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WEEKLY COLUMNS
WHEN PRAGMATISM
IS A SIN
PARTNERS OF THE
LONE WOLF ATTACKER
3 Dvar Malchus
16 Parsha Thought
20 Bitachon Bytes
29 Moshiach & Hakhel
34 Tzivos Hashem
SPEAK WITH
10 TO
HASHEM
IN THE
23 ENCOUNTER
WORLD OF SONG
Shneur Zalman Levin
POWER
30 THE
OF KADDISH
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF:
M.M. Hendel
HEBREW EDITOR:
Rabbi S.Y. Chazan
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ENGLISH EDITOR:
Boruch Merkur
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DVAR MALCHUS
MOSHIACH
FLOURISHES
IN OUR FAITH
The message here is that the name Tzemach
Tzedek expresses the faith of chassidim, the
perfect faith of every chassid, that their Rebbe
for example, the leader of this generation
[Tzemach is Moshiachfor Tzemach is
numerically equivalent to Menachem] is in
fact Moshiach, and if we had merited, the matter
would have been fulfilled and manifest outwardly;
Moshiach would be visible to the human eye.
Translated by Boruch Merkur
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CROSSROADS
WHEN
PRAGMATISM
IS A SIN
The main argument brought by autonomy supporters is bogus. They
claim that if we would give them good conditions, municipal services that
they can run themselves, theyll abandon the path of terror. However,
the neglect in Arab areas is the result of Arab policy, not Israeli policy. It
makes no difference how many tens of billions of dollars in international
aid relief flow to them; they dont even make the barest investment to
improve their peoples primitive living standards. They would rather invest
in terrorism and murder not just toward us, but also toward their fellow
Arabs. Thats the way they operate; its a fundamental component of the
Muslim weltanschauung.
By Sholom Ber Crombie
Translated by Michoel Leib Dobry
1.
Here is a summation of
sixty-seven years of the Israeli
difference of opinion: The leftwing is certain that if we would
only be nicer to the Arabs,
apologize and give them good
living conditions, wed have
another Switzerland here. In
contrast, the nationalist camp
declares that its forbidden to
blink before the terrorists, and
in war, the one who blinks first
loses.
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CROSSROADS
2.
When the Rebbe cried out
against autonomy, he emphasized
that the PLO should not even
be given responsibility for trash
collection services, warning also
about their education. Back
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3.
In the final analysis, the main
argument brought by autonomy
supporters is false. They claim
that if we would give them good
conditions, municipal services
that they can run themselves,
theyll abandon the path of
terror. However, it turns out
that the neglect in Arab areas
is the result of Arab policy, not
Israeli policy. They prefer to
live exactly as their brethren do
in the twenty-two neighboring
4.
A couple of weeks ago, the
Israel High Court of Justice
issued two rulings in connection
with government plans on
property destruction. The first
decision dealt with the homes of
terrorists, and the Court ruled
against the Cabinet decision to
demolish them. The second case
dealt with a decision to tear down
the Ayelet HaShachar Synagogue
in Givat Zeev, and the Court
ordered that the Cabinets
decision should be implemented
immediately.
That, in a nutshell, is the
policy of the Israel High Court of
Justice
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SHLEIMUS HAARETZ
PARTNERS OF
THE LONE WOLF
ATTACKER
By Rabbi Sholom Dovber Wolpo
1.
Everybody has heard the
claim that it is very difficult to
fight terror in the form it has
taken lately, since it doesnt
involve organizations that can be
retaliated against or neutralized
in various ways, but a lone wolf
attacker who decides on his
own to spill Jewish blood. So
there is nobody to punish and no
way to respond.
This is the excuse of those in
charge of security, whose goal
is to cover their failures. It is
obvious that there is an entity
behind this wave of murders,
terrorists who are sleeper
cells that were trained for
these horrific acts and who are
receiving orders to carry them
out.
When Netanyahu travels
for meetings with Secretary of
State Kerry and the Chancellor
of Germany Merkel, to speak
diplomatically about the wave of
terror and to arrive at a political
agreement, this itself proves that
the attackers are not acting on
their own but are the emissaries
of countries and organizations
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2.
On the Kol Chai radio station,
there is a current events program
which is hosted by Benny
Rabinowitz of Degel HaTorah.
I knew his father, who was a
Chabad Chassid and who was
moser nefesh observing Judaism
in Russia and for Mivtza Tfillin
when he came to Eretz Yisroel,
but apparently the apple fell very
far from the tree.
On 6 Cheshvan, Rabinowitz
interviewed Knesset member,
R Moshe Gafni, and asked him
whether the religious Knesset
members gave advice to the Prime
Minister about how to deal with
terrorism. In asking the question
the interviewer made it clear that
he meant that the Prime Minister
should enter into negotiations
with Abu Mazen, for then, with
a political solution on the
horizon, the terror would stop.
In his answer, Gafni made
it clear that indeed, they gave
this advice to the Prime Minister
and that this was always the
position of Degel HaTorah, i.e.,
make political agreements with
the Arabs in order to prevent
bloodshed.
I ask, what is this advice if not
collaboration with the murder of
Jews? This is a clear statement
that acts of terror are justified,
and the moment we stop the
cause, by giving away parts of
Eretz Yisroel to those who murder
us, the terrorism will stop.
This
is
the
strongest
encouragement a lone wolf
attacker could get, for if a
representative of religious Jewry
declares on a religious radio
station that the way to stop terror
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CHINUCH
TO SPEAK
WITH HASHEM
Two golden rules that will enable
a child to daven with chayus:
understanding that with tfilla he
can speak directly to Hashem,
and knowing the meaning of what
he says. * Another chapter in the
series on chinuch in the spirit of
Chassidus, from a shiur given by
Rabbi Nachman Yosef Twersky to
men in Crown Heights.
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TALKING TO G-D
Chazal say that there are
three iniquities that a person is
not saved from committing every
day: iyun tfilla (in the negative
sense it means looking to see if
one is being answered), bittul
Torah, and sinful thought. These
are things that need constant
strengthening. Not for naught
is tfilla referred to as avodas
hatfilla, because every tfilla is
an avoda.
When speaking about children
and davening, it is not a special
tfilla suitable for children that
were talking about. They daven
the same tfillos, but we need to
know how to convey the inner
experience to children and instill
the importance and significance
of tfilla.
R Chadakov, the Rebbes
secretary, who was the director of
Merkos LInyanei Chinuch, was
an outstanding mechanech. Over
the years he received numerous
instructions from the Rebbe and
the Rebbe Rayatz.
(I remember that once R
Chadakov gave a horaa to
Yeshivas Oholei Torah but only
few listened. As a member of the
staff, I felt it was a good idea to
do as he said because it was very
likely a horaa from the Rebbe. In
the end, it indeed became clear
that the instruction came directly
from the Rebbe.)
One time, R Chadakov spoke
with one of the teachers and
explained what the responsibility
of a school is, to teach children
how to daven.
In general, in schools they
first teach the letters, the alefbeis, then the vowels and then
how to put words together.
Then the child is taught to read
entire sentences. At this point,
instead of choosing just any
sentences they pick excerpts
from the siddur. They accustom
TFILLA HAS TO
AFFECT THE CHILD
When a parent wants to
teach his child to say Nishmas
on Shabbos, its not enough
to tell him that if he says it he
will get points or the like (the
point system, by the way, is very
necessary and encourages a child
to go to shul and daven). He
needs to sit down with the child
and explain the sections in a way
that speaks to him, for when the
tfilla pertains to him, its another
story.
I heard about a child who
grew up in Beit Shemesh. He
did well in all his learning,
but when it came to learn
Mishnayos and Gemara he had
difficulty grasping the learning
methodology. The father hired
a private tutor to help his son
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on him.
One of the famous gdolim,
Rabbi Nosson Schapiro, author
of Megale Amukos, lived in
Cracow. One day, he decided
he had to leave the big city for
a small town because people in
Cracow constantly disturbed him
with halachic questions and dinei
Torah. He had to deal with all
those things instead of being able
to focus on learning Torah and
avoda.
It was at this time that a
din Torah came to him which
changed his mind. A big talmid
chacham in Cracow with a large
family had opened a bakery. He
worked hard in his bakery and
one day a rich man approached
him and asked him what his
weekly profit was. He stated the
amount and the rich man said:
Give me the bakery and I will
double the amount, so I will have
the privilege of supporting your
Torah study.
The talmid chacham agreed
to the deal and they signed a
Yissochor-Zevulun agreement.
A few months later, the talmid
chacham went to the rich man
and said he wanted to terminate
the agreement. I want to go
back to being a baker. The
rich man was taken aback and
vehemently rejected the idea.
The agreement we signed must
remain in force.
When they could not arrive at
an agreement, they went to the
Megale Amukos for a din Torah.
The Megale Amukos heard both
sides and then said to the baker,
You are a ben Torah and you
need to continue learning.
The man said, Rebbi, when
I was a baker, I would get up at
midnight and go to the bakery.
I would take the flour and water
and prepare dough for bread and
I would pray to Hashem that
I make a good dough. Then I
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CONNECTING TO HASHEM
In order for us to instill the
importance of davening in our
children we have to start with the
concept of tfilla. In the Gemara,
tfilla is referred to as service
of the heart, as it says, and to
serve Him with all your hearts
what is service of the heart?
This is tfilla. So tfilla is not
just the uttering of words but an
activity which depends on our
emotions.
There are mitzvos which have
to do with our hands like taking
the lulav and giving tzdaka,
mitzvos that have to do with our
mouth like eating matza and
maror, and there are mitzvos
which are expressed primarily in
the heart like tfilla, which is a
feeling of connection to Hashem.
We learn the concept of prayer
from Chanas prayer about which
it says, I poured out my soul
before G-d.
When you think about prayer
it raises a question. Tfilla, on
the surface, is a request for
mercy. Now if a person deserves
what he is going to get, why
should he pray for it? What
is designated for him, he will
receive regardless! And if it is not
coming to him, how will prayer
help?
REVELATION OF THE
SOUL BY CHILDREN AND
SIMPLE PEOPLE
According to this, tfilla
pertains to every Jew whose
neshama
is
connected
to
Hashem, especially children and
simple Jews whose G-dly spark is
more revealed. We see this with
people who are not capable of
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deep meditation, that they have
an enthusiasm for prayer because
its a soul thing.
There is a famous story about
the Baal Shem Tov who saw in
heaven that the prayer of a certain
Jew was accomplishing wondrous
things. He decided to travel to
see who this man was. When he
arrived at the house he asked the
children where their father was.
They said, he is praying. One
hour, then two hours went by.
When the man returned home it
was already late afternoon.
The man apologized for his
long absence. I am an ignorant
Jew, he explained shamefacedly.
I barely manage to say the
words from the Siddur. So I
have no choice but to read a
few pages every day so that over
a months time I can finish the
entire Siddur. Then I start over
again.
Maybe I can help you, said
the Baal Shem Tov. He then
proceeded to spend a long time
showing the man how to use
the Siddur. He wrote on small
pieces of paper, Shacharis,
Tachanun
for
Mondays
and
Thursdays,
Mincha,
Maariv, for Shabbos, for
Rosh Chodesh, and so on, and
put the papers in the right places
in the Siddur.
The man thanked the Baal
Shem Tov who went on his way.
Now I can start praying as a
proper Jew, said the man.
But not much time elapsed
after the Baal Shem Tov left and
the Siddur fell unexpectedly from
the shelf, and all the markers fell
out. Determined not to lose the
opportunity to pray properly, the
man grabbed the Siddur and the
pieces of paper and ran after the
Baal Shem Tov.
Walking quickly, he noticed
the Baal Shem Tov standing
on the banks of a river. There
MISPLACED HUMILITY
Someone who is mekarev kids
who went off the derech told me
that one of the main reasons for
their downfall is their disgust
for tfilla. He reads to them an
excerpt from Kesser Shem Tov
which usually has a positive effect
on them.
This is excerpted from Toldos
Yaakov Yosef: I heard from my
master that a persons great
humility causes him to be distant
from serving Hashem, may He be
blessed. In his lowliness, he does
not believe that a person, through
his prayer and Torah study, is
the reason for abundance in all
the worlds and even the angels
are nourished by his Torah and
avoda. For if he believed this,
how he would serve Hashem
with joy and awe from great
abundance and would be careful
with every letter and vowel to
utter it properly. And also to
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PARSHA THOUGHT
THE PSYCHOLOGY
OF OVERPROMISING
By Rabbi Heschel Greenberg
THE DISCREPANCY
Eliezer, Abrahams servant,
was sent by his master to find a
suitable wife for his masters son,
Isaac.
When he arrives at his
destination
he
offers
the
following prayer to G-d:
Please
let
something
happen to me today and do
kindness to my master, Abraham.
Look, I am standing by the
water well. The daughters of this
citys residents are coming out
to draw water. If I say to a girl,
Please tilt down your pitcher
and let me drink, and she says,
Drink, and I will also give your
camels to drink, (she will be fit
to) be chosen by You for Your
servant, for Isaac. I will know
that through her You have acted
kindly with my master.
The Torah continues:
He had not finished speaking,
andbehold! Rebecca came
out, and her pitcher was on her
shoulder She went down to the
well, filled her pitcher and came
back up. The servant ran toward
her, and said, Please let me sip
a little water from your pitcher.
She said, Drink, sir.
She quickly took down her
pitcher into her hand, and gave
him to drink. When she finished
giving him a drink, she said, I
will also draw (water) for your
CHANGING THE
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
Another
question
raised
by many of the commentators
concerns Eliezers reaction to
Rebeccas behavior. Immediately
after she gives water for the
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BITACHON BYTES
THE BITACHON
OF INFLATION
By Rabbi Zalman Goldberg
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ENCOUNTER
IN THE WORLD
OF SONG
Two Chassidim met in the world of Negina: the
outstanding and famous Chassid Rabbi Hillel of Paritch,
one of the Chassidim of the Mitteler Rebbe and the
Tzemach Tzedek, and a Chassid of our generation, R
Mordechai Brotzky, who decided to produce R Hillels
deep niggunim. * At a certain point, the two of them
met at the gravesite in Cherson where R Mordechai
played the niggunim for R Hillel and asked for his
approval before going public with them. * The results:
a series of niggunim of R Hillel in an impressive
performance for our generation.
By Shneur Zalman Levin
Photos by Sivan Ophir
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WEIGHTY UNDERTAKING
R Hillel became a Chassid in
the time of the Alter Rebbe after
being exposed to his teachings,
but he did not have the chance
to see the Alter Rebbe.
He
later became the Chassid of the
Mitteler Rebbe and the Tzemach
Tzedek.
He was a tzaddik and a
tremendous lamdan (scholar),
the perfect oveid, Av Beis Din
in Bobruisk, author of Pelach
HaRimon, a genius, and had
many other unique qualities.
And yet, he placed a great
emphasis on simcha, song and
dance in the ways of Chassidus.
In his inner world, niggunim
were inseparable from service of
Hashem. His friend, the Chassid
R Yitzchok Isaac of Homil, said
about him, R Hillel lived life
to the fullest through niggun
and dance. Even when he was
elderly and weak and could not
dance, he said to his grandson,
Pinye, you dance for me; there
is life and there is the need to live
life to the fullest.
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PUTTING A FACE ON
EACH SONG
R Mordechai Brotzky, one of
the famous modern-day Chabad
musicians, was born in Moscow
and started his musical career
at the age of six and a half. He
made aliya at a young age and
continued studying music. He
studied at the academy of music
in Tel Aviv where he got his first
and then his second degree in
music. Then he continued for
his doctorate in music at Bar Ilan
University. He served as lead
musician for the Israel Camerata
Orchestra. For years he played
in symphony orchestras and in
various chamber music concerts.
After he became religious and
Chabad, he researched Chabad
niggunim.
He immediately
understood that in Chabad ones
talents are not neglected but
are used to spread Judaism and
Chassidus.
I began using all my
knowledge and professionalism
in music for Chabad niggunim.
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At a certain point he left the
orchestra and entered the world
of Chabad niggunim after being
given this as his shlichus by the
Rebbe in 5752. In 5760 he
started the Heichal Hanegina, a
center for research, preservation,
and dissemination of niggunim.
When he started working on
preserving and disseminating
R Hillels niggunim, he knew
that he would not be satisfied
with work that was incomplete.
Along with the CD he produced
of ten niggunim of R Hillels,
he included a booklet of stories
about R Hillel with hundreds of
stories.
At first I thought of only
producing a jacket for the CD
with a few stories about R Hillel.
But when I began compiling
them, I found more and more
important stories that could
shed light on his personality
and I decided to put it out as an
accompanying booklet. I tracked
down all the sources I could
possibly get to and collected
hundreds of stories about him,
his teachings and his personality
as well as his musical side, of
course.
Outside of Chabad, people
have not heard about R Hillel,
and I felt that I must give some
background in order to explain
to the listeners who it was who
composed
these
incredible
niggunim. The booklet ended up
incorporating nearly 150 pages
of stories about him.
Do you think R Hillels
deep, complicated niggunim will
interest non-Lubavitchers who
were not raised with a feeling
for deep Chabad niggunim?
I often perform for nonChabad audiences and I see
there is an interest in deep
things. Even among the Litvishe,
where you cant openly mention
Chabad, Chabad niggunim are
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all your soul. In performing the
niggun, I feel how, while Im
playing, the niggun takes me to
other places.
I was reminded of something
said by one of the worlds great
violinists (Henryk Szeryng who
was Jewish), whom I studied
with when I was younger. He
said that the performance of a
musical creation needs to be like
a telescope when you look at it,
you see a piece of pipe but when
you look through it, you see the
distant stars.
With which instruments
did you perform this series of
niggunim?
I started by recording my
violin accompanied by the
piano, doing it in one session.
Sometimes, it was necessary to
play over and over until all parts
of the niggun came out perfectly.
Only then did we add instruments
like a clarinet, flute etc.
All the musicians who
participated in this project,
including those who are not yet
religious, identified with the
niggunim and connected to them
mentioned
sicha):
When
Moshiach comes, all Jewish
people unlike the exodus from
Mitzrayim that only 20% of the
Jewish people were redeemed
will be redeemed and brought
back to Eretz Yisroel and serve
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HAKHEL: PAST,
PRESENT AND
FUTURE
By Rabbi Gershon Avtzon
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MIRACLE STORY
THE POWER
OF KADDISH
SOMETHINGS REALLY
HAPPENING...
It all began about a month
ago, said Rabbi Ben-Ari. My
personal telephone number is
publicized in many places in order
that I can fulfill my shlichus and
come to the spiritual assistance
of any Jew living on one of these
kibbutzim. We use the approach
of spreading the wellsprings,
i.e., we dont wait until they
come to us. With G-ds help, the
arousal to greater adherence to
the time-honored traditions of
the Jewish People in recent years
has not passed by the kibbutz
communities. Virtually on a daily
basis we receive appeals and
requests for assistance in matters
of Yiddishkait.
So it was this past Elul,
when I got a telephone call from
a woman in Ramat Gan who had
obtained my number from one of
the Rebbes shluchim in her city.
She told me that she was
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parked near the house. On the
dust that had accumulated on
the rear windshield, someone had
written two words: Love, Mom.
He felt that his mother had
given him a sign that shes nearby
and shes happy. Only later,
he received a phone call from
that woman in Ramat Gan, his
childhood friend, who told him
about the angry dream and the
Kaddish they had begun to say
in his mothers memory. Thus,
there closed the circle that had
brought him such tremendous
excitement with the two signs
he had received: the doorpost
to his house dripping resin, and
after the recitation of Kaddish,
there appeared the words, Love,
Mom.
A BLESSED INITIATIVE
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TZIVOS HASHEM
THE PSUKIM
S AVED M Y
DAUGHTER!
By Nechama Bar
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what was he saying? Suddenly, Alex heard the sound of crying from a corner of the room.
He immediately realized where
the sound was coming from; it
was coming from the closet. He
opened it and saw a little girl
crying. He knew this was the
Jewish child and quickly took her
out, brought her to the car, and
drove away.
It is hard to describe in words
the emotional meeting between
Lihi and her daughter.
Alex was curious to know,
How do you know the twelve
psukim?
When I was a young girl, bachurim used to come to my yishuv and say the twelve psukim
with us and give out candy. I
went because of the candy but
learned the psukim. From the
moment my daughter was born,
I recited the twelve psukim so
she would remember she is a
Jew. Now, when she heard the
psukim, she remembered and
cried. These psukim saved my
daughter!
11/3/2015 8:40:33 AM