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ECHOES OF THE
REBBES VOICE
Yisroel Lapidot
SPUTNIK
16 FROM
TO SPOT
Prof. Shimon Silman
IRISH KOSHER
24 THE
MEAT PROJECT
AND TEARS IN THE
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DVAR MALCHUS
EVEN DIMINUTIVE
DEEDS BRING THE
REDEMPTION
It is possible that a minor action done by a
little child should be the final blow of the
hammer that will bring about the redemption!
* At first glance though, how could we
be hopeful that another small addition in
Torah and Mitzvos will change anything?
The Jewish people have been awaiting the
coming of Moshiach for thousands of years,
and throughout all the generations they have
already done a huge quantity of Torah and
Mitzvos!
Translated by Boruch Merkur
WHATS WITH
ALL THE WILD TALK?!
[The following appears in
the original draft of this address:
Similarly regarding talk about the
coming of Moshiach. At first glance,
impassioned and fervent talk about
Moshiach Tzidkeinu coming literally
now is wild, uncouth, for we have
already spoken about these matters
many times and nothing (apparently)
has been accomplished. Where is
the sense in continuing to speak
about it week after week with such
enthusiasm and zeal?! If after all the
previous disappointments they still
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Dvar Malchus
wish to speak about Moshiach
Tzidkeinu, at least they shouldnt
scream about it Let them,
rather, speak about it calmly and
sedately, concluding with a quiet
niggun, even clapping hands if
necessary. Of course, being that
it is Shabbos, the stringent and
the scrupulous, etc., should clap
with the back of their hands
[Woe to this kind of clapping!
Woe to this final blow of the
hammer! Woe to this kind of
stringency and scrupulousness
(and knowledge of Torah law)!
[The answer to this question,
however, is self-evident. Since
after so much talk and so
many activities, etc., Moshiach
Tzidkeinu still has not come,
there is no other choice but
to
behave
wildly,
with
spontaneity, but in a manner that
is, of course, in accordance with
the Shulchan Aruch.]
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PARSHA THOUGHT
DONT LOSE
YOUR STAFF!
By Rabbi Heschel Greenberg
YAAKOVS NEW
CHALLENGE
Yaakov has been away from
home for 20 years, living and
contending with his uncle Lavan.
Yaakov has had a very challenging
life and now realizes that he will
have to contend with yet another,
perhaps even more formidable
challenge: his brother Eisav.
When Yaakov heard from his
scouts that Eisav was aware of
his return and was coming to
confront him with 400 heavily
armed men, Yaakov became
apprehensive. As a precaution
he divided his entourage into two
camps, after which he turned to
G-d in prayer.
In his prayer he says to G-d,
I have been diminished by
all the kindnesses and by all
the truth that You have done
Your servant; for with my staff
I crossed this Jordan and now I
have become two camps.
Why did Yaakov have to
mention that he crossed the
Jordan with his staff? And
what is the connection between
crossing the Jordan with a staff to
the division of his family into two
camps?
The Chassidic work Arugas
Habosem explains that Yaakov
was contrasting his faith and
the trust he displayed when he
first left his fathers house with
the feelings of trust he had now.
DISTRESSED OF FEAR
This may also explain why,
immediately before he speaks
of his crossing the Jordan with
his staff, he says, I have been
diminished by all the kindnesses
and by all the truth that You have
done Your servant. Yaakov felt
this feeling of diminution partly
because he realized how he had
changed; his trust in G-d and the
power it generated to split the
Jordan, had waned, compelling
him to take more conventional
methods of defending himself.
This approach may also
explain why Yaakov stated that
he became very frightened and it
distressed him. Rashi notes the
redundancy here. In light of the
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PARSHA THOUGHT
REMOVING THE
OBSTACLES
However, there are always
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medicine is needed.
2. As a preparation for the
great light of the future: Just as
there is a Mitzva to begin tasting the
food of Shabbos, before the actual
Shabbos comes in, the same applies
to preparing ourselves for the Geula,
which is also called Shabbos. In the
times of Moshiach The occupation
of the entire world will be solely to
know G-d. 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 (Rambam
Melachim 12:5), therefore we need
to prepare ourselves now, as we are
on the threshold of Geula. We need
to begin tasting the delights of the
future, by studying Chassidus and
spreading Chassidus. As Moshiach
told the Baal Shem Tov, that his
arrival is dependant on the spreading
of the wellsprings of Chassidus.
This is so much more relevant
in our times, when we are in the
generation and the times of Geula.
In the words of the Rebbe (19 Kislev
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FEATURE
ECHOES
OF THE
REBBES
VOICE
You visited the Itzkowitz family already? the Rebbe
asked the next time we met. Yes, I said. What did
you think? Would you want a house like that? * When
you build a palace up above in heaven, the Master of
the Universe will give you a gift down below, said the
Rebbe as he pointed upward with his finger. * In an
exclusive interview with Beis Moshiach, Rabbi Nochum
Stilerman tells about the kiruvim he had from the Rebbe
for over fifteen years. He also reveals the heavenly
story with the bracha he received from the Rebbe over
sixty years ago, and the closing of a circle three months
ago in the Bostoner Rebbes beis medrash in Har Nof.
By Yisroel Lapidot
Photos by Zohar Ravas
peaceful,
comfortable
atmosphere greets you
when you walk into
the Stilerman home in
the penthouse on the fifth floor
on Ruzhin Street in Har Nof.
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POSTER BOY
OF THE DP CAMP
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reached
distant
Samarkand
where they met many Jews who
had escaped the terrors of war,
including well known figures
among Chabad Chassidim.
After the war, they escaped
Russia and wandered through
Europe until they reached a
refugee camp in Bois in France.
There Nochums image was
captured on camera as he learned
Torah.
He later discovered
that his picture was used as a
fundraising tool for the Vaad
Hatzalah under the headline,
Save these Children!
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I was very concerned about
the fact that I walked around
the neighborhood pushing a
pushcart. I believed it would
harm me when it came to
shidduchim, as I feared I would
be perceived as a nebach.
It wasnt something I could
share with anyone else. I felt
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R Nochum Stilerman pointing at a pomegranate tree from the balcony of his home in Har Nof
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wealthy person offered to rent
his apartment to them for an
unlimited amount of time. You
have nothing to worry about. I
am not going to sell it in the near
future.
Not long afterward, they
were surprised to be told that
the owner wanted to sell the
property and they had to look
for something else, But if you
are interested, you have the first
option to buy.
Their disappointment, and
having to deal with looking for
yet another apartment, made
the couple feel helpless and they
nearly decided to return to the
United States. They felt that
whatever was required to become
owners of the apartment would
be a tremendous hardship at their
age. How would they manage?
Rav Stilerman declined to
go into detail, but with a huge
smile related that the Ribbono
Shel Olam orchestrated it so
that the Rebbes bracha was
magnificently fulfilled, and he
and his wife merited to become
owners of a house filled with
every good thing that they did
not fill... [complete with] olive
trees that they did not plant .
My wife and I never
dreamed we would live in such
an exclusive apartment. It was
obviously Divine Providence that
led us to live in such a house.
THE ALIYAH
Three months ago, on a
Friday, the 15th of Av, Erev
Shabbos Parshas VaEschanan,
in the afternoon. Shabbos was
approaching.
The last stores
were closing. R Nochum was
leaving after a visit to the clinic
on Shaulzon Street and his wife
called and asked him to pick up
a few items at the store near the
clinic. A person who identified
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FROM SPUTNIK
TO SPOT
Swords Into Plowshares the 25th year *
Part 2
By Prof. Shimon Silman, RYAL Institute and Touro College
the
earthquake,
the
team
mapped nearly 1,000 landslides
that occurred and created
vulnerability maps to show where
more landslides were likely to
occur. This information helped
guide relief efforts to affected
areas and alert people in other
areas to the danger.
Mapping
landslides
was
especially important because of
the impending monsoon season.
The highest number of landslides
occurs during the rainy months,
between June and October. In
general, if the land has slid in
a specific area, it will have a
higher likelihood of experiencing
another landslide because the
ground is unstable and more
susceptible to environmental
triggers like heavy rain. As a
result of the earthquakes, they
were expecting more landslides
than usual.
In addition to Landsat, data
from the ASTER instrument
on the Terra satellite and Earth
Observing-1 satellite were used,
as well as images and topographic
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STOPPING THE
SPREAD OF DISEASE
Landsat, SPOT and similar
satellites are now being used
to track the spread of diseases,
especially those whose spread
is unpredictable such as vectorborne diseases. A vector is a
living organism that can transmit
infectious
diseases
between
humans, or from animals to
humans. Various animal and
insect species from mice to
mosquitoes serve as vectors that
can transmit disease pathogens
to people. Many of these vectors
are
bloodsucking
insects,
which ingest disease producing
microorganisms during a blood
meal from an infected host
(human or animal) and later
inject them into a new host
during a subsequent blood meal.
Mosquitoes are the best known
disease vector. Others include
ticks, flies and fleas.
Every year there are more
than 1 billion cases and over
1 million deaths globally from
vector-borne diseases such as
malaria, dengue, yellow fever,
West Nile disease, Lyme disease
and Zika. More than 2.5 billion
people in over 100 countries are
at risk of contracting dengue
alone. According to the World
Health Organization, Malaria
is among the most deadly,
preventable
vector-borne
diseases. About half of the
worlds population (3.3 billion
people) is at risk of contracting
MORE EXAMPLES
In Brazil, a certain vector
borne disease was spreading in
urban areas. The disease was
known to be transmitted by
infected flies, but scientists did
not know why it would hit certain
areas of the cities whereas other
areas were not affected. Landsat
was used to identify how the flies
were spreading the disease. It
appeared that forest animals such
as foxes were emerging from the
forest, carrying the flies infected
with the disease, and entering
certain areas of the city which
border on the forest, thereby
spreading the disease to the
city. The disease could then be
stopped at the point that it enters
the city before it spreads.
Closer to home, Landsat has
achieved the same kind of success
right here in New York State with
respect to Lyme Disease, which is
spread by ticks carried by forest
animals. Usually deer carry the
ticks, and if a person is bitten
by the tick, he may contract the
disease. Landsat has identified
certain areas in Westchester
County, for example, which are
particularly conducive to the
spread of this disease because
of their proximity to the forest
(so that forest animals coming
out of the forest make contact
with people nearby), as well as
the abundance of shade and
moisture in those areas which
also contributes to the spread of
the disease.
Another
deadly
disease
whose spread has been elusive
is cholera. Certain parts of the
world are especially prone to
outbreaks of cholera, such as
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Then,
in
2013,
Zika
emerged more dramatically in
French Polynesia, and about
28,000 people (11% of the
population) needed medical
care. 72 patients suffered severe
neurological
symptoms,
40
of whom contracted GuillainBarr syndrome, a dangerous
autoimmune dysfunction. That
was the first indication that the
Zika virus could be dangerous.
In 2015, the virus showed up
in northeastern Brazil and a few
months later there was a drastic
increase in the number of cases
of babies born with microcephaly
in the same area. Microcephaly is
a birth defect in which the brain
has been damaged or shrunk,
resulting in an abnormally small
head. Amniotic fluid taken from
a few of the mothers of those
babies showed that the Zika
virus was present, suggesting
that there was a link between
the Zika virus and microcephaly.
Further research has confirmed
that Zika causes microcephaly. It
was found later that babies born
looking normal and healthy after
a Zika infection were developing
smaller-than-normal
heads
months later, showing that the
virus continues to damage a baby
for weeks or months.
As the number of cases
rose, fear and anxiety grew. It
had already spread to Central
America and the Caribbean. Was
it coming to the United States?
The CDC and the WHO began
to issue warningsespecially for
women who were pregnant or
expecting to become pregnant.
It did reach the U.S. and,
at the time of this writing, it is
still a threat in some parts of
the country. Heres where the
satellites come in.
NASA is assisting public
health officials, scientists and
communities to try to limit the
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A SATELLITE STORY
It was a dark night in New
Jersey. We were driving to
Morristown for the Bar Mitzva of
my nephew. My son had rented a
minivan and he was driving. But
we didnt know how to go. That
was OK though because we had
a GPS. So we all sat back and
relaxed and listened to the GPS.
Wherever it told us to go we went
and we got out of New York City
successfully.
But now we were on a long,
dark, lonely highway in New
Jersey. We didnt know where we
were. Was this the right highway?
When do we get off? The GPS
said nothing. As we kept on
driving in silence, I watched the
look of uncertainty on my sons
face and an uneasy feeling started
to come over me which eventually
crystallized into two words:
Were lost. We had apparently
lost contact with the GPS and we
didnt know where the highway
was taking us. How long would
it be before we decided that we
have to turn around and try to
find our way home? Forget about
the Bar Mitzva.
Suddenly, a calm voice came
over the GPS, In 500 feet take
the exit on the right. We were
OK, we were on track and not
lost. The GPS had not forgotten
about us. What joy, what a relief!
We exited the highway as we
were instructed, but then came
a lot more turns on more dark
roads and we missed some of
them. I was afraid that an angry
voice would come over the
GPS and say something like, I
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STORY
THE POWER
OF THE DAY
By Menachem Ziegelboim
PART I
Upon the Alter Rebbes
release from prison, Chassidim
rejoiced.
Wherever the news
reached, the day was established
as a holiday. The tension and
fear that the Chassidim lived with
while waiting for the results of
the interrogation disappeared, to
be replaced with sighs of relief.
When the Chassidim heard
about the release and Geula, they
wanted to write a special Megilla,
Megillas Yud-Tes Kislev, which
would describe the arrest and
redemption and the miracles
that occurred with the Rebbe
and the Chassidim, so future
generations would know. The
great Chassidim and elders of
the group went to ask the Alter
Rebbe permission to establish it
like Megillas Esther in its time.
The Alter Rebbe thought
about it and then said, A
megillah like this would arouse
the anger of the Misnagdim.
Still, I can tell you that this day
will be established as a perpetual
holiday among the Jewish people,
[a day] on which His Great Name
will be made great and sanctified,
and thousands of Jewish hearts
will be inspired to teshuva and
avoda of the heart, for the story
PART II
Yud-Tes Kislev, Rosh Hashana
LChassidus:
Chassidim sat at a farbrengen
with the Rebbe Rayatz who
farbrenged with sweetness and
warmth in honor of the special
day. From time to time a Chassid
raised his cup of mashke and
said lchaim, and the Rebbe
responded graciously, Lchaim
vlivracha! When the niggun
dveikus they sang was finished,
the Rebbe began speaking about
matters relevant to the day,
explaining about the great quality
of Jews in general and Chassidim
in particular.
Great powers lie hidden
within Chassidim, said the
Rebbe. We have these kochos
as an inheritance from our
ancestors.
The Rebbe was silent for a
moment. He closed his eyes,
thought a bit, and then cast his
pure gaze upon the Chassidim
PART III
A rich man lived in a verdant,
exclusive suburb of Petersburg.
His mansion was magnificent.
Liveried servants stood at their
posts throughout the mansion.
The entire estate was surrounded
by a large, beautiful garden. It
was hard to believe that this
property belonged to a Jew, and
not just any Jew, but one who
was scrupulously religious.
The problem was that as time
passed and his wealth grew, the
less time he devoted to Torah
study. And then his care in the
observance of mitzvos began to
wane.
Since he was always in
contact with rich people and
those in power, he began to host
lavish feasts and attended them
himself until the wee hours of
the night. A terrible spiritual
deterioration was only a matter
of time.
And still, despite his casting
off the yoke of mitzvos, he left
one holy item in his home. It is
questionable whether he knew
the reason for this. Perhaps he
did so because of the Chassidus
he had absorbed in his heart, or
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PART IV
The
Chassidim
were
immersed in what the mashpia
was saying so they did not notice
their host getting up and leaving
the room. At some point they
noticed that he had stepped out,
but although a long time elapsed,
he had not returned. As even
more time passed and the host
did not return, his absence began
to register with the Chassidim.
It was almost dawn but their
host still had not returned. They
decided to go and look for him.
Maybe something had happened
to him, and he needed help, one
of them suggested. They spread
out among the many rooms of
the mansion.
Within a few minutes they had
arrived at his office. Somewhat
nervously, they opened the
door and immediately recoiled.
Before their astonished eyes was
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WHATS THE
CONNECTION
BETWEEN
CHASSIDUS AND
MOSHIACH?
By Rabbi Gershon Avtzon
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CHABAD HISTORY
THE IRISH
KOSHER
MEAT
PROJECT
The Lubavitcher are the most disciplined religious
group in Europe today as well as the most Orthodox
* Chief Rabbi Herzog Fully Approves the Lubavitcher
Shochtim * The Shochtim received their training at the
famous Lubavitz Rabbinical Seminary in Poland, noted
for its strict adherence to Jewish tradition * Fifth
Installment
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LUBAVITCH OFFERS
THEIR SERVICES
The first reference to the
Shchita plan is found in a letter
dated April 16th 1947 [26 Nissan
5707] from Mr. Melvin Goldstein (JDC Paris) to Mr. Robert
Briscoe from Ireland, which includes Rabbi Gorodetzkys offer:
This is in reference to your
letter of April 10th regarding
the Kosher Beef which is likely to be produced some time
in June.
I have just returned from a
meeting with Rabbi Sachs and
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Chabad History
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HALACHA 2 GO
be
spokenbkavanah,beimah
uvyirah uvressesuvzeiah(with
concentrated intent, with awe,
fear, trembling and quaking). It
should be proclaimed with the
excitement of a
new
edict, for
the Torah says, Asher Anochi
metzavecha
hayom(Which
I command you today, i.e. it
should be as precious to us as
if it were commanded to us this
very day). It should be noted
that we are not actually required
to stand for the Shma, since
thepasukstatesUvelechtecha
vaderechkedarko(in your
customary manner, even when
you are sitting or traveling.)
When we recite the words
of davening, we should do
sokmoneh
maos(as
one
who
is
counting
money).
The words should all be
countedeach
coin
or
bill handled individually and
with
appreciation,
without
skipping a single one. It is
said of sometzaddikim(holy
individuals)
who
davened
quickly that they we like moneychangers, whose bills are counted
in stacks, since the quality of
theirtfillosare on a completely
different plane than those of the
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common person.
Our davening should also
not present askvah(habit)a
burden that must be fulfilled and
then swiftly dispensed of, but
should feature the concern of
the destitute begging for better
opportunitywithrachamim
vtachanunim([requesting for]
mercy and with supplication).
IS BEING FIRED
IN FURY FOREVER?
The halachos ofmechilah(lit.,
forgiving, i.e., absolving someone
from an obligation) do not entail
akinyan(act of acquisition)
as do most other transactions;
verbalizing intent suffices.
An employer who said to
a worker lech meimadi
(Depart from me!) can have no
complaints against the employee
for quitting, nor for the resultant
lossesof work and of money
even if the entire salary had been
prepaid, since the employer
voicedmechilahof their work
contract. Two witnesses are
needed for the
mechilah
to be
binding if the dismissal is in
dispute.
However, if amelamed(Torah
teacher) was fired and left
(even with a writtenmechilah,
according
to
most
poskim),
he can be compelled to return
to his post. A
melamed
is
duty-bound to his students in
addition to the (now defunct)
obligation to the parents, unlike
any other employer/employee
relationship. (There are some
exemptions to this arrangement
for the teachers reinstatement: if
anothermelamedis immediately
available or if themelamedwas
fired for incompetence. If
themelamedisnt employed by
the parents, but through a third
partyand this applies today in a
school or yeshiva environment
A MATTER OF INTEREST:
THE TWO-FOR-ONE TRADE
The little girl is crying
inconsolably, frustrated in her
attempts to win a candy from her
elder brothers stash. Their father
tries to intervene and make peace
(and give the whole family a rest
from here piercing screams!):
Teiere kind (my dear child),
he whispers to his seven year
old son, Give your little sister a
candy. Tomorrow, iyH, Ill buy
you two in return.
The Gemaras warning is
recounted in halacha: A person
should not lend or borrow from
their family members or children
withribbis
(interest),Dilma
asi
lmisrach
(lest
they
habituate themselves [to this
practice])chas
vshalom.
Assuming the candy belongs to
his son, and the father borrows it
from him to give it to his sister,
the payback of two candies would
be a form ofribbis.
It can be argued that the
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Farbrengen
of great holiness.
At that time, they forgot all
their sorrows and suffering,
hindrances,
worries
and
obstacles, and all turned happy
and spirited. Everyone sang and
was joyous because today is a
holiday, the holiday of Yud-Tes
Kislev, the day the Alter Rebbe
was freed, the day that Hashem
redeemed the teachings of
Chassidus from exile and didan
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inner warmth and holy joy, and
with songs that were sung with
enormous feeling and aroused
the hearts of the people sitting
there with a holy fire as they
forgot their mundane daily lives.
Of course, they brought another
bottle of mashke and another
herring and whatever scraps of
food to eat that they could obtain,
for those were days of trouble
and confusion.
R Chanoch Hendel asked the
people sitting there to wash their
hands and eat. The Chassidim
shared with each other the bit of
bread and measured water and
as the Rebbe Rayatz cites, my
bread is yours as well, i.e., we will
divide it together so there will be
for me and you.
Being that it was already
after midnight and dangerous to
go out in the street, he begged
them to stay. They remained
to farbreng and they put up a
samovar.
After they washed and ate
some bread and vegetables and
herring and tea, there were those
for whom this was their first meal
of the day because of the terrible
situation of those times. Only
the holy fire of pnimius haTorah
and divrei Elokim chaim kept
them going and gave them
tremendous energies to live.
And there sat Jews, baalei
avoda and learned men, eating
some potatoes and a slice of
bread and outside there was a
great snowstorm and danger
from the police and their agents,
angels of destruction who roared
like animals of the forest to prey
upon the poor man and pauper
and slaughter the righteous,
as the verse says, outside, the
sword bereaved. And within
these waters of destruction and
hell that swirled around them,
and specifically here, Jews sat,
souls which descended from the
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The truth is that this learning the Dvar Malchu
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silence. They say
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of Liadis davening takes hours. dodge the question and
up an call out. But he kept quiet
How did he blow the shofar didnt try to make
answer. He said, Thats an when he noticed that the
first?
ting question and I will sound of the voices learning
Good question, said Berel. interes
find out and get back to you. was much louder than his
I was also wondering. I found
He was reviewing the sichos of voice.
out that the Rav of Liadi got
the Dvar Malchus and sections
Then he noticed a sign on
up early and blew the shofar
deal with the wall which said, Yeshivas
that
a
Gemar
the
of
even before the davening.
inyanei Moshiach and Geula Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch
It was suddenly dark.
which he learned in camp Brunoy, France. This spacious
Shmerel and Berel exited the
when the music caught his hall was donated...
stage and the curtain closed.
attention. The next scene in
Then the voices brought his
As clapping could be heard
play was about to begin.
the
focus back to the center of the
from all over the auditorium, a
officer stage:
looking
serious
A
Levi,
young Lubavitcher named
wearing a Russian uniform
Why was the Alter Rebbes
who was sitting in the third
When it
door.
the
on
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would
attitude toward France so
row, tried to guess what
right into
walked
he
,
opened
.
success
harsh?
happen next, without
the Alter Rebbes room.
his
The two bachurim were
meantime,
the
In
Rabbi, the French army summing up what they had
thoughts went to the day
They
is on its way here.
just learned.
before, as he walked down
ters in
kilome
many
ed
advanc
a fancy street in Paris from
Because France was the
one day and in a few hours
one store to another and lit
spiritually lowest place in the
they will cross the Berzina
the menorah with Jewish
world as far as fear of heaven
River.
storeowners. In one store, a
and faith in Hashem go, so
The Alter Rebbe thanked the Alter Rebbe said that
lively conversation developed
ation
with the cashier after he asked the officer for the inform
Napoleon is a shliach of klipa
ted
instruc
iately
a question that had been and immed
and the forces of impurity in
his household, Prepare the the world.
bothering him a lot:
s. We are leaving!
I saw a sign on the wagon
Today though, the Rebbe
But Rebbe, pleaded the established Tomchei Tmimim
says,
which
street
main
Melech attendant, today is Friday. in France and sent shluchim
of
Prophecy
The
s?
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there, so that France itself has
and
outside
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is
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to
Threshold! I really want
become a place from where
!
understand, why should the dangerous for your health
Judaism and Chassidus are
The Rebbe listened and taught.
Geula come now? The world
If even France has
situation just keeps getting replied, I do not want to be changed so drastically, then
worse. Young people are not under the rule of Napoleon for certainly the entire world is
taught properly (except for even a moment. Hurry up and ready for the Geula.
you), people dont behave as lets leave!
Levi did not even realize
they should, and the situation
The curtain closed and the that this was the end of the
Then play. He was so excited. I
is difficult in all respects. I scenery was changed.
always knew that the Geula Where is the stage? have an answer for the man on
The stage mivtzaim! The world changed
would mean a better world. wondered Levi.
Can you point at any change now looked like a yeshivas beis and we are on the threshold of
that proves that the world is medrash and two Tmimim the Geula!
really advancing and ready for were sitting at a table and
the Geula?
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