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DVAR MALCHUS
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DVAR MALCHUS
Noga, the aspect of the world that can be used either
for holiness or the opposite. This form of offering
appeals to the Attribute of Mercy alone. In order to
appease also the Attribute of Judgement, a broken
spirit is required, crushing the spirit of haughtiness.
The bittul engendered from eradicating arrogance
leads to the avoda of iskafia and ishapcha of Sitra
Achara, which transforms even the Three Totally
Impure Klipos.
Thus, the meaning of zivchei Elokim is that
sacrifices of this sort also appease the Divine
Attribute of Judgement (which has a connection
to the Three Totally Impure Klipos), that also from
this more severe perspective On High, the sacrifice
is accepted as atonement.
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EXCLUSIVE:
THE REBBES
SUPPORT
LETTER FOR
AMSHINOV
A rare and unique letter from the
Rebbe to the American Jewish
Distribution Committee asking for
support for the Amshinov Yeshiva
in Jerusalem and attesting to
the character of the Amshinov
Rebbe, Rabbi Yerachmiel Yehuda
Meir Kalisch.
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he
American
Joint
Distribution Committee
(JDC) was founded in
1914 in New York with
the purpose of helping Jews living
in Palestine. In the following
years the organization grew to
become the most prominent Jewish
relief organization in the world,
supporting Jewish communities
across the globe with financial and
educational help.
Chabad
Chassidim
and
Mosdos in Russia, and later
in Europe, Israel and North
Africa, were recipients of tens
of millions of dollars in aid from
the JDC. The JDC Archives is an
extraordinary and unique treasure
in the archival world, containing
miles of text documents, among
them thousands of documents
pertaining to the work of Chabad
in the 20th Century.
In recent months these
archives have been digitized and
uploaded online, thanks to a
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SHLICHUS
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THE REBBE
REVEALED THE
ESSENCE
OF FRANCE
R Yosef Taieb, as a child, barely knew
anything about Judaism. Today, he is the rav
of two large communities, a shliach, a rosh
yeshiva and an Av Beis Din. * What is the
reason for the Jewish French Revolution since
the times of the Alter Rebbe? What changed
in France in recent years that did not exist
during the early, golden years?
By Shneur Zalman Levin
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THE REBBE
CHANGED THE ESSENCE
R Taieb married on 4
Tammuz 5750 and learned for
one year in kollel. That year he
had many shlichus offers, among
them in France, Eretz Yisroel,
and other countries. He wrote
all the offers and noted in which
places he was afraid that his
arrival could stir up disputes. The
Rebbe deleted the words in which
he expressed his fears of disputes
and responded, Do according
to the advice of knowledgeable
friends. He consulted his friends
and made the decision to go on
shlichus to France.
When I wrote about this
decision to the Rebbe, he
responded with: 1) consent and
blessing, 2) it is correct.
I left for shlichus in
Sarcelles, under the shliach R
Yaakov Bitton. I worked there
for three years and then decided
to go on shlichus to cities where
there still werent permanent
shluchim. I felt I was ready to
prepare another point in France
to welcome Moshiach. That
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with the following question:
organizations
that
started
yeshivos in France over the
years and nevertheless, that still
did not kosherize the klipa of
France. Why is that?
When the Rebbe speaks about
something, he reveals the essence
of the thing. Thats a Rebbe. He
sees everything in its source.
You can be a distinguished
askan or an important rosh
yeshiva and you may have started
a yeshiva in France, but you
did not accomplish a change
in France on an essential level.
When a Rebbe (in this case, the
Rebbe Rayatz) opens a yeshiva
in France, that is an act which
transforms the essence of France.
It is not a superficial treatment
but something which affects the
source of klipa. Why? Because
when a Rebbe does something, he
channels something new into the
world, essential and substantive.
Ordinary people cannot do
that. When a person wants to
open a yeshiva in France, thats
good and important, but you
are a private person and your
actions are limited to a certain
place, time, and field. It is not
something which affects the
essence of France.
THE REBBE
REVEALS IT TO US
What does it mean to reveal
the nekuda?
Ill give you an example. The
Rebbe Maharash once said the
aphorism, lchatchilla aribber.
Only the Rebbe could take
this phrase and reveal that this
expresses the very essence of the
Rebbe Maharash. Today it is so
taken for granted that when you
ask someone to sing a niggun
of the Rebbe Maharash, he will
immediately start singing the
niggun Lchatchilla Aribber. A
root-essence revelation like that
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GEMATRIA ALLUDES
TO ESSENCE
In the sicha, the Rebbe
mentions the fact that Tzorfas
(France) are the same letters as
paratzta (to break forth). What
is the significance of that?
Many people like to play
with gematriyos and get excited
about them. Its brought in
sfarim that not everyone can
connect different topics through
gematriyos. What the Alter Rebbe
brings at the beginning of the
Shaar HaYichud VHaEmuna
about
letters
and
their
replacements, combinations and
gematriyos, is not something that
was given over to every person,
just like not everyone can make a
gzeira shava.
Therefore, when the Rebbe
sits at the farbrengen on Shabbos
Parshas VaYeishev 5752 and says
that Tzorfas is the gematria of
770, paratzta, Chabads slogan,
its not cute word play but
expresses the very essence of the
matter.
Chassidus explains the words
of the Zohar, Rabbi Shimon
opened and said, that its not
just that he spoke but that Rashbi
opened new channels of Torah
and drew new revelations down
from heaven. That is something
only a Nasi HaDor can do.
It is important to remember
that when the Rebbe speaks
about something, its not just
a nice idea; it is the essence
of the thing as it is revealed
in the world at this time. The
Rebbe begins to speak about
the essence of a thing as it is in
its source and draws it down
to the level of revealed reality.
Consequently, until the Rebbe
spoke about France being 770
and paratzta, this idea did not
exist, even if someone else would
have noticed the gematria and
pointed it out. It is meaningful
only from the moment the Rebbe
speaks about it, for he reveals the
new idea and brings it into the
world, something which a private
individual cannot do.
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CHINUCH
BRINGING
OUR BOYS
HOME
FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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school, safe and convenient
transportation took Patrick every
morning to Shneur, and the
shlucha told the parents about
the impressive achievements of
the school on state tests and the
high percentage of students who
matriculated.
Patrick switched schools and
quickly made new friends and
acclimated to the refined, Jewish
school. The change was extreme
and noticeably for the better, but
that was just the beginning. The
kippa that Patrick began wearing
THE SHOCKING
ASSIMILATION RATE
Patricks story is the story of
dozens and hundreds of children
who switched from public school
to Jewish education in France,
following the registration drive
that began three years ago by
the Shneur school system in
Aubervilliers.
The official statistics of the
Jewish community in France
speak about 100,000 school
age children, says R Eliezer
Nisselevitz, member of the
hanhala of Shneur and initiator
of the registration drive. Only
25,000 attend Jewish schools.
That means, 75,000 Jewish
children are in non-Jewish
schools, and unfortunately a
high percentage of them attend
Christian schools.
The big problem of secular
education, aside from the
educational one, is the problem
of assimilation. Over 80%
intermarry following attendance
in non-Jewish schools. This is a
tragedy!
TUITION AND
TRANSPORTATION
As mentioned, the two main
sticking points are tuition and
transportation. Since the Jewish
schools are private and are
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18 TRANSPORTATION LINES
Another problem is the
distance to school. Many Jews
live in distant places that make
it difficult for them because they
go to work early. This is why we
set up a transportation system to
bring the children to school. We
now have eighteen transportation
lines that take and bring the
children home.
The anti-Semitic atmosphere
and Islamic terrorism that is
overtaking Europe and France
in particular has led to a large
wave of aliya from France. Jewish
schools began emptying out.
Usually, the children who attend
Jewish schools are the first to
make aliya since their connection
to Judaism is greater. They are
usually from more established
families that have the means
to make aliya. This has had a
great impact on the institutions
in France. Many schools had to
close classes because of aliya.
When these schools heard that
we are doing a registration drive,
they also realized the necessity in
lowering the tuition so as to get
children who are attending free
public schools. However, they are
not doing it on the same scale as
we are.
PROPER INTEGRATION
This costs a fortune. Where
do you get the money from?
The transportation alone
costs us 25,000 Euros a month!
We try and get donors but its
never enough and we are far
from stabilizing the schools
situation. Every month we need
to cover an enormous deficit.
Boruch Hashem there are good
Jews who help but we are still far
from comfortable.
The children coming to you
because of the registration drive
are coming from a completely
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special classes for parents every
morning for those who are not
rushing to work. Parents who
take their children to school have
a forty-five minute class at the
school. We get involved, we help
with shalom bayis and in general
with their kiruv to Judaism. There
are some families who became
more observant and made aliya
as a result of this campaign and
integrated into religious schools
in Eretz Yisroel.
Every Tuesday we have a
full day of classes for parents on
an array of subjects: Hebrew,
Halacha, Tanya, etc. Every parent
finds the time that is convenient
for them. At certain times, there
are even 15-20 parents sitting
and learning.
We have countless touching
stories. We often find out
how much children suffered
beforehand in their non-Jewish
school. They had thought there
was no way out for them. They
did not share what they were
going through and only after they
transferred to our school did they
start to talk about what they went
through.
MATERIAL AND
SPIRITUAL RESCUE
Do
you
also
have
Lubavitcher children in your
school?
We have a program in which
the children learn only Jewish
subjects and there are mostly
children of Anash there. The
children who come in through
the registration drive go to the
regular school where there are
general studies too.
Each child is a world. A book
can be written about each one.
There are children who come
from homes where we cannot
describe how far the parents are
from any crumb of Judaism and
this literally saves them spiritually
and materially too.
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PARSHA THOUGHT
GIVE CREDIT
WHERE
CREDIT IS DUE
By Rabbi Heschel Greenberg
IDENTIFYING THE
MYSTERY EGYPTIAN
Moshe killed an Egyptian
taskmaster, fled the wrath of
Pharaoh and ended up in Midyan,
where he saved the daughters of
Yisro from some shepherds who
harassed them.
When they returned home,
Yisro asked them, How could
you come so quickly? They
responded, An Egyptian man
saved us from the shepherds and
he even drew water for us and
watered the sheep.
Why did they refer to Moshe
as an Egyptian?
The Midrash provides two
explanations:
The first is that he was
dressed in Egyptian attire.
The second is that they were
actually referring to the Egyptian
taskmaster who Moshe killed.
The Midrash explains that when
the daughters of Yisro expressed
gratitude to Moshe because he
saved them from the shepherds,
Moshe said to them, It was
that Egyptian whom I killed that
saved you. Therefore, they said
to their father, An Egyptian man
saved us, meaning to say: Who
caused Moshe to come to our
NO GRATITUDE TO EVIL!
This explanation demands
further explanation. How could
one be thankful for the cruel,
sadistic and evil taskmaster who
was engaged in brutally attacking
a helpless Jewish slave? Are we
to conclude that we should be
grateful to evil people generally
because, occasionally, their evil
elicits a positive response from
others or has a ripple effect,
which, in the long run, might put
someone in the right place at the
right time?
Imagine someone is drowning
and a person fleeing from a
terrorist jumps into the water
and saves him. Should the one
rescued from drowning express
gratitude to the terrorist?
Obviously, one does not
thank a criminal whose illegal
behavior may lead to a positive
ABSOLUTE HUMILITY
Rather, as Eitz Yosef (a
Midrashic commentary) explains,
Moshe, in his humility, sought to
downplay his own role in saving
the daughters of Yisro. Instead,
Eitz Yosef writes, he sought to
get the daughters of Yisro to
express gratitude to G-d, who
orchestrated these events.
The above explanation is
based on the theological paradox
that while we have free choice
in deciding to do good or evil,
everything that happens is by
Divine Providence.
Hence, while the sadistic
Egyptian taskmaster was fully
responsible for his evil actions
and received his just deserts,
the entire episode was part of
the Divine plan that lead to the
liberation of the Jewish people
from Egyptian bondage.
Moshe
alluded
to
the
Egyptian taskmaster to impress
upon Yisros daughters that their
salvation, although directly the
result of Moshes personal choice
to perform a Mitzvah, was part
of G-ds plan. Moshes response
was more a lesson in Jewish
theology than an expression of
his personal humility.
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WATERSHED EVENT
Egyptian taskmaster as he
mercilessly beat a Jewish slave?
Some commentators explain
that the reference was not so
much to the taskmaster as it
was to Moshes act of saving the
Jewish slave. Moshe was trying
to explain to the daughters that
saving people was his mission.
It started with killing the cruel
taskmaster and continued with
saving strangers from persecution
and oppression.
However, the Torah does
not mention Moshes act of
killing the taskmaster, just that
the daughters described him as
the Egyptian Man. Why does
the Torah invoke the mention of
an evil person and ascribe their
salvation to him?
CHANGING DYNAMIC
To be liberated one must
be able to see everything in
perspective. When one goes
through a painful experience, it
is impossible to fathom why it is
happening. We must accept the
fact that everything G-d does
is for the good. This is a matter
of faith; we cannot possibly
comprehend the suffering of
good people. When another
person suffers we dare not look
for rationalizations for their pain
and suffering.
However, as we approach
the era of our final liberation,
this dynamic changes. The
prophet Isaiah proclaimed of the
Messianic Age: You will say on
that day, I thank you, G-d, for
you were angry with me, and now
Your wrath has subsided and You
have comforted me. Only when
salvation occurs, can we go back
and understand how all of the
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TWO TRACKS
As we stand today on the
threshold of the final Redemption
as the Rebbe revealed, The
time of the Redemption has
arrived we are equipped with
a better sense of appreciating the
events of the past. Of course, it
will not be possible for us to thank
G-d for all of our exile conditions
until we open our eyes and see
how the Redemption is in front
of us. As long as our eyes have
not fully opened we must take
a bifurcated approach to all the
exile conditions.
On the one hand, we must
still do everything in our power
to resist evil and relieve pain
from the world; we must fight
exile with all of our might.
Paradoxically, we must also try
to see the positive in all that is
happening in exile and recognize
TAKING CREDIT
We can gain another insight
from Moshes crediting the
episode with the Egyptian
taskmaster for his rescue of
Yisros daughters.
If, in the realm of evil, one can
trace a positive events genesis to
evil behavior, certainly we can
and must also trace the genesis of
positive events to good behavior.
When the final Redemption
occurs, imminently, we will
be able to trace that glorious
outcome to the Mitzvos we do
today. Each Mitzvah starts a
chain of events that can lead to
the final Redemption. And while
there will be many people able to
take credit for the Redemption,
that will not detract from our
own contributions, any more
than the credit an Egyptian
taskmaster received for saving
Yisros daughters detracted from
the merit earned by Moshe when
he actually saved them.
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PROFILE
SEVENTEEN
YEAR OLD
ROSH YESHIVA
At the age when bachurim today are just
entering beis midrash, the Chassid, R Henoch
Rappaport, was sent to serve as a rosh yeshiva. *
He was caught after a year, sent to a protracted
exile in Siberia, survived, and then made aliya. *
To commemorate the day of his passing on 25
Teves.
By Dov Levanon
he Chassid, R Henoch
Rappaport, was born on
18 Tishrei 5682/1923 in
Pereyaslav. His father was
R Meir Zev. When he was four,
he was sent to learn with a group
of children in a secret school.
When he turned six, the age when
mandatory schooling began, he
was sent to public school. For his
father, who had already sat in jail
after refusing to send another child
to school, there was no choice.
After a brief time, his father
was called in by the schools
administration: Why did the child
miss school one day every week?
Shabbos is out of the
question, said his father, despite
the enormous danger involved.
The principal, an older Jew who
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in another neighborhood. In
actuality, he was walking to the
house of the melamed, a former
rosh yeshiva of Novardok, who
taught the boys Gemara.
The atmosphere when they
learned was tense. Whenever
anyone knocked the students
had to quickly hide. Their fears
increased with the increase of
searches conducted in the city.
The melamed was afraid to
continue and Henoch had to
leave home for yeshivos Tomchei
Tmimim in Berditchev and
Klinets.
A FATEFUL MEETING
In 1937, the evil Yezhov
began serving as director of the
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LABOR CAMPS
In the first labor camp he
had to work at backbreaking
labor, digging coal and laying
train tracks. It was a camp for
people who were not expected
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At the lchaim for his oldest daughter Leah and R Shlomo Chaskind
PERMISSION
TO LEAVE RUSSIA
When he submitted a request
to leave Russia, he was repeatedly
refused, even when most of the
Chassidim were able to leave.
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Making merry at an
event for Russian Jews
NO RESTING ON HIS
LAURELS
R
Henoch
looked
for
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BITACHON BYTES
YOUR LEVEL
OF BITACHON
DETERMINES
YOUR FUTURE
By Rabbi Zalman Goldberg
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SHABBOS STORY
HEAVENLY
SALVATION
By Menachem Ziegelboim
PART I
It was in the winter of 5763
when R Avrohom Hershkop of
Kiryat Malachi and a group of
Chabad Chassidim, as well as a
distinguished delegation from
the Kiryat Malachi municipality
led by the mayor, Lior Katzav,
decided to visit the gravesites
of the Rebbeim in Ukraine and
Russia. They excitedly made
their preparations for the trip,
both material and spiritual
preparations, as a Chassid does.
A few days before the trip,
a Lubavitcher from Kiryat Gat
asked R Hershkop to mention
his name and his mothers
name when he was at the holy
gravesites. R Hershkop was
happy to oblige and asked, Do
you want me to ask for anything
in particular for you?
The mans face seemed to
go dim and he thought for a few
seconds and then candidly said,
Actually, yes. I am in a very
PART II
It was well past midnight
on Motzaei Shabbos when the
group of Chassidim arrived in
Haditch to visit the grave of the
Alter Rebbe. How awesome is
this place, thought each Chassid
as he went to the resting place of
the Baal HaTanya and Shulchan
Aruch. Chassidim, and not just
Chabad Chassidim, relate that in
this place they feel a much greater
awe than at other gravesites. The
heart, they say, opens wider and
the soul is filled in the merit of
the one who rests in this place.
After a lengthy prayer session
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PART III
The plane landed in Eretz
Yisroel and the group dispersed
to their homes in Kiryat Malachi.
R Hershkop couldnt restrain
himself and while still on the
road he called the man in Kiryat
Gat and asked him whether he
had a friend or acquaintance in
Haditch.
No, he said. I dont know
anyone there.
Did anyone from there have
to give you something?
I dont know of anyone who
has to give me an envelope or
package of any kind. What are
you talking about? asked the
Chassid.
R Hershkop didnt give up.
Does anyone owe you money?
The man burst into tears. I
wish!
R Hershkop was quite
puzzled at this point and he told
the man what happened. The
mystery only grew greater.
A few hours later, the man
from Kiryat Gat arrived and he
and R Hershkop sat down to
discuss it. R Hershkop described
the man in Haditch but the
Chassid knew nobody that fit the
description.
It seems the Rebbeim are the
ones who sent you the money,
said R Hershkop. And the
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TZIVOS HASHEM
SALVATION
IN TORONTO
By Nechama Bar
paid
been
not
have
teachers
for
owed
debts
big
are
there
food the rent for half a year
hasnt been paid yet
He kept reviewing all the
yeshivas growing debts.
meeting,
a
called
He
time, to
first
the
for
intending,
on.
situati
the
openly discuss
He looked off into the
distance and said, You are
personally suffering the yeshivas
big money problems. Believe
me, I am doing everything I can
but this past year we received
fewer donations, many parents
cannot pay tuition, and the
situation is not good.
The staff listened tensely,
waiting for his next sentence.
So what were they going to do?
R Shlomo cleared his throat
and said, There is no way out.
I must take a three month
trip to the United States to
fundraise. I never dealt with
fundraising, I never knocked on
doors and asked for a donation,
but... There was a tremor in
his voice, The reality forces me
to do so. The trip is planned for
this coming week. I hope I will
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an
made
man
though without success. Next to young
and
boss
his
with
tment
appoin
got
him sat a young Jew. They
he
d
entere
o
Shlom
R
when
The
into a friendly conversation.
s
yeshiva
the
all
ing
discuss
began
te
rosh yeshiva told his seatma
ties.
difficul
al
financi
the
and
the reason for his trip
How much money do you
young man said, I work at an
boss
my
need? the boss asked.
insurance company and
give
is Jewish. He usually doesnt
Our debt is $22,000, he
donations to charity but its said, as he waited for some small
worth trying.
bill the man might take out of
R Shlomo thought, Some
R Shlomo regarded this as his wallet. To his surprise, the
idea Ive spent three months a sign from heaven and seized man took out his checkbook
traveling around the US and the opportunity like a drowning and wrote a check for the full
Canada, including Toronto. Why person seizes a life preser ver.
amount!
should I go back there? Out of
The
Youre kidding, right? You
respect, he did not say anything.
couldnt have been convinced
When he left the room,
in five minutes to make such
his friend was waiting
a generous donation! R
impatiently. What did
Shlomo said in shock,
the Rebbe say? R
trying to figure out if the
Shlomo told him and
man was serious or not.
made a dismissive
I am serious, and
his
with
motion
the check is real. I
hand.
will tell you why I
Dont disparage
am making such a
what the Rebbe
contribution.
big
said! You must go to
Last night, my
Toronto! The Rebbe
father came to
is never mistaken.
me in a dream
If the Rebbe is
and said to me,
sending you there,
If you want to do
where
is
good
that
something
your help will be
for me, please give
found.
charity.
Shlomo
dream
R
The
even
and
not
vivid
did
was so
money
my
the
ed
have
I promis
his
would
change
I
to
father
ticket but his
do so. Now you
who
friend,
come to me and
for
cared
ask for tzdaka.
offered
him,
You told me you
to give him
need $22,000.
money
marks
the
Today
my
needed.
day
he
the
Shlomo
passed
R
father
accepted it.
away. Do you know
how many years ago
The next day,
he died? Twenty-two.
R Shlomo took a
Is there a clearer sign
flight to Toronto. He
than that?
tried to make himself
comfor table in the narrow
seat, hoping to take a nap,
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