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Chabad Chodesh Menachem Av 5781 S D M A Rosh Chodesh Menachem Av1/July10/Shabbos ee. Ti ocre aon svn years seven around occurred (This hap- it pened. so And Hashem. of name the in ly false- spoke he since die, will Chananya year that in that said also Yirmiyahu changed. be false. Only if is the Jews do Teshuvah prophesy can the decree the but happen, would this that wished too he that explained, yahu Yirmi- exiled. were who those all with along Bavel from returned be would Hamikdash Beis the from vessels stolen the all and roel, and his armiesNevuchadnetzer that prophesized Chananya would soon debate Yirmiyahu. and Azur ben Chananya a between was leave there BCE] [431 Eretz 5331 Av In Yis- Yerushalayim, 3413[457BCE].(Ezra7:9) Ezra of hisYartzeit). read every the year on the Shabbos in of the week recorded (in 33:38) (BaMidbar Torah, Yartzeit only the BCE], of Yartzeit (Seder Mitzrayim. in frogs HaDoros) of Plague receding flood waters.(BeReishis8:5,Rashi) the above emerged Mountains (Likutei 147) p. XIV: Sichos Vol. Siyumim." make to try should we on, Av Chodesh Rosh minimize from days nine the "In we in, comes happiness." (Taanis26B) Av "When and his followers arrived in in arrived followers his and hrn HaKohen Aharon

Parshas Masaei Parshas 28 [1312 2489 , , Eretz Yisrael,onhishisto The 3829 HaMikdash, [70]. Beis the of courtyard the Titus Menachem Av2/July11/Sunday on. (Yechezkel26) destruc- Jerusalem’s celebrated they because Babylon, of King Nevuchadnetzar by stroyed de- be will Tzur of kingdom the that prophesy, a said Yechezkel Hamikdash, Beis the of on destruc- the of year the Av, Chodesh Rosh on Tzidkiyahu, of reign the of year eleventh the In dash). (Yirmiyahu28) Hamik- Beis first the of destrucon the before rvos uaice Lubavitcher Previous commenced baering operaons against ric visit, 5689 [1929]. ric visit,5689[1929]. rie in arrived ד “ בס Menachem Av 4/July 13/Tuesday returning with righteousness" (Yishayahu 1:27): Jus- Nechemiah began building a wall around ce, 'Mishpat', is Torah (Likutei Torah, Devarim) and Yerushalayim, 3413 [444 BCE]. (Nechemiah 6:15) righteousness, 'Tzedakah', is all of the Mitzvos, which includes the Mitzvah of Tzedakah. In these days we Yartzeit of R. Menachem Azariah of Fano, the RaMa should add in the study of Torah and doing Mitzvos, MiPano, author of Asarah Maamaros and Alfasi Zuta, especially the Mitzvah of Tzedakah." (Sicha, Shabbos Halachist and Kabbalist, cited extensively in Chasidus, Chazon, Av 9, 5751a) 5385 [1625]. The Rebbe would hold a on this Shabbos Menachem Av 5/July 14/Wednesday and advised that spreading simcha with Yartzeit of R. Yitzchak Luria, the Ari Zal, 5332 [1572]. Ahavas Yisroel be held on this Shabbos He passed away at thirty-eight, in Tzfas. " . . . All Israel accepted him as the final Posek Menachem Av 9/July 18/Sunday in all maers of the hidden parts of the Torah and its Fast of Tisha B’Av secrets, there is no room for argument and the Halachah is as the words of the Ari Zal." (Kovetz The fast commemorates the destrucon of the first Lubavitch, Vol. II: p. 61) and second Botei Mikdash and many other tragedies that happened on this day. Yartzeit of R. Gedalyah Hayun, head of the Yerushalayim Kabbalists, founder and head of the The Exodus generaon were condemned to die in the Kabbalists Yeshivah, Beis E-il, 5510 [1750]. The Baal desert, 2449 [1312 BCE]. (Devarim 1:35; Taanis 26b) Shem Tov's brother-in-law, R. Avraham Gershon Kitover studied in this Yeshiva. Nevuzaradan set fire to the Beis HaMikdash 3175 [585 BCE]. Yartzeit of R. Chaim of Krasna, student of the Baal Shem Tov, 5553 [1793]. The Romans destroyed the Second Beis HaMikdash, 3829 [69]. Menachem Av 6/July 15/Thursday Nevuchadnetzar occupied the First Beis HaMikdash, The Romans plowed the site of the Beis HaMikdash to 3338 [423 BCE]. convert it into a Roman colony, Aelia Capatolina, 71 [3831]. (Taanis 26b) Menachem Av 8/July 17/Shabbos Chazon Reb Hillel of Paritch would say in the name of R. Levi Betar, last independent outpost under Bar Kochba Yitzchok of Berditchev: "Chazon" means vision; on fell to the Romans, 3895 [135]. (Taanis 26b) Shabbos Chazon, HaShem shows every Jew a vision of the Third Beis Hamikdash". Edward I of England ordered the expulsion of all Jews, 5050 [1290]. "...Appropriate with the end of the Haarah of Shab- bos Chazon, "Tzion in jusce will be redeemed and its Ferdinand of Spain expelled the Jews, 5066 [1492].

VOLUME 32, ISSUE 5 Page 2 3,000 Jews perished in the Chmielnicki massacres, Tractate Erchin (discussing the evaluaon of things 5408 [1648]. for the Bais Hamikdosh). Every me he came to meet the Alter Rebbe the Alter Rebbe wasn’t there. Deportaon of Jews from the Warsaw gheo Reb Hillel decided to find out where the Alter started, 5702 [1942]. Rebbe planned to be one me. He went early and hid in the room so that when the Alter Rebbe would Yartzeit of R. Dovid Furkas, student of the Baal Shem come in he would be able to speak to him. When the Tov, 5532 [ 1772 ]. Alter Rebbe entered the room he said, “If a young man has a queson on Tractate Erchin, he has to Yartzeit of R. Yaakov Yitzchak, the "Chozeh" of evaluate himself first.” Hearing this, Reb Hillel Lublin, author of Divrei Emes, 5575 [1815]. fainted. When he came to, the Alter Rebbe had already le. There is a vort of the Chozeh’s student that my father, It is known that Reb was Menachem Shmuel Dovid Raichik, OB”M, oen exceedingly scrupulous in his performance of repeated which he heard from the Rebbe, Sukkos mitzvohs throughout his life. As the Rebbe explained 5716/1955. In Tehillim we say (Psalm 126), “Hashem - because of what Reb Hillel heard from the Alter has done great things for these (the Yidden). Hashem Rebbe he constantly evaluated and reevaluated has done great things for us: we were joyful.” When himself regarding his observance of the mitzvos. the Geulah will come the naons of the world will ask, (Likutei Sichos Vol 22, pp. 171-172) “Why does Hashem do such great things for the Jewish people?” The Yidden will respond, “Hashem The Alter Rebbe le Peterburg for , aer his was so great with us - because we were always second imprisonment, 5561 [1801]. joyful.” It is well known how much the Chozeh did to try to bring Moshiach in his mes. Menachem Av 12/July 21/Wednesday Disputaon between the Ramban and the apostate Menachem Av 10/July 19/Monday Pablo Chrisani, 5023 [1263]. Birth of Yisachar son of Yaakov Avinu, 2196, and his Yartzeit, in 2318. (Midrash Tadshe) Wedding of the Alter Rebbe and the Rebbitzen Sterna, 5520 [1760]. Beis HaMikdash destroyed by a fire started the preceding aernoon. (Taanis 29a) The Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe and purchased , Menachem Av 11/July 20/Tuesday World Lubavitch Headquarters, 5700 [1940]. Yartzeit of R. Hillel of Paritch, Chasid of the Mieler Rebbe and the Tzemach Tzedek, author of Pelach Menachem Av 13/July 22/Thursday HaRimon, Shabbos Nachamu 5624 [1864]. Yartzeit of R. Nasan Shapiro of Cracow, Kabbalist, He never saw the Alter Rebbe but he did hear author of Megaleh Amukos, 5393 [1633]. a D’var Torah from him. Reb Hillel tried to meet the Alter Rebbe, as he had a queson for him on the

VOLUME 32, ISSUE 5 Page 3 Yartzeit of Sir Moses Montefiore, outstanding HaMikdash, the last day of cung wood for the philanthropist, 5645 [1885]. In 1839, Sir Moses visited Mizbeach, "The Day of Breaking the Axes". (Taanis the Chabad community in Chevron (then the Chabad 30b) center in Eretz Yisrael) at the community's invitaon. He and Lady Judith were given lifeme seats in the The Romans permied the burial of Jews killed at Chabad Shul. Betar in the Bar Kochba rebellion, 3898 [138]. (Ta’anis 30b) At that me the Chachamim added the Menachem Av 14/July 23/Friday Brachah, "HaTov Ve’HaMeiv" to the Birkas Erev Tu B'Av ‐ HaMazon. The Alter Rebbe seled in Liadi, 5561 [1801]. Wedding of Rebbitzen Chayah Sarah, daughter of Menachem Av 15/July 24/Shabbos Nachamu the Mieler Rebbe, with R. Aharon Alexanderov of Tu B'Av Shklov, 5586 [1826]. They were the parents of " . . . There were no days more joyous than the Rebbitzen Rivkah, the Rebbe MaHaRaSh's wife. R. Fieenth of Av and Yom HaKipurim." [Taanis, 26B] Aharon printed the first Torah Or, in Shklov.

"In connecon with Tu B'Av, we should make Menachem Av 16/July 25/Sunday Farbrengens everywhere with great joy, to gather, The Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe le Eretz Yisrael for speak Divrei Torah, make Siyumim, and make good the United States, 5629 [1929]. decisions to add in Torah, Mitzvos and Tzedakah and all good things. (Sichah, Shabbos Chazon, 5751) Menachem Av 17/July 26/Monday Arab riots in Chevron; sixty seven Jews were The last of the Exodus generaon stopped dying in the murdered, among them almost the enre Slonim desert; HaShem resumed speaking to Moshe Rabeinu. family, who were descendants of the Mieler Reb- (Ta’anis 30b) be. The Mieler Rebbe’s daughter, Rebbetzin Menu- chah Rochel, and the Jewish community (including Intertribal marriage permied to post-exodus the central Chabad Community of Eretz Yisrael) was generaons. (Taanis 30b) forced to move to Yerushalayim, 5689 [1929].

Permission was given to the tribe of Binyamin to When the Friediker Rebbe was on the ship going to marry into other tribes, saving them from exncon. the United States, he was informed of the riots and (Shoim 21:21; Ta’anis 30b) destrucon in Chevron, where he had visited just the previous week. The Rebbe fell seriously ill from this King Hoshea restored pilgrimage to Yerushalayim, news. On the ship there was a doctor, Dr. Wallach, a removing road-blocks put by King Yeravam. (Ta’anis German Jew, founder of Shaarei Tzedek Hospital 30b) who assisted and cured the Rebbe. Our Rebbe at a farbrengen related a story that aer the Friediker "Wood Bringing Day", observed as a holiday by Jews Rebbe got well, Dr. Wallach went into Yechidus, and who brought wood contribuons to the Beis asked for a Tikkun. The Friediker Rebbe asked him

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VOLUME 32, ISSUE 5 Page 5 Menachem Av 20/July 29/Thursday R. Mordechai b. Hillel, famed Talmudist, author of Yartzeit of R. , father of the the Mordechai, perished in Nuremberg with his wife Rebbe, Rav of Yeketrinislav, who passed away in exile and five children in the Rindfliesch massacres, 5058 in Alma Ata, 5704 [1944]. He had been exiled by the [1298]. Russian government for his acvies in spreading Yiddishkeit. Menachem Av 22/July 31/Shabbos Yartzeit of R. Meir of Premyshlan, Chasidic leader, Of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak’s last hours we have this eye- 5537 [1777]. (See Likutei Diburim Vol. 2, 25 Shevat witness account: A friend and I were privileged to serve 5696,1936 part 3, chapter 3. In the English Version him, passing all of Tuesday night at his bedside. We Vol. 2, pgs. 205-207) heard his lips murmur ceaselessly though his voice The Rebbe states that known story of R’ Meir made no sound. Suddenly, he srred, opened his eyes Premyshlan and his comment “If a man is bound up and asked for water to be brought for him to wash his on high, he does not fall below, Meir is bound up on hands. This was done, and taking the water, he said: “It high and that’s why he can go up and down a is me to get ready to cross to the other side.” These slippery hill.” were the last words he uered. The next day, Wednesday, 20 Menachem Av, he Menachem Av 24/August 2/Monday connued to decline and his sufferings reached a new Yartzeit of R. Moshe Meisles, Chasid of the Alter intensity, but his lips never ceased their murmuring. Rebbe, head of the Kahal of Vilna, 5609 [1840]. In One of those present bent down near to him hoping to 1816, he moved to Eretz Yisrael, and in 1823, make something of the broken phrases and the sighs. became one of the heads of the Chabad community Thus much he heard: “ ‘And Thy footsteps were not and Kollel Chabad, in Chevron. He died at ninety and known…’ Ay! the footsteps of Mashiach...the footsteps is buried in Chevron. of Mashiach…” (Days in Chabad p. 246) Menachem Av 25/August 3/Tuesday Menachem Av 21/July 30/Friday Yartzeit of R. Yisochor Dov of Zlotchov, student of Yartzeit of R. Aharon Rokeach of Belz, Chasidic leader, the Mezeritcher Magid, author of Bas Eini, 5555 5717 [1957]. See leers of the Previous Rebbe (Vol. 5, [1795]. pgs. 326-327, footnotes 329, Vol. 6, pg. 26, and Vol. 14, pg. 371). Menachem Av 26/August 4/Wednesday * Detailing the Friediker Rebbe’s involvement trying to The Tzemach Tzedek le Petersburg aer the con- save R’ Aharon during WWII. (Vol. 8, pgs. 187-189) ference, in 5603/1843, that the Russian government * The Rebbe inquires from Chassidim, how R’ Aharon is convened to restructure the established way of Jew- feeling, and how he seled in Eretz Yisroel. (Vol. 14, ish educaon and of the Rabbinate and other issues. pgs. 392-393) This conference lasted many months. The Tzemach * Rosh Hashanah leer bentching R’ Aharon that the Tzedek was steadfast against any change and was Rebbe sent to him, and requesng a Brochah from R’ arrested 22 mes. At one point he was told that his Aharon in return. conduct was a act of insurgency against the Czar. He replied, “One who rebels against the king forfeits his

VOLUME 32, ISSUE 5 Page 6 life in this world. On the other hand, one who rebels Menachem Av 28/August 6/Friday against the kingdom of Heaven forfeits his soul. Moshe Rabeinu came down aer his second ascent Which of them is the most grave?!” (, to Har Sinai, 2448 [1313 BCE]. (Bava Basra 121A, 23rd of Cheshvan) Rashbam) Aer the conference he was asked how he could put himself in such danger, what would be with Menachem Av 29/August 7/Shabbos the Chassidim. The Tzemach Tzedek replied, “(A) I Shabbos Mevorchim Elul have my children, and (B) the unity of Chassidim will Erev Rosh Chodesh Elul keep them unl Moshiach.” (Sicha, Nissan 13, The Alter Rebbe leaves Liadi on Erev Shabbos 5726/1966) Mevarchim Elul, because of the advancing French Army under the lead of Napoleon, and the Alter Yahrzeit of HaRav HaChasid R. Meir Ashkenazi, Rav Rebbe did not want to be under Napoleon’s rule, of Shanghai in 5714 (1954). Rabbi Ashkenazi was sent 5572 [1812]. to the Jewish community of Shanghai to serve as Rav in the 1920s by the Previous Rebbe. In 1941, when Moshe Rabbeinu carved out the second Luchos for the refugees of World War II arrived in Shanghai, he his third ascent to Har Sinai on the following morn- and his wife did everything for them. ing. (Shemos 34:4) Many stories are told about the endless dedi- caon which he had to help all the yeshiva bochurim Menachem Av 30/August 8/Sunday and refugees, no maer which yeshiva or town they First Day Rosh Chodesh Elul came from. Hashem made it that R. Ashkenazi was in Shanghai for many years, which enabled him to be of We start saying "L’Dovid HaShem Ori" at Shacharis great aid to all. The Lubavitcher bochurim had less and Minchah. than everyone else, and my father (who ran the Ye- shiva) was in the Rav’s house to report to him almost Elul 1/August 9/Monday every day about the condions of the yeshiva, physi- Second Day Rosh Chodesh Elul cally and spiritually. Any telegrams were signed “Ashenazi-Tmimim). We start blowing the Shofar. A story is told by Rabbi Chaim Bukiet, o.b.m.: One day a member of the local Jewish community We start saying the three extra chapters of Tehillim. came to Rabbi Ashkenazi and said that a very disn- guished rabbi had appeared in his dream the past night and had asked why doesn’t he take care of his children. Rabbi Ashkenazi showed the man a picture of the Previous Rebbe and the man recognized the Rebbe as the rabbi in his dream. So Rabbi Ashkenazi explained that the dream meant that the man should take care of his children - the Lubavitcher bochurim of the Yeshiva.

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From Rosh Chodesh Menachem Av unl aer Tishah ...I was with the Rebbe (Rayatz) Shlita who spoke B’Av we don’t buy or make new clothes or shoes, about the custom of saying the Haorah on Shabbos even to wear aer Tishah B’Av. Rosh Chodesh Menachem Av: “My father (the Rebbe Rashab) once said the Haorah “Hashamayim Kisi” We don’t do house construcon or improvements, (the Haorah for Shabbos Rosh Chodesh). A few except to remedy a danger; we don’t do house years later Rosh Chodesh Menachem Av came out painng. again on Shabbos; he said the Haorah, “Shimeu De- var Hashem” (the Haorah connected with the Three We don’t eat meat (or chicken) or drink wine (or Weeks). He then said he regreed saying, grape juice), from Rosh Chodesh onward. On Shabbos “Hashamayim Kisi” a few years before… (Leer of the or at a Seudas Mitzvah (Bris, Pidyon Haben) it is per- Lubavitcher Rebbe, Tammuz 3, 5710) mied. In a Sichah of Matos/Masei 5734, the Rebbe indicat- From Rosh Chodesh, it’s forbidden to wash the whole ed that we should say the Haorah “Shimeu Devar body, even in cold water. Hashem” and we should add the first and last Pesu- kim of the Rosh Chodesh Haorah (Hashamayim Ki- Swimming is forbidden. If there’s a reason for a bath si). or shower, (I.e. a woman going to the Mikveh, a work- er who got dirty, or one who needs to for medical Shabbos Chazon/Erev Tishah B’Av reasons) it’s permied. Av 8/July 17

We don’t wear freshly laundered clothes during the It’s a good idea to leave your non-leather shoes in Nine Days. It’s a good idea to prepare clothes to wear Shul on Friday, Erev Shabbos Chazon, July 16. before Rosh Chodesh by wearing them briefly. It is customary not to wash clothes or linens, even to be On Erev Shabbos Chazon, we prepare as for any oth- worn aer Tishah B’Av. er Shabbos.

We may wash diapers and soiled baby clothes. We may wash our face, hands, feet and head in hot water in honor of Shabbos. Those whose custom is to Shabbos Rosh Chodesh Menachem Av go to the Mikveh on Erev Shabbos may do so. We Av 1/July 10 wear Shabbos clothes and observe no customs of mourning on Shabbos. “...I transcribe here from my notes of 5690: Motzei Shabbos, Menachem Av 9, 5690 (1930) Berlin On Shabbos Chazon we don’t say Pirkei Avos aer Minchah, and it is preferable to study the daily Ram- bam and before mid-day.

VOLUME 32, ISSUE 5 Page 8 During the Shabbos meals you may eat meat and The Restricons drink wine (there are no restricons). We need to be careful not to eat salty items, or things that Five principal restricons apply to the night and make you thirsty. day of Tishah B’Av: eang and drinking, washing, anoinng, wearing leather shoes and marital rela- We do not eat eggs and ashes since it is Shabbos ons. A couple should conduct themselves as they and there are no customs of mourning on Shabbos. would during the Nidah period. We must stop eang by sunset. Pregnant or nursing women fast; a person feeling Motzei Shabbos ‐ Sunday ill should consult a Rav.

The Fast ‐ Av 9/July 17‐18 We can’t wash, even with cold water. In the morn-

ing and aer using the bathroom, wash your fin- On Motzei Shabbos we change out of our leather gers unl the knuckles. (We may wash dirt off our shoes when the Chazan says, “Barchu.” (The Cha- hands.) We can’t rinse our mouth. Oil, soap or cos- zan changes before Barchu, but he must first say, mecs on the skin are forbidden, except for medi- “Baruch Hamavdil Bein Kodesh L’Chol.”) cal purposes.

If you aren’t in shul, say “Baruch Hamavdil Bein Ko- We can’t wear leather or partly leather shoes; rub- desh L’Chol” and take off your leather shoes right ber or canvas shoes are permied. aer Shabbos.

It’s customary to sit on a chair lower than three Before Maariv we take the Paroches off the Aron Tefachim, (about nine inches) unl aer midday. Kodesh and dim the lights. Shemoneh Esrei is fol- We don’t say “Good Morning” or “Hello.” (If a lowed by full Kadish with Tiskabel and then we person who doesn’t know the law greets you, an- read Megilas Eichah. swer soly, so you don’t hurt his feelings.)

We don’t say “Vihi Noam,” and “V’yitein Lecha.” We don’t say the Brochah, “She’asah Li Kol Tzorki”

(the Brochah for shoes). We don’t wear Tallis or We don’t say Havdalah, except to say the Brochah, Tefillin at Shachris, but do so at Minchah. “Borei Meorei Haeish.” Try to say it before Eichah, in which we read “He placed me in dark- During Shachris we say Kinos aer we put away the ness…”(3:6). Sefer Torah. Aer Kinos we say Ashrei and U’va

Letzion, leaving out the posuk Vaani V’Zois Brisi, Men who forgot to say “Ata Chonantanu” in She- followed by Kadish Shaleim without Tiskabel. We moneh Esrei, or women who don’t daven Ma’ariv, then say Aleinu, skipping Shir Shel Yom and Ein must say, “Baruch Hamavdil Bein Kodesh L’Chol.” Kelokeinu. No Tehillim is said. Aer Davening, we before doing any work. read Eichah on our own.

Aer Eicha we say V’atah Kadosh followed by Kad- We don’t do any work unl midday. We don’t take dish without Tiskabel. pleasure walks or smoke.

VOLUME 32, ISSUE 5 Page 9 Chitas may be learned aer mid-day, Rambam We don’t drink wine (except for Havdalah) or eat aer the fast. meat tonight. All the laws of the Nine Days extend unl midday of the day aer Tishah B’Av, because Mincha is davened while wearing Tallis and Rashi the burning of the Beis HaMikdash connued into Tefillin. We say Shema and finish what was omied the tenth day. in Shacharis (Shir Shel Yom, Ein Kelokeinu and Tehillim) then begin Mincha. Then Krias HaTorah This is a very brief summary of the laws of Tishah and Haorah. We add Nacheim and Aneinu in B’Av. Consult a Rav for special circumstances. Shemoneh Esrei. Aer Mincha we put on Rabbenu Tam Tefillin. May it be the will of Hashem that these days change Aer The Fast to days of happiness and joy. Aer the fast, wash your hands three mes, as you would in the morning, without a Brochah, and rinse The Rebbe requested that we increase in the study out your mouth. of the Rambam’s Hilchos Beis HaBechirah during the Nine Days. Try to learn a chapter a day begin- We can’t eat or drink before we make Havdalah. ning Rosh Chodesh. (There’s an excellent transla- We say the regular Havdalah on wine, (without the on by Rabbi Eliyahu Touger.) Brochah for spices and fire) and drink the wine. Try to parcipate in a Siyum each of the Nine days, We say Kiddush Levanah (preferably aer changing including Tishah B’Av as well as up to and including into leather shoes, washing our face and eang the Fieenth of Av. something, ONLY IF we can do this and sll say it with a Minyan.)

The Tzemach Tzedek, who used to refer to the Rebbe (R’ Yisroel) of Ruzhin as “the holy Ruzhiner,” once related:

The holy Ruzhiner would not brook any melancholy nor even bierness - with the result that his Chassi- dim became playful. One Tisha B’Av they occupied themselves for a while tossing burs at each other. Then they decided to climb onto the roof of the Beis Midrash and to lower a noose over the entrance. Whoever walked in the door could then be lassoed and promptly hoisted onto the roof. The prank suc- ceeded unl, sure enough, who should walk in but their Rebbe, the Ruzhiner. From up there it was hard to tell one hat from another, and only when the tzaddik was halfway up did they idenfy him. When they had lowered him to the ground he exclaimed: “Master of the Universe! If your children do not observe your Yom Tov, then take it away from them!” (Sefer Haminhagim)

VOLUME 32, ISSUE 5 Page 10 CHOF AV Yartzeit of Rabbi Levi Yitzchok - the Father of the Rebbe

Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Schneerson, father of the Lubav- short rest. By 9:00 am he would already have fin- itcher Rebbe was born on Nisan 18, 1878, in the ished his prayers with the regular Minyan. small town of Padabrianka, near Homel, White Rus- sia. His father, Reb Boruch Shneur, a Chasid of the In Nikolayev his eldest son, the Lubavitcher Rebbe Rebbe MaHaRaSH, named his son aer his own fa- was born. ther who had been Rav of that town and had passed away at the early age of forty four. In his early twenes, he was drawn by the Rebbe RaShaB into communal work. From 1902 on, he Reb Boruch Shneur’s grandfather, R. Boruch Sholom, parcipated in all meengs of communal leaders, was eldest son of the Tzemach Tzedek, third Rebbe and campaigned to provide Matzos for Jewish sol- of Chabad. diers in the Far East during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5. “From his earliest years,” writes the previous Lubav- itcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok (his cousin and The Rebbe RaShaB considered him one of his three Mechutan), “Rabbi Levi Yitzchok showed extraordi- greatest Chassidim about whom he would say, nary brilliant intellectual talents.” “with these three I can be proud in this world and the next”. (The other two were Rabbi Mendel His published works—unfortunately only a ny por- Chein, Rav of Niezhin, who died a martyr’s death at on of his literary output– aest to the breadth of the hand of Denikin’s an-Semic “White” troops in his erudion in all branches of Torah and to his pro- 1919, and Rabbi Shneur Zalman Schneerson, son of fundity in original Torah thought. Rabbi Leib, Rav of Velizh).

He received Semichah from twelve of the greatest A sign of the high regard the Rebbe RaShaB had for Torah authories of his me, including the famous him was that he sent him, when he was eighteen, Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik, Rav of Brisk, and Rabbi several years before his marriage, to check the Mik- Eliyahu Chaim Meislish, Rav of Lodz, who expressed vaos in Germany. The prominent of Germa- themselves enthusiascally about his scholarship ny were impressed with the young Rav’s intellect and other great qualies. and erudion and presented him with a gold watch and chain as a token of their esteem. In 1900, he married Rebbitzen Chanah, daughter of R. Meir Shlomo Yanovsky. At his father-in-law’s It was a crical me for Russian Jews, including home in Nikolayev, R. Levi Yitzchok spent ten years those of Yekatrinoslav. in intensive Torah study eighteen hours a day. Government-backed pogroms had killed hundreds He would study each night unl 5:00 am, when he of Jewish vicms and destroyed Jewish stores and would read the Shema in Tefillin and lie down for a homes, ruining their economic mainstay. This was a

VOLUME 32, ISSUE 5 Page 11 direct cause of the mass emigraon of the Polish putes according to the Torah-law (Din Torah) fa- and Russian Jews to Western Europe and Ameri- mous. He was respected and beloved by the en- ca. It also contributed to the spread and secular re city, Jews and non-Jews. ideologies among young Jews in search for a solu- on to the Jewish plight. In most large Russian cies before the 1917 Revo- luon, there were two Rabbis, one for the Chasi- When Jews needed strong leadership and encour- dim and another for the non-Chasidim. When the agement, the choice of the Yekatrinoslav Chasidic non-Chasidic Rav of the city passed away, the en- community leaders fell on R. Levi Yitzchok. re Jewish community decided to accept R. Levi Yitzchok as their Rav. The Rebbe RaShAB strongly encouraged him to accept the posion and he became Rav at thirty He connued his acvism in naonal Jewish one in 1909. It was his first and only rabbinical affairs. As one “amazingly expert in the words of post and he occupied the posion for over thirty Kabalah”, as the previous Rebbe writes, he was years –as last Rav of Yekatrinoslav, under the entrusted by the Rebbe RaShaB in preparing for communist regime. [Today, Yekatrinoslav the defense of Mendel Beilis in the blood libel tri- (Dnepropetrovsk), has a Rav, R. Shmuel Kami- al of 1911. The priest responsible for the accusa- netsky, sent in 1990 by the Lubavitcher Rebbe.] on claimed to find support in Kabalah for his li- bel, and the Rebbe RaShaB referred all queries to He immediately threw himself into the problems R. Levi Yitzchok. of the community. Discovering that the Mikveh for women was no longer usable, he called a He was acve in organizing relief for the Jewish meeng to discuss plans for a new one. The com- refugees from Poland and Lithuania who were munity leaders complained that they were unable blamed by the commander-in-chief of the Russian to afford such a costly project. forces, the Czar’s uncle, Prince Nikolai Ni- kolevitch, for his defeat by the German army. The young new Rav rose, took off the expensive new frock coat he had donned for the first me in These innocent Jews were turned out of their honor of his new posion and declared: “Take this homes near the fields of bale to evacuate into expensive coat as a beginning for the building the Russian interior. Many came to fund of the Mikveh”. The leaders immediately de- where R. Levi Yitzchok made it his personal con- cide to find the financial means for a Mikveh. cern that they be adequately supplied with food and shelter. His own home was made available to R. Levi Yitzchok conducted communal affairs the refugees. proudly and fearlessly, allowing nothing to inter- fere with his dues. The Bolshevik Revoluon at the end of 1917 opened a new and bloody era for the Jews of Rus- “An exceponally good-natured person”, as the sia. previous Rebbe describes him, he was blessed with a rare talent for clear analysis of any situa- The 1917 Revoluon brought chaos and civil war. on. These qualies made his adjudicaon of dis- As the situaon began to stabilize during the

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VOLUME 32, ISSUE 5 Page 13 Intoxicated with their success, the government stormed publicly that to do so was forbidden by called a similar meeng at Kharkov of all Ukraini- the Torah. One man was so affected by Reb an rabbis. They realized R. Levi Yitzchok would be Leivik’s words, that, on learning that his wife had the hardest nut to crack. The local NKVD chief filled out the form in his absence, answering for called him to a personal interview to explain the him that he was not a believer, he immediately significance of such a declaraon and how it could went to the Census Office and demanded that contribute to the naonal cause. He offered R. they return the form, as it had been incorrectly Levi Yizchok a first class train cket– compliments filled out. of the NKVD. When Reb Levik was later arrested, his public call R. Levi Yitzchok was not flaered. Thanking him not to sign for denial of G-d was included among for his kindness, he politely refused, coolly in- the charges. He answered that he had simply forming him that he could pay for his own trip. called for Soviet cizens to answer quesons hon- The NKVD chief had not expected such a slap in estly… the face from a rabbi but he had not choice to ac- cept it in silence. There was difficulty in obtaining Kosher Matzos. He inquired unl he found highly-placed contacts In Kharkov, a stranger, a government agent, through whom he succeeded in reaching the Pres- moved among the rabbis. The rabbis were afraid ident of the USSR, himself. The government to uer a word. Not Reb Leivik. He expressed his agreed to supply all Jews with Matzos according firm opinion that it would be wrong to sign a false to R. Levi Yitzchok’s requirements. declaraon. At 3:00 am on Nisan 9, of 1939, loud knocks were The Ukrainian Minister of Educaon called in R. heard at Reb Leivik’s door. NKVD agents searched Levi Yitzchok to reprimand him. He warned him the house, siing through his valuable library and that these acons could be viewed as treasonous his own manuscripts, packing them all into cases. and counterrevoluonary. Reb Leivik refused to By 6:00 am they were through. “Rabbi, put on budge and convinced his colleagues to resist any your coat and follow us”. Realizing it was unlikely pressure. The meeng ended in failure. he would be home for Pesach, he requested and was granted permission to take with him two ki- Meanwhile, Reb Leivik discovered a person about los of Matzah. to leave the country. He sent a messenger implor- ing him to inform the world press of this coercion. So began the ten long months, three hundred and The sensaon was smeared all over the front pag- three days, the sixty one year old Rav was impris- es to the internaonal press –with a caricature of oned. Aer six and a half months he was in- a secret police agent poinng his pistol at a beard- formed that he had been sentenced to five years ed Rabbi forcing him to sign the paper before him. exile in Chiali, a primive Tartar village in remot- est Khazakhstan, Central Asia, a few hundred On a quesonnaire for a government census, each miles from the Tibetan border. person had to declare whether or not he believed in G-d. Many feared wring the truth. Reb Leivik

VOLUME 32, ISSUE 5 Page 14 So physically broken was Reb Leivik that when of which he is known definitely not to have had Rebbitzen Chanah was finally able to see him with him in his exile. briefly before his departure for Alma Ata, capital of Khazakistan, she could barely recognize him. Sadly, most of his voluminous wrings from be- He hungered there for lack of kosher food and fore his imprisonment were apparently destroyed had gone without medical aenon. His first wish during the Nazi occupaon of Yekaterinoslav, was for her to tell him how many days Cheshvan when his second son, Berel was also tragically had that year, so he would know when to light murdered, HY”D. candles for Chanukah. As the five lonely years of exile drew to a close in The journey to Alma Ata took a month. Reb Leivik 1944, he was shocked to learn that the govern- was upset by the lack of water for Negel Vasser. ment planned to extend all expired terms of im- For eleven days only limited quanes of water prisonment and exile for even longer. Before an were given each prisoner. Reb Leivik used it for official order would be received by the local NKVD Negel Vasser, exchanging even the bulk of his ra- office it was necessary to forestall it with a re- ons for a lile extra water. lease document. But how?

What hurt Reb Leivik most was his lack of Torah Since the Nazi invasion of Russia in 1941, thou- books for study, and paper to record his stream of sands of Jews fled to inner Russia. Many found original Torah insights. Besides the rare scraps of their way to Tashkent and Samarkand, others to paper that came his way he ulized the page edg- Alma Ata, among them Lubavitcher Chasidim and es of the and that the Rebbitzen had friends of Reb Leivik. They gathered a large sum managed to bring him for wring commentaries. of money and endangered their own lives, bribing The impossibility of obtaining ink was remedied government officials to issue an order for his re- by Rebbitzen Chanah manufacturing her own lease. On Pesach of 1944 he was free to leave. from local herbs and crushed pencil leads. He arrived in Alma Ata totally broken in body Upon publicaon of the five volumes of “Likutei from his harsh imprisonment and subsequent ex- Levi Yitzchok” in 1971-3, the Torah world was ile. He was dying of a crical sickness and barely amazed at the originality of Reb Leivik’s new ap- four months le to his life. His devoted friends proach to Torah explanaon, based on the in- went out of their way to take care of all his needs, mate relaonship between every single detail of and to make the last months of his life comforta- Torah phraseology, even the most seemingly irrel- ble. evant, with the underlying Kabbalisc signifi- cance. Meanwhile, his spirits took an upward turn. Here were hundreds of refugees, Chabad Chasidim, They were further amazed at his unbelievable er- Polish Chassidim, Misnagdim - he had Jews with udion that knew no bounds, quong verbam whom to Farbreng. from every sidra of the Torah, every book of Ta- nach, every tractate of Gemara and numerous His joy know no bounds. The Jews of Alma Ata other Halachic and especially Kabbalisc works, all responded in kind. Aer experiencing hell on

VOLUME 32, ISSUE 5 Page 15 earth in their flight, separated from families, lessly and Reb Hishel Rabinovitz, who put himself friends, Torah mentors, they found here a Torah out for Reb Leivik more than anyone else, put his giant to whom they could look for direcon, ad- ear close to hear. vice and comfort. But it was all too brief a period of me. They were words from Tehillim 77: “Ve’ikvosecha Lo Nodau” ( Your footsteps are not know) “Oy, Despite his increasingly crical sickness and past Ikvos Meshicha...Ikvos Meshicha (The footsteps of suffering for his work for Yiddishkeit, Reb Leivik Moshiach, the period of suffering, physical and bravely resumed his exhortaons in public, to spiritual, right before the coming of Moshiach). strengthen observing Mitzvos despite all who seek to prevent it. His fiery words on Shavous So passed away the last Rav of Yekatrinoslav of were heard in astonishment and fright by those in that me period, the great leader of Russian Jew- shul; they hadn’t heard such words in years, espe- ry, a man of invincible courage to rise above the cially from one who held a prominent rabbinical storm and inspire all with his bravery and for- posion and suffered so terribly. tude.

The NKVD spies were in shul. Reb Leivik’s home Rabbi Menachem Mendel Raskin relates: was visited frequently during the next weeks by I was very young then, but I vividly remember NKVD agents, who found him confined to his sick when Reb Leivik first arrived at our home during bed. As the end approached, many Jews found Nissan 5704 (1944). He was a tall man, weak and excuses to absent themselves from work to spend red, who walked with a cane. Reb Leivik and Reb- me with the dying Rav. bitzin Chanah stayed in a nearby apartment which we had rented for them.

They could not tear themselves away from his Most people were afraid to associate with Reb capvang personality, wisdom and counsel, his Leivik because contact with an ex-prisoner was encouragement to remain strong to Yiddishkeit dangerous. However, my brothers and I visited him even in such mes. And he, too, sensing how regularly and we tried to help him as much as pos- much they craved his words, fought with his last sible. Every Shabbos Reb Leivik aended a secret strength to fulfill their spiritual needs. minyan that was held in someone’s home. When he first arrived in Alma Ata no one knew how frail The final hours came. He barely spoke, his lips Reb Leivik was - unl several weeks later, when he were murmuring connuously. The evening be- was confined to a bed. fore his passing away, he suddenly opened his eyes and requested that his hands be washed. Every so oen farbrengens were held on Shabbos. “It’s me to get over to the other side…” were his Reb Leivik enjoyed these very much because this last spoken words. gave him the opportunity to meet more Jews. In Chiali he and Rebbitzin Chanah had been the only The next morning, Menachem Av 20, his situaon Jews and he had greatly missed Jewish company. worsened considerably. His pains were unbeara- Chassidus and Gematraos ble and he indicated several mes they should At the bris of Reb Mendel Rabinowitz’s son, my fa- turn him over. His lips connued moving cease-

VOLUME 32, ISSUE 5 Page 16 ther served as the mohel and Reb Leivik was the As the aernoon wore on I realized that I sll had sandek. This caused him tremendous pleasure and to eat before the fast began. Yet Reb Leivik conn- he expounded profound themes in Chassidus at ued to talk. I asked Rebbitzin Chanah if I could great length. Unfortunately I did not understand leave because I needed to eat. Reb Leivik did not everything he said, as much of it was based on pay aenon to the Rebbetzin when she told him complicated gematrios. Although I never wrote any this. He simply went on with his stories as if he had of his words down, I sll remember his joy and ex- not heard and the Rebbetzin instructed me to re- citement as he piled up learned evidence for every- main. Later on, when I arrived home I discovered thing he said. that a messenger from the Red Army had been looking for me that aernoon…. Over the next few weeks Reb Leivik’s health deteri- orated unl he could no longer leave his bed. Emi- His Last Days nent physicians who had fled to Alma Ata from ma- Aer Tishah B’Av, Reb Leivik’s condion grew jor Russian cies discovered that he was suffering steadily worse. During the last week of his life he from a terminal illness. Rebbitzin Chanah was con- became so weak that he was unable to speak and stantly at his side, and we did whatever we could spent most of his me sleeping. I was not present to help. Reb Leivik, for his part, was always so when he passed away. However, we all aended warmly appreciave of everything we did. the funeral. I was too young to take part in the ta-

harah, which was carried out by members of the His Recollecons of the Rebbe Rashab Chevrah Kadisha. Once this procedure was finished That year Tishah B’Av fell on Sunday. On Shabbos, and Reb Leivik’s body had been wrapped in a it was my turn to help him. I found him lying in bed, shroud, Rebbetzin Chanah took her leave of her weeping. He told me all about the trips he had husband. Standing tall and proud like a soldier, she made with the Rebbe Rashab and Rabbi Avrohom was heard to ask, “Now whom am I le with?” Garelik to various countries in order to advance the cause of distressed Jewish communies around the Reb Leivik’s funeral took place on the aernoon of world. Reb Leivik told me exactly what roles each the 20th of Av and was aended by all the Jews of of them had to fulfill and which ministers and rul- Alma Ata. My father recited Kaddish. From then on ers they had to meet. He also recounted how he we did our best to help the Rebbetzin and for a had traveled to various spas with the Rebbe while she came to live with us. In me she moved Rashab and he described them the datcha which into her own home, but we connued to visit her the Rebbe Rashab used to visit in his pursuit of and help her as oen as we could. In exchange, as health. it were, she enjoyed telling us stories about Reb I spent hours with Reb Leivik that aernoon. He Leivik. told me all about the Rebbe Rashab’s dedicaon to his chassidim as well as to the enre Jewish people; For a number of years the Rebbe was unsure without any regard for his own failing health he whether his father had passed away on the 20th or had traveled widely to help suffering Jews. Reb the 21st of Av, unl my father wrote to him with Leivik also told me about his own bier experienc- the exact date. Aer some me a headstone was es in Chiali. Unfortunately I never wrote any of set up, and his resng place can now be visited. these stories down so I do not remember many of the details.

VOLUME 32, ISSUE 5 Page 17 On Maers of Moshiach Taken from M’Goleh L’Geulah

Waing Every Day of the phrase, “I await his coming every day.” Our Sag- There are es taught, “What is the light that the House of Israel is .אחכה בכל יום שיבוא ,The Rambam writes those who understand this to mean, not that one awaing? - It is the light of Moshiach,” thus, too, they should await his coming every day, but that every taught, “When a man is led into the Heavenly Court he day one should await his coming, while his actual is asked, ‘...Did you yearn for the Redempon?” So coming will take place in due course, “whenever since one is obliged to serve G-d constantly, all day Moshiach should so desire.” long, it is clear that this hopeful ancipaon should likewise be constant all day long. However, if this were the intenon of the words, Jewish Style בכל יום :they should have been rearranged thus One day, when the Tzemach Tzedek was sll a young .אחכה לו שיבוא man, he was sing with a group of Chassidim who The true meaning of the phrase can also be under- were discussing the queson, “Who knows when stood from the wording of one of the blessings in Moshiach is going to come?” - את צמח דוד עבדך מהרה תצמיח :the Shemoneh Esreh “Speedily cause the scion of David Your servant to He commented: “This kind of talk recalls the style of flourish.” Here, “speedily” is obviously intended to (the genle prophet) Bila’am, who said (concerning be taken literally, in keeping with the connuaon the ulmate Redempon of Israel), ‘I see it, but not of the same passage, “...for we hope for Your salva- now; I perceive it, but not in the near future’ - as if the on every day.” Redempon were far away. A Jew, though, should hope and ancipate every day that Moshiach will If anyone should argue that perhaps the phrase re- come on that very day.” ally means that one should hope every day, while ancipang that the actual salvaon will come A Poor Businessman whenever G-d so pleases, - ask him: “When you pray One of the Chassidim of the Tzemach Tzedek operated for some ailing member of your family, do you ask an inn and a store for which he prepaid an annual rent that G-d should send a complete recovery whenever to the local squire. As he was growing old, he sent his he so pleases, or immediately?” son one day to sign the annual contract on his behalf. The son, however, asked the poritz to agree to a three Moreover, since “Any generaon during which (the year contract, which he did, and the son paid for the Beis HaMikdash) is not rebuilt, is reckoned as if it three years in advance. had destroyed it,” G-d forbid that we should pas- sively say that “Moshiach will come whenever he so Hearing this, his father was irate: “Look here! We be- desires.” lieve with perfect faith that Moshiach is coming. In fact, he is coming this year for sure. And you’ve gone “Did You Yearn for the Redempon?” and wasted two years’ payment for nothing?! A man’s spiritual labors should be imbued with a constant yearning for the Redempon, in the spirit

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המעשה הוא העיקר - Direcves of the Rebbe for Menachem Av

1. Learn the halachas pertaining to the Nine Days.

2. We should add in learning Torah and giving Tzedakah.

3. We should learn about the building of the Beis Hamikdash from Sefer Yechezkel (from Chapter 40 on), from the Mishnayos of Midos, and from Rambam - Laws of Beis Hamikdash, also how it’s explained in Chassidus.

4. Try to parcipate in a Siyum each of the Nine days, including Tishah B’Av as well as up to and including the Fieenth of Av

5. We should make the Siyum as public as possible, even get small children involved.( I.e. Shuls, Camps etc..)

6. We should connect the Siyum with giving Tzedokah.

7. On the Fih of Av, the Yartzeit of the Arizal, we should add in Torah and Tzedokah, ulizing the day properly.

8. Make a farbrengen on the Fieenth of Av, and publicize what the Gemorah says that from the Fieenth of Av the night becomes longer and we must add in our learning of Torah. (Since the nights were created for learning) The farbrengens should be made for men, for women, and for children.

9. We should add in our learning of Moshiach and Geulah, as they are in the Rambam laws of Melachim and in the Gemorah in Sanhedrin, and as explained in Chassidus. We should make this learning as public as possible.

10. We must add in Ahavas Yisroel - Ahavas Chinom.

May it be the will of Hashem that these days change to days of happiness and joy. Rosh Chodesh Menachem Av V’Eschanan Matos‐Massei Tu B’Av Av 1/July 10/Shabbos Menachem Av 15/July 24 Light Candles Friday July 9: 7:49 Light Candles Friday July 23: 7:43 Last Time To Read Shema: 9:24 Last me to Read Shema: 9:29 Pirkei Avos Chapter 2 Pirkei Avos Chapter 4 Shabbos Ends: 8:51 Shabbos Ends: 8:46

Devarim Chof Menachem Av Shabbos Chazon Av 20/July 29/Thursday Menachem Av 8/ July 17 Yartzeit of R’ Levi Yitzchok Light Candles Friday July 16: 7:47 Father of the Rebbe Last Time To Read Shema: 9:27

Stop Eang / Fast Begins: 8:05 Eikev Shabbos Ends: 8:50 Av 22/July 31/Shabbos

Tishah B’Av Light Candles Friday July 30: 7:37 Av 9/July 17‐18 Last Time To Read Shema: 9:32 Motzei Shabbos Pirkei Avos Chapter 5 Stop Eang/Fast Begins: 8:05 Shabbos Ends: 8:40 OR LOS ANGELES ONLY Shabbos Ends: 8:50 Ma’ariv: 9:15 Re’eh Shabbos Mevarchim Elul FAST of AV ‐ Sunday Av 29/August 7 Av 9/July 18 Light Candles Friday August 6: 7:31 Shachris 1st Minyan: 7:00 Last Time To Read Shema: 9:34 Shachris 2nd Minyan: 8:00 CALENDAR TIMES ARE F Tehillim: Shachris 3rd Minyan: 9:00 8:15 Shachris 4th Minyan: 10:00 Shachris: 10:00 Midday 12:59 Pirkei Avos Chapter 6 Minchah (First Minyan): 1:45 Shabbos Ends: 8:34 Talis and Tefillin 1:35 Minchah (Second Minyan): 7:15 Rosh Chodesh Elul Day One Talis and Tefillin 7:00 Av 30/August 8/Sunday

Menachem Av 5781 Calendar Menachem Av Ma’ariv 8:25 Start saying L’Dovid Hashem Ori Fast Ends: 8:34 Kiddush Levana Rosh Chodesh Day Two

Elul 1/August 9/Monday

We start blowing shofar

Please be aware that during this me of the year Candle Lighng me changes drascally earlier ‐ as much as between 7 ‐ 10 minutes each week.