years later he was
arrested by the cursed NKVD.
IN RUSSIAN PRISON
At the beginning of 5708, six
great Chassidim in Moscow were
arrested: R Yona Cohen (Kagan),
R Berel Rickman, R Mordechai
Gurary, R Berel Levertov, R
Moshe Dubroskin, and R Chaim
Eliezer Gurewitz. They were all
accused of attempting to escape
the Soviet Union via Lvov.
In the period prior to their
arrest R Chaim Eliezer felt more
unsafe and he left home and
hid in the home of a relative.
After several months passed, he
returned home and continued his
routine. On 15 Cheshvan 5708
he left home on his way to the

large Archipova shul and he did
not return home.
After midnight, when he still
had not returned home, his family
began looking for him. But he
had disappeared. The regular
worshipers at the shul said he
had never come for Shacharis.
The family became even more
worried.
It was three days later when
they found out where he had
disappeared to. That was when
policemen knocked at their door
at four in the morning and said
they needed to conduct a search.
They searched the house for an
hour and took all the writings of
the Rebbe that they found.
In the following months he
was interrogated under harsh
torture. Since he did not like
talking about this period of his
life, we dont know much about
the interrogations except what
was revealed fifty years later in
the interrogation documents
which were discovered.
The interrogators tried as best
they could to justify the arrests
and they worked to extract
confessions from him. We learn
this from papers that document
R Chaim Eliezers interrogations.
The first document is a log
of the interrogations. At the
top of the page it says, Secret.
Naturally, those evil men did not
dream that one day this secret
document would reach the hands
of R Shneur Zalman Berger and
be publicized in Beis Moshiach
for all to see.
The paper says that the
prisoner, Gurewitz, Chaim Lazer,
was arrested on October 29,

1947 and that on February 6th
he was transferred to the Butyrka
prison. The log is dated on the
day he was sent from one prison
to the other.
There is a long list of the days
and hours he was interrogated.
One can only imagine how much
he suffered during these lengthy
interrogations and sometimes,
there were a few on one day!
The longest interrogations were
conducted in the period right
after he was caught. In the final
interrogations it seems he was
forced to sign to charges in which
he was accused of religiousChassidic crimes and other
accusations.
In the investigation notes
it says that he was caught as he
walked to shul on the morning
of 15 Cheshvan.
The first
interrogation took place that day,
from 2:05 in the afternoon until
11:20 at night. The next day
he was interrogated four times
between 11:00 in the morning
and 4:05 in the morning,
seventeen hours in a row!
He was interrogated by
day and by night with the
interrogators preventing him from
sleeping so as to squeeze out a
confession from him. During the
final days of the interrogations
he was interrogated over fifteen
consecutive hours!
After so many exhausting
interrogations R Chaim Eliezer
was charged with the attempt to
smuggle across the border even
though he had no connection
whatsoever with it.
All these Chassidim were
sent to exile. R Chaim Eliezer
was sentenced to ten years in
a Siberian labor camp.
Five
returned from exile, physically
broken, while R Yona Cohen,
one of the founders of the
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Soviet Union, died in exile. May

Hashem avenge his blood.
FREED
Siberia was hell on earth. The
exiled prisoners worked at hard
labor for many hours in the severe
cold. They were malnourished,
receiving a little bit of food that
was not enough for a person
under normal conditions and
certainly not enough for someone
working that hard. Disease and
death were rampant in the camps.
Camp rules were harsh and
whoever transgressed them was
punished severely and sometimes
even taken out to be executed
without a trial. Many of the
prisoners broke down, physically
or emotionally, from the great
suffering.
For a Chassid, life was even
harder, but R Chaim Eliezer held
strong for seven years. He not
only was moser nefesh in Siberia
to observe mitzvos, he even
looked out for others, as his son
recounted:
He hardly spoke about what
he went through there. Once,
a man who had been with him
told us that even in the camp our
father made sure to put on tfillin
daily. He held onto his tfillin,
which was very dangerous, and
hid them in a large box of groats.
One day, they moved him from
one camp to another and when
he entered the new camp they
thoroughly searched him and
took everything away from him,
including his tfillin. He was
greatly anguished by this.
A few days later, a terrible
thing happened in the camp. The
guard who had taken the tfillin
away had gone around at night
on a routine check to make sure
everything was as it should be.
He also checked the fence. The
soldier who was in the guard
Photograph of R Chaim Eliezer at his arrest

with a page from his file in the background
tower mistakenly thought he

was a prisoner who was trying to
escape and he shot him to death.
Here is another story we
heard about many years later.
My mother and I would send
food packages to my father
every month. Before Pesach we
sent him matzos so he would

have what to eat on Pesach.
Afterward, we found out that
he gave out nearly all the matza
to other Jewish prisoners there
in the camp. When he later
returned to Moscow, there were
some people who were with him
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in the camps who remembered
him just for this deed.
Although he had no sfarim
since they were forbidden in the
camp, he prayed and learned
by heart, utilizing his excellent
memory that enabled him to
remember entire sfarim by heart.
When Stalin died, many
prisoners
were
released,
including R Chaim Eliezer, who
had almost finished his term.
After more than nine years he
was released from exile and in
5716 he returned to Moscow, a
broken man.
He could no longer teach
children but he continued being
involved in Jewish matters.
Before Pesach he worked as a
mashgiach in a private matza
baking enterprise in Moscow.
He did it out of a sense of
responsibility
although
he
suffered greatly.
There were
workers there who didnt care
much about Halacha and
kashrus; they received their salary

based on how many matzos they
baked so differences of opinion
regularly developed.
He would leave his house at
six in the morning and return
at one in the morning, utterly
exhausted. Every night he would
painfully ask himself, Why did I
get involved?
Apparently, due to his anguish
he had a stroke the first night of
Pesach. He had prepared all the
simanim on the table, was looking
at a seifer, and then suddenly
keeled over. He was seventy
years old. He became paralyzed
on his right side, but fortunately
his speech was not affected.
Months later he did not feel
well and was taken to the hospital
where doctors said that he had
a malignant tumor. They were
99% sure of this diagnosis. They
wanted to take an X-ray to affirm
their conclusion, but due to his
paralysis, it was dangerous to
take the X-ray. The doctors did

not think he would live for more
than a few weeks.
A month later his condition
improved a little and he was able
to have the X-ray. It turned out
there was no tumor after all. His
condition improved and a short
while later he was released from
the hospital and returned home.
Continued from page 29
entire family and community

could have our own Hakhel with
the Mishneh Torah. May we
merit the speedy fulfillment of the
final words of the Mishneh Torah
(Hilchos Melachim chapter 12):
In that era, there will be
neither famine nor war, envy or
competition, for good will flow
in abundance and all the delights
will be freely available as dust.
The occupation of the entire
world will be solely to know
God. Therefore, the Jews will be
great sages and know the hidden
matters, grasping the knowledge

of their Creator according to the
full extent of human potential, as
Isaiah (11:9) states: The world
will be filled with the knowledge
of God as the waters cover the
ocean bed.
Rabbi Avtzon is the Rosh
Yeshiva of Yeshivas Lubavitch
Cincinnati and a well sought after
speaker and lecturer. Recordings
of his in-depth shiurim on
Inyanei Geula uMoshiach can
be accessed at http://www.
ylcrecording.com.
that the entire Jewish people

unite in the learning of the entire
Torah!
[For
men,
the
Rebbe
encouraged learning three or
one chapters a day, while for
women and children, the Rebbe
wants them to learn the daily
Seifer HaMitzvos.]
We are now in the beginning
of a new learning cycle. We are
privileged that every day, our
LEAVING RUSSIA
In 1972, R Eliezer told his
son the time had come to leave
Russia. He received his visa on
Purim of that year and left on 11
Nissan.
He arrived in Eretz Yisroel
on Erev Pesach and lived in the
immigrant hostel in Kfar Chabad.
Life was very hard and he was
still paralyzed. He passed away
nine months later on 7 Kislev
5733 and was buried on the Mt.
of Olives.
Sources: Articles by Menachem
Ziegelboim and S. Z. Berger
www.MoshiachForKids.com
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MOSHIACH & HAKHEL
HAKHEL
NOTES
By Rabbi Gershon Avtzon
Dear Reader shyichyeh,

This Shabbos we read Parshas
VaYishlach. The word VaYishlach
means that Yaakov sent on a
mission. This Parsha comes
directly after Parshas VaYeitzei
which means that Yaakov
himself was sent on a mission to
Charan. At this point however,
not only is he on a mission, he is
encouraging others to join him
on his special mission. This leads
to VaYeishev, which means
settled, that when all Jews realize
that they are on a mission from
Hashem and fulfill that mission,
we will merit to be settled in
Eretz HaKodesh with Moshiach.
In the Sicha of VaYishlach
5748, the Rebbe connects many
of the above points to Hakhel:
1) Hakhel is a Mitzvah that
united men, women and children.
As the Pasuk (Dvarim 31:12)
says: Assemble the people:
the men, the women, and the
children, and your stranger in
your cities, in order that they
hear, and in order that they learn
and fear the Lord, your God, and
they will observe to do all the
words of this Torah. And their
children, who did not know, will
hear and learn to fear the Lord,
your God, all the days that you
live on the land, to which you are
crossing the Jordan, to possess.
This idea is hinted in the word
VaYishlach. We must realize

that every Jew man, woman
and child has a neshama and
was sent by Hashem on a mission
to build a dwelling place for Him
and bring Moshiach. It is this
mission that is the commondenominator that unites all the
Jewish people together.
2) VaYishlach also teaches us
that it is not enough for oneself
to be a shliach; rather he must
inspire others to join the mission.
This is the idea of Hakhel. We
must go out, gather, and reach
all Jews. We must inspire them
to add in their fear of Hashem,
to the extent that the effect is
felt all the days that you live
on the land and that they are
so inspired that they themselves
become emissaries of Hakhel to
get other Jews involved as well!
Some
readers
may
be
wondering: What is the main
shlichus of our time that unites
all of the Jewish people, men,
women and children?
The Rebbe makes it clear
in the sicha of the Kinus
HaShluchim the week of
Parshas Chayei Sara, which
speaks of the first shlichus in the
Torah of the year 5752:
From
the
international
convention must come and be
brought good resolutions such
that every shliach must prepare
himself and prepare all Jews in his

place and city, etc. to greet our
righteous Moshiach. This should
be done through his explanation
of the concept of Moshiach, as
explained in the Written Torah
and the Oral Torah, in a way that
it will be received by everyone
according to his intellect and
understanding. This includes in
particular learning the subject
of Moshiach and Redemption,
and specifically in a manner of
Wisdom, Understanding and
Knowledge.
And since this is the
Divine service of the time, its
understood that this applies to
every Jew without any exception
whatsoever.
On a separate Hakhel note,
it is important to point out the
following: The Mitzva of Hakhel
entailed all of the Jewish people
men, women and children to
come to the Beis HaMikdash and
hear words of Mishneh Torah
(Chumash Dvarim) from the
Jewish king.
In our generation, our King
the Rebbe instituted a very
special initiative. The Rebbe
wants all of the Jewish people
men, women and children to
unite in the learning of Mishneh
Torah (of the Rambam)! There
is no other such learning cycle,
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CROSSROADS
HOW TO END
WORLD WAR III
We must not forget that all this
wickedness came to the world due to
the weakness and lack of firm resolve in
the face of terrorism. The one who gave
his hand in peace to the Moslem world
was the President of the United States
and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Barack
Hussein Obama.
By Sholom Ber Crombie
Translated by Michoel Leib Dobry
1.
How is Eretz Yisroel the
safest place in the world when
Jews are being murdered here
and the intifada of knives
continues to run wild in the
streets? This was the question
discussed
at
a
Chassidic
farbrengen I participated in on a
Shabbos afternoon a few weeks
ago. There was a wide variety
of answers, all trying to explain
how despite everything and
nevertheless. However, it turns
out that the real answer is quite
simple: If we look around us, we
see that the number of casualties
in other countries, regrettable as
they are, is far greater than those
suffered in Eretz Yisroel. One
terror attack in France resulted
in nearly one hundred and thirty
dead! One Islamic radical bursts
into a theatre and manages to

murder ninety people in cold
blood.
Terrorism
continues
to
rampage through the cities of
Eretz Yisroel while politicians
clash with one another over the
state budget. Yet, we can feel
G-ds Divine Kindnesses here,
the great miracles He does for
us on a daily basis. After two
months of brutal terrorism,
starting with the murderous
attack that claimed the lives of
Eitam and Naama Henkin, may
G-d avenge their blood, His
Divine Hand has protected us.
With every hour of each passing
day, we see the fulfillment of If
G-d will not guard a city, [its]
watcher keeps his vigil in vain.
There are revealed miracles in
the Land of Israel that we havent
seemed to notice, e.g., terrorist

attacks averted when a bus stop
is suddenly empty just as the
Arab with his explosives arrives at
the scene.
True, the murder of every Jew
pains us deeply and there can be
no justification for the show of
weakness by Mr. Netanyahu and
his governing coalition against
the growing wave of Islamic
terror. However, in light of the
fact that every Jew is an entire
world, and the heart seethes
and trembles with every act of
murder, it is also forbidden for
us to forget the miracles that
G-d has already done for us. Yes,
Eretz Yisroel is the safest place in
the world, not just on a level of
faith, but also based on the facts.
2.
A potential third world war
has begun. This is the real
headline that no one dares
publish, even when millions
of people find themselves in a
state of hostilities. In practical
terms, nearly half of the worlds
population has been caught up by
the current conflict. The residents
of almost all the Arab nations are
in the heart of the armed conflict,
among them countries such as

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French police forces near the Eiffel Tower
Iraq, Syria, and others that have

been in a state of continuous war
for years. Now, the people on
the European continent are also
suffering their own wounds.
This war might be part
of the messianic prophecy as
foretold in Thillim, Why have
nations gathered? as we see
the nations of the world getting
excited in the days leading up to
the Redemption. However, it is
impossible to remain apathetic
in the face of the brutal carnage
taking place for years just a few
dozen miles from Eretz Yisroels
northern
border.
Theres
something of a delay in the signs
of Redemption there, as women,
children, and the elderly are
being slaughtered.
But how exactly did this war
begin? We must not forget that
all this wickedness came to the
world due to the weakness and
lack of firm resolve in the face of
terrorism. The one who gave his
hand in peace to the Moslem
world was the President of the
United States and Nobel Peace
Prize laureate, Barack Hussein
Obama. He is the one who stood
by during the revolution in Egypt,
which signaled the end of the
existing order in the Moslem
world. The tens of thousands who
gathered in Tahir Square in Cairo
had received full backing for

the resulting chaos and bedlam
from Uncle Sam in Washington.
Thus, instead of firm autocratic
regimes, we got revolutionary
democracy in the form of ISIS.
The conclusions of this war
will undoubtedly be learned by
future schoolchildren in their
history classes. However, it is
forbidden even now to obscure
the message, that submitting
to the terrorist threat is exactly
what brought this frightful global
conflict to our doorstep.
3.
There
is
also
another
conclusion to be drawn on why
Islamic terror chooses again
and again to strike at France:
Which country over the years
has given backing and refuge
to the Tunis gang? The PLO
terrorists received a warm and
embracing sanctuary among their
French comrades. Just recently,
in light of the new wave of terror,
France offered its assistance in
supervising what is being done
between the two sides. From
Frances point of view, this has
always been a legitimate dispute
between two equal powers:
those who initiate attacks and
those who respond. They see the
PLO terrorism as a justifiable

uprising of an oppressed
people. French tolerance and
open-mindedness has been
shown toward those who murder
children and blow up buses, and
not toward their victims. The
terrorists are the ones who have
received greater understanding
among their French patrons.
Merci beaucoup.
While there should be
sympathy for the innocent victims
of the Paris attacks, theres no
need to update our profile picture
with Le Tricolore. We cry for the
pain of the people of France,
especially its Jewish citizens, but
let the truth be said: A country
that displayed such warmth for
Islam, enabling terror cells to
sprout within its midst, cannot
come with complaints now for
the resulting bloodshed, for those
who show weakness to terrorism,
the terrorism will pursue them
unrelentingly.
Last week, the following
announcement made the rounds
in various media circles: As a
result of recent events in Paris,
the government of Israel calls
upon the two sides to show
restraint as a means of preventing
an escalation of violence. The
government of Israel also
recommends that the French
government unilaterally agree to
divide the city of Paris into two
districts, thereby enabling the
respective sides to live in peace as
good neighbors. The government
of Israel has declared that while
it absolutely does not justify any
acts of violence, it does suggest
that France look into the matter
of discrimination against its
Moslem minority, something that
leads young and disenfranchised
people to take drastic steps out of
a sense of despair.
This would be funny if it
werent so sad...
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TZIVOS HASHEM
A TASTE
OF THE GEULA
By D Chaim
You can see from Yisroels

face that he is a fine,
Chassidishe boy. He never fights
with anyone and everyone
knows that he is one of the
best students in the class. But
nobody knew that deep inside,
a battle raged within him. Yes,
he had to fight with himself in
order to help his friends.
Like everyone else, Yisroel
liked reading about the Geula
and about the wonderful life we
will lead then. When he finished
the work his teacher assigned,
he took out the interesting book
he had taken out of the library
from his briefcase and read it.
Its not that he didnt know
that many of his classmates
would be happy to get his help.
Whats with you? Why do you
think only of yourself? Theres
Moishy who would surely be
glad if you went over and
helped him. This is what he
often thought to himself, but
in the end, his evil inclination
would overcome him and he
would remain in his place.
If someone asked him for
help, it didnt feel comfor table
to refuse, but that usually did
not happen. And even when
someone asked and he agreed,
deep in his heart he felt he was
wasting his time rather than
reading another interesting
story that waited for him in his

briefcase.
Yisroel
school
the
In
attended, now and then there
are festive gatherings to mark
The principal
special dates.
gives out prizes to outstanding
students whom the teacher
picks. Yisroel, as an excellent
student, always looked forward
to getting a prize but another
student was always chosen.
Why doesnt the teacher pick
me? he always wondered. I
get high marks on my tests and
always listen in class!
One day, in the middle of
the second lesson, there was
knocking at the door of Yisroels
classroom and in walked the
principal. The room was silent
as he said, For Yud-Tes Kislev
there will be a special assembly.
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next assembly, those students
who excel in Ahavas Yisroel will
be awarded prizes.
How will it be decided who
will get a prize? asked Avrumi
when he was called upon.
Thats a good question,
We
smiled the principal.
will
I
.
choose
decided to let you
paper
of
give out little pieces
now and each of you will write

down the name of the boy
you think deserves an Ahavas
Yisroel prize. The boy who gets
the most votes will get the prize
at the assembly.
Yisroel, who greatly wished
to get a prize at the assembly,
was very disappointed to hear
this. He knew he wouldnt be
the boy who was picked. But
what name should I write
down? he wondered.
It was hard for him to
pick someone else to get the
prize instead of himself, but
he couldnt submit an empty
paper. He continued thinking
about what to do when he
heard the principal say, You
can write any name you want.
If you think you deserve the
prize, you can write your own
name.
There was silence in the
The teacher sat in
room.
his place and looked at the
students, and tried to guess
which student would be picked.
Yisroel did not even try to
guess. He had made a decision.
I know what name Im going
to write on my paper.
The day of the assembly
arrived and the auditorium
was filled with boys dressed in
Shabbos clothes. The program
moved quickly toward the

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taste of the Geula!

He quickly went back into
the auditorium and heard the
principal announce, The one
chosen from the sixth grade
is Levi Kaplan. He felt tense
again, wondering who would
be announced from his class,

up to get the prize and the

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mind was, I guess my friends
also want a taste of the Ahavas
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Geula.
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it up. At the beginning of the next

class, I went over to her and told her
what I had found. She said to me,
Dont stop seeking the truth. That
line was engraved within me and
since then I really havent stopped
searching. This teacher regularly
gave me papers with sichos and
maamarim, and the truth is that the
more I read and learn and even hear
songs associated with Chabad, I feel
more connected.
I am not yet Lubavitch but I want
to be.
Osher: I remember my entrance
exam. I had to meet the principal
and she asked me, Do you have
derech eretz? I said yes, and she
said, Youre in. She let me know
that from the schools perspective,
pnimius is what matters. The staff
here is very special. This year I had
a teacher I havent met anyone
more Chassidish than her. Shes a
woman with lights in her eyes. I
cannot explain in words what a
teacher like this can accomplish with
the students.
Odelia: The school provides us
with many experiences. I mean
someone on the outside would see
it as an experience, but these are
actually events that connect us to

the derech. Every Chassidic date
is mentioned in class and there
are farbrengens left and right with
lots of stories and refreshments,
Shabbatons in Kfar Chabad
Personally, when I think about
Chassidus, about the Rebbe and
about Chabad, it makes me smile.
This is a place that makes me happy.
Hodaya: I got a great education
at home but school added so much.
The school is considered an open
school for all types. It has to adapt
itself to the needs of the girls and
there are lots of styles and types
here. So its open, but the teachers
get their messages across in small
doses. Its so subtle that you hardly
realize it but then you suddenly look
at yourself and say, Wow, I got this
from school, and this, and that ...
I am not a Chabadnikit and the
home I will establish one day, G-d
willing, wont be Chabad either, but
if the school continues the way it has
been until now, I will send my girls.
I want them to absorb really deeply
that Judaism is something that
envelops you entirely and fills you
with satisfaction; that it is something
eternal, true, and straight, and that
there is nothing, and I mean nothing,

to look for outside of it. This is what
I got from school and I want to pass
it on further.
What does the Rebbe mean to
you?
Osher: As I said before, my father
is close to Chabad, so I was already
familiar with the Rebbe. But in
school, this was broadened. I heard
about all kinds of dates and all sorts
of stories and concepts that enabled
me to understand things I did not
understand previously. The Rebbe is
everything. He is the Nasi Hador,
the leader of the world. I have never
encountered such a personality who
cares so much about the lives of
others. I write to the Rebbe. For
example, last year, I really wanted
to fly to him for the holidays. I
opened a volume of Igros Kodesh
with the mashpia of the school and
he said that before flying it is worth
doing shlichus in the place closest
to you. I thought about what is the
closest place to me and realized
its me, myself. So I started with
myself and then broadened my reach
to the neighborhood, the school, the
city. It sounds like a lot but I still
have a long way to go. I want to be
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SHLICHUS
EVERY TEACHER
IS A SHLUCHA!
Lets take a look at a special kind of shlichus,
those Chabad schools which have girls from nonChabad homes. * I met with four girls who attend
a Chabad school, even though their homes are
not Lubavitch. Each of them attends Ohr Chana
in Ohr Yehuda.
By Rocheli Dickstein
CHASSIDIC LIGHT
AND WARMTH
Why do you attend a Chabad
school?
Sarit: I am from a traditional
family and it was important to us
to have a religious school close to
home. The only school that met
those criteria is the high school
I attend, Ohr Chana. Before I
began going to this high school,
I was completely unfamiliar
with Chabad. At first, it did
not even interest me. But over
the years I became curious and
took an interest. I discovered
that Chabad is Chassidus which
has so much light. Yes, light.
It is a calm Chassidus that has
everything.
Odelia: I have attended a
Chabad school since first grade.
This school started out as a
regular
government-religious
school, but over the years the
administration changed and so
did the character of the school.

School is like our home. It feels
like family and is full of warmth
and love. And I think Chabad is
the best way. Nowhere else has
the unique qualities that Chabad
has. Someone in Chabad simply
knows that she is in the right
place!
Osher: I came to this school
by a fluke, if I can call it that.
My family is a strongly identified
Sephardic family which is
connected to Rabbi Ovadia
Yosef, but I wasnt happy in Beit
Yaakov. I didnt conform to them
spiritually, so my parents decided
to switch me to a Chabad school,
maybe because of the fact that
my father is close to Chabad. I
did not think I would go far, and
maybe even the opposite, but boy,
did I make progress. Suddenly
the spiritual side of things looked
a whole lot more pleasant and I
discovered that I was growing.
Hodaya: My older sisters went
to this school and my parents

were satisfied. It followed that I
would go here too. The school
is amazing. I have friends who
go to all kinds of other schools
and I have yet to hear of a school
that comes close to ours. The
teachers at Ohr Chana are like
the older sisters of every student.
I know that whenever I want to,
I can call them up or even visit
them. They care and give me
the sense that I am capable and
special. Their caring is seen both
on the emotional level as well as
the academic level.
Tell me about life in school.
Sarit: I started in tenth
grade. They divided our grade
into two classes. My class got a
real Chabad mechaneches. All
the mechanchos are Lubavitch
but this mechaneches was
outstanding.
Shes a woman
with such a positive outlook on
life that I decided I want to be
like her. Later, with the start of
eleventh grade, we had to choose
between biology and accounting.
The accounting teacher was new
and I went to her classes. Every
morning she would tell a story.
One time she told about the Baba
Sali and the Rebbe and since she
didnt want to get into the details,
she said for those who find it of
interest to look up what Baba Sali
said about the Rebbe.
I was very interested and
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connected to the Rebbe.
Odelia: I cannot explain it in
words The Rebbe is the source of
strength. He is someone to turn to.
Last year, I sent a pidyon nefesh with
one of my teachers who was going to
the Rebbe. I wrote everything on that
page, I poured out my heart. Then I
felt good. I felt he was listening and
gave his blessing.
Hodaya: A Rebbe is an enormous
tzaddik who cares about Jews in the
most incredible way. It cannot be
explained in words, for if I define
him as a tzaddik, the word will only
minimize the true holiness he has.
His influence through the shluchim
is absolutely amazing and shows how
much he really cares about everyone.
The truth is that just looking at his
picture gives me a secure feeling.
After hearing from the girls,
lets hear from a teacher:
I came to Ohr Chana this year
by divine providence. One of the
teachers on the staff went on shlichus
abroad and I got her hours. As soon
as I came for the interview, the
principal, Mrs. Leah Ashkenazi, said:
This is not like any other school.
This is a school of shlichus! Here you
really need to live with the girls and
give them all your neshama.
I related to what the principal
said. Our school is comprised of a
Lubavitch staff, but the girls come
from varying backgrounds.
The
staff really feels a sense of shlichus.
I myself was very influenced by the
perspective of the principal. Our
principal lives the school and the girls
twenty-four hours a day. She cares
about every girl! Every morning she
stands at the entrance and welcomes
the girls with a warm, loving hug.
When you see how the principal
feels about it, its contagious
I remember a teachers meeting
about a certain girl and how to help
her, etc. The principal said, When
Moshiach comes, will we be able to
stand and look him in the face and
say we truly did everything we could

to help this student?
The question stayed with me
afterward. I always try to think,
when Moshiach comes, will I also
be able to point at every student of
mine?
Another thing which is very
strong here is the weekly letter from
the principal to the staff. The letter
begins with a short sicha of the Rebbe
which always has a practical lesson
for teachers, how the Rebbe looks at
talmidim, about the kochos we have,
the job demanded of us as teachers,
etc. This message stays with me all
week and strengthens the sense of
shlichus in my job in chinuch.
The relationship between the staff
and the students is so strong that it
really feels like family. A few times
during the year, I invited students
for Shabbos at my parents and they
were bowled over. To increase the
light for others, in my case, with my
students, is a great privilege.
Give some examples of small
things which strengthen the bond
between you and the students.
During the year, I developed
personal relationships with the girls.
The students knew that they could
come and farbreng on topics
that are hard for them or to discuss
things connected with the Rebbe and
Chabad.
I started the day with the HaYom
Yom and a Chassidic tale before
davening. I didnt quite realize what
an impact this had on the girls. It
was when they had vacation that I
discovered what an impact it made.
A few days after school was out, one
of the girls sent me a text asking me,
What is todays HaYom Yom? I miss
it! Then I realized how everything
we do, when we do it sincerely and
consistently, makes an impact.
Likewise, every week I send the
girls a reminder text (I have their
cell phone numbers) about candle
lighting with a short message from
the Rebbe. Each time I am surprised

to see how the girls so readily
accept it and on their own add good
hachlatos in order to hasten the
Geula.
For example, on 28 Nissan, I sent
a text to the girls which said that
each of them had to add something
so Moshiach comes. A few minutes
later, I started getting texts with the
good hachlatos that the girls had
committed to.
What do you have to say about
Ohr Chana?
I think that every high school
should be run like it. I would do a
cut and paste to all the Chabad
high schools. If only we managed to
provide Anash girls with everything
we provide for others bringing the
light of Torah and mitzvos, the great
light of the Rebbe, to those who are
Chabad from the home, and to view
each student how the Rebbe wants us
to view her, looking at her G-dly soul
which is waiting to be set aflame.
This year, there were a few
essential points in chinuch that were
driven home for me; even though we
know them, its different when you
live them. I summarized them
briefly and want to share it with the
readers:
Every time I enter the classroom,
remember that the Rebbe put me here
on shlichus! And the Rebbe is the one
who gives me the ability to manage
and be there for every student.
The truth is with us and we have
nothing to fear.
We have so much to give. The
younger generation that we are
teaching is just waiting to listen
and accept.
And as the Rebbe
says, the youth waits to hear the
uncompromising truth.
Being there for real, for every
single student.
May we immediately stand facing
the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach with
the true and complete Geula, now.
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