Volume 25, Issue 4

CONGREGATION LEVI YI TZCHOK OF HANCOCK PARK 5774/2014 Tammuz

Chabad Chodesh Tammuz 5774

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VOLUME 25, ISSUE 4 Page 2 Tammuz 13/July 11/Friday the Rebbe Maharash, that R. Cha- 3. The Korban Tamid was The Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe yim b. Etter had only daughters discontinued in the Second received his release papers, 5687 and he taught them Torah. From Beis Hamikdash. [Taanis (1927). That evening he said the these lessons he wrote the Sefer 28b] Maamar, "Blessed Is He Who Has Ohr HaChayim and it is called 4. The Romans breached the Done Kindness", [printed in Sefer Ohr HaChayim HaKodesh. Only a walls of Yerushalayim in Hamaamarim, Kuntreisim, p. 183] very few seforim are called with 3760 (70), leading to the the word Kodesh. He used to teach destruction of the Second Yartzeit of R. Chaim HaKohen every Friday night and transcribe Beis Hamikdash. [Taanis Rapoport of Levov, student of the it after Shabbos. “This teaches 28b] Baal Shem Tov, author of every one of you that in your 5. Apostomus, captain of the Teshuvos R. Chaim HaKohen and hands lies not only the responsi- occupation forces, publicly Zecher Chaim, 5531 (1771). bility of your own education in burned the Torah. [Taanis the proper Jewish path but the 28b] Tammuz 15/July 13/Sunday right education and kedusha for The Friediker Rebbe arrives home the entire Jewish people, for this (According to the Talmud after being liberated from his ex- generation and for the coming Yerushalmi also on this date in ile in Kastroma. This occurred on generations. That is why the Reb- 3184 (5186 B C E ) , t h e Friday, the 15th of Tammuz be, my father-in-law wrote his Babylonians breached the walls of 5687/1927. The next day, Shab- memoirs and sichos in a language Yerushalayim leading to the bos Parshas Pinchos he recited the that also girls and women should destruction of the First Beis brochah of HaGomel, and deliv- know what is Yiddishkeit and Hamikdash.) ered different Ma’amorim. what is Chassidus and how this brings good fortune for them.” More than 4,000 Jews were killed The Rebbe visited Camp Gan Isra- Sicha 15th of Tammuz 1957 and in Toledo and Jaen, Spain (1391). el, and Camp Emunah on Tam- 1960 in Camp Emuna. muz 15 5717/1957, and again in Jewish Quarter of Prague was 5720/1960, and on the 16th of Tammuz 16/July 14/Monday burned and looted, 4319 (1559). Tammuz 5716/1956. The Rebbe Creation of the golden calf, 2448 spoke to the children and said (1313 BCE) (Seder Olam 6). The Kovno ghetto was liquidated, Ma’morim, they are printed in the 5704 (1944). Sefer B’neos Deshe. The Rebbe Yartzeit of Chur son of Calev ben gave out a Minchah-Ma’ariv to Yifuneh and Miriam Haneviah, Libya ordered the confiscation of the children. These were the only killed by the Eirev Rav when he Jewish property, 5730 (1970). trips that the Rebbe went to the protested the making of the country in all his years of Nesius. golden calf, 2448 (1313 BCE). Beginning of Bein Hameitzarim, [Sanhedrin 7, Shemos Rabah, 48] the Three Weeks of Mourning for Yartzeit of R. Chaim b. Moshe Ben the Beis Hamikdash. Atar, the Or HaChayim HaKadosh, Pope Gregory IX ordered the author of Or HaChayim, 5503 confiscation of all manuscripts of Noach sent out the dove the first (1743). the Talmud, 4999 (1239). time to see if the Flood waters had "...And we have heard that receded, [Bereishis 8:8], 1650 now in Poland they greatly esteem Tammuz 17/July 15/Tuesday (2100 BCE). him,... because the holy R. Yisrael Fast Day Baal Shem Tov told of the Tammuz 18/July 16/Wednesday greatness of his soul..." The Fast commemorates five Moshe Rabbeinu destroyed the tragedies in Jewish history: golden calf, [Shemos 32:20, Seder [R. Chaim Yosef David Azoulai, 1. Moshe Rabbeinu broke the Olam 6, Rashi to Taanis 30b] Shem Hagedolim] Luchos, 2448 (1313 BCE). [Shemos 32:19, Taanis 28b] Moshe Rabbeinu went up to Har The Previous Rebbe said in the 2. An idol was put in the Beis Sinai for the second time. He was name of his father the Rebbe Hamikdash. [Melachim II there for forty days, pleading for Rashab who repeated something 21:7, Taanis 28b] forgiveness for the sin of the that was told to him by his father, golden calf. [Shemos 33:11, Rashi]

VOLUME 25, ISSUE 4 Page 19/July 17/Thursday involved enough in the Shulchan Shem Tov himself and his disci- Birthday of R. Schneur Zalman Aruch..." [Sichah] ples? In a letter of 8 Kislev 5720 Aharon, son of the Rebbe the Rebbe gives the following ex- MaHaRaSh, 5619 (1859). Tammuz 21/July 19/Shabbos planation: Yartzeit of R. Eliyahu b. Moshe Since the Ba’al Shem passed Day of the Bris of the Previous Loanz, "R. Eliyahu Baal Shem", the away over a month before this day Lubavitcher Rebbe, 5640 (1880). Baal Shem of Worms, Kabbalist, the following year, before the first At the Bris the Rebbe cried; his 5397 (1637). celebration of the day was to take grandfather, the Rebbe place this never became an occa- MaHaRaSh, said, "Why are you Tammuz 23/July 21/Monday sion of an actual celebration. crying? When you grow up, you'll Yartzeit of R. Moshe Cordevero (Igros Kodesh #19) be a Rebbe and say Chassidus (the "RaMaK"), Kabbalist, author articulately." of Pardes Rimonim, 5330 (1570). Tammuz 27/July 25/Friday "...However, the Alter Rebbe Third Expulsion from France, The completion of the seven day cites the Pardes, which is the 5082 (1322). celebration of the Friediker Reb- of the RaMaK, in many be’s Bar Mitzvah. The Rebbe places, as is explained that the Yartzeit of R. Yehudah Leib Rashab said a Ma’amar every day, Kabbalah of the RaMak is Slonim, son of Rebbetzin 5653/1893. included in the Kabbalah of the Menuchah Rachel, the Mitteler AriZal, ...just as the AriZal told at Rebbe's daughter, 5653 (1873). In 5728/1968, seventy five years the funeral of the RaMaK, how he He lived all of his life in from the Bar Mitzvah celebration saw a pillar of fire going Chevron, where his house was the of the Friediker Rebbe, on Mon- out..." [Sicha, Shemini 5741] center of Chassidei Chabad in day, Tammuz 19, at 1:00 in the Israel, but from the time he was afternoon. the Rebbe made a spe- Yartzeit of R. Shlomo b. Meir of eighteen, whenever he would visit cial farbrengen and said a Karlin, Chassidic leader and the Tzemach Tzedek in Lubavitch, Ma’amar and a Sichah in connec- Talmudist, killed in the Polish he would be the Chazan for Rosh tion with this event., and in con- rebellion against Russia, 5552 Hashanah. nection with the completion of the (1792). first printing of the Alter Rebbe’s Tammuz 28/July 26/Shabbos Shulchan Aruch in America. The Tammuz 24/July 22/Tuesday Shabbos Mevarchim M. Av Rebbe brought to this Farbrengen Noach sent out the dove the an unbound copy of volumes 5 & second time to see if the Flood Yartzeit of R. Moshe Teitelbaum of 6 of the Shulchan Aruch. The waters had receded, [Bereishis Uhiely, author of Yismach Moshe Ma’amar was edited and printed 8:10, Seder Olam], 1650 (2100 and Veheishiv Moshe, Talmudist in Sefer Ha’Mamorim Meluket BCE). and Chassidic leader, 5601 volume 3. (1841). Crusaders herded the Jews of Tammuz 20/July 18/Friday Yerushalayim into a Shul and Tammuz 29/July 27/Sunday Yartzeit of R. Avraham Chaim burned it, 4859 (1099). Erev Rosh Chodesh M. Av Noeh , author of Ketzos HaShulchan on the Alter Rebbe's Tammuz 26/July 24/Thursday Yahrtzeit of R. Shlomo Yitzchaki, Shulchan Aruch, Piskei Hasidur Victory of R. Chaim Hakohen Rashi, 4865 (1105). on the Alter Rebbe's Sidur and Rapaport, in the debate with the "...The Alter Rebbe once said, Luach Kolel Chabad, 5714 Frankists, 5519 (1759). "Rashi's commentary on the Torah (1954). "...A day of feasting and is the wine of Torah, it opens the "...He was very involved in the rejoicing." [Letter of the Baal heart and reveals essential love Alter Rebbe's Shulchan Shem Tov and R. Chaim Hakohen and fear; Rashi's commentary on Aruch...and tried to unify the Rapaport, Sefer Hatoldos Baal the Talmud opens the mind and opinions in the (Alter Rebbe's) Shem Tov Vol. II p. 765] reveals essential intelligence. Sidur and the Shulchan Aruch, A question was asked by the [Hayom Yom, p. 24] and that is a special Zechus, since, Rebbe, how is it that this festival is unfortunately, people don't get so little-know, in spite of the fact Av 1/July 28/Monday that it was proclaimed by the Ba’al Rosh Chodesh Menachem Av

VOLUME 25, ISSUE 4 Page 4 GIMMEL TAMMUZ ג‘ זומת MONDAY NIGHT - TUESDAY ~ JUNE 30 - JULY 1, 2014

In reference to the practices of Gimmel Tammuz, the studied. This should also be done after Minchah. Hillulah of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Nasi Doreinu, we reprint the letter the Rebbe wrote: 10. In the morning, before prayer, Tzedakah should be given to those institutions related to our “...In reply to the many questions about a detailed Nasi, my revered father-in-law, of sainted schedule for the Hilullah of the Previous Rebbe.” memory. Donations should be made on behalf of oneself and of each member of one’s family. The 1. On the Shabbos before the Yartzeit everyone same should be done before Minchah. should attempt to be called for an Aliyah to the Torah. 11. After Shachris and the recitation of the 2. If there aren’t enough Aliyos the Torah should be Ma’amar, each individual should read a Pidyon read in different rooms. However, no additions should Nefesh. (It goes without saying that a Gartel is be made to the number of Aliyos (at each reading). worn during the reading). Those who had the privilege of entering (the saintly Rebbe’s study) for 3. The congregation should see to it that the Maftir Yechidus, or at least of seeing his face, should should be the most respected member of the congrega- (while reading the Pidyon Nefesh) picture them- tion, as determined by the majority of the congrega- selves as standing before him. The Pidyon Nefesh tion; alternatively, the choice should be determined by should then be placed between the pages of a lot. Ma’amar or Kuntres, etc., of his teachings, and sent, if possible on the same day, to be read at his 4. The congregation should choose someone to lead graveside. the prayers on the day of the Yartzeit. It’s proper to divide (the honor), one person to lead Ma’ariv, a sec- 12. In the course of the day one should study ond to lead Shachris, and a third, Minchah. In this way chapters of Mishnayos that begin with the letters a greater number of Anash will have the privilege. of the Rebbe’s name.

5. A (Yartzeit) candle should be lit to burn through- 13. In the course of the day one should participate out the twenty-four hours. If possible, the candle in a Farbrengen. should be of beeswax. 14. In the course of the day one should set aside a time during which to tell one’s family about the 6. Five candles should burn during prayer services. saintly Rebbe, and about the spiritual tasks at which he toiled throughout all the days of his life. 7. After each Tefilah (and in the morning after the reading of Tehillim), the Tzibur should study 15. In the course of the day, people (to whom this (or at least conclude the study of) Chapter 24 of Mish- task is appropriate) should visit Shuls and Botei nayos Keilim and Chapter 7 of Mishnayos Mikvot. He Midrash in their cities and cite a statement of ad- should then recite the Mishnah beginning “Rabbi age from the teachings of the saintly Rebbe. They Chananya ben Akashya…”, followed silently by a few should explain how the Rebbe loved every Jew. lines of , and Kaddish D’Rabanan. They should make known and explain the practice the Rebbe instituted of reciting Tehillim every day, 8. After Ma’ariv, part of the Ma’amar (Basi Legani, studying the daily portion of Chumash with that was released for the day of the demise, should be Rashi’s commentary, and, where appropriate, recited from memory). If there is no one to do this from studying the Tanya as he divided it into daily read- memory, it should be studied from the text. This should ings, throughout the year. If possible this should also be done after Shachris, and the Ma’amar should be all be done in the course of a Farbrengen. concluded after Minchah. 16. In the course of the day, people (who are fit 9. Before Shachris, a chapter of Tanya should be for the task) should visit centers of observant

VOLUME 25, ISSUE 4 Page 5 youth, and, in a neighborly spirit, should make eve- May Hashem hasten the coming of our Redeemer, ry endeavor to also visit centers for the young peo- and then “Those who lie in the dust will awaken and ple who are not yet observant, to explain to them sing joyful praises.” the warm love that the saintly Rebbe constantly had for them. It should be explained to these people And our Nasi among them will give us wondrous tid- what he expected of them; they should be told of the ings, and lead us along the path leading to the House hope and trust he placed in them, that they would of Hashem. ultimately fulfill their task of strengthening the ob- servance of Judaism and disseminating the study of [Letter of the Rebbe, Rosh Chodesh Shevat 5711] Torah with all the energy, warmth and vitality that characterize youth. *** Many Chassidim learn either the Ma’amar “Basi Le- If prevailing conditions allow, all the above should gani” 5711, the first Ma’amar which the Rebbe said of course be continued during the days following Yud Shevat, 5711 (1951) or “Ata Titzaveh” the last the Yartzeit, and particularly on the following Shab- Ma’amar the Rebbe edited in 5752 (1992). Both of bos. these discourses are printed in English. The Rebbe at the Tzion

1. Before he would enter the the Rebbe which he would leave. The Rebbe would depart would knock on both the outer and inner doors of by way of the second and furthermost door. The the Ohel - as if seeking permission to enter. Rebbe made it a point never to leave the inner room of the Ohel from the same door that he en- 2. As soon as he would enter the actual Ohel - us- tered. ing the inner door closest to the outer entrance - the Rebbe would commence reciting the Ma’aneh 7. Before he would leave, the Rebbe would re- Lashon. main standing in the hallway (where the candles would be lit) and recite the Yehi Ratzon found at 3. At the point of the recitation, “I am lighting the conclusion of the Ma’aneh Lashon. this lamp” the Rebbe would light a candle. 8. From 5725 and onward, after leaving the 4. After lighting the candle he would continue for Ohel the Rebbe would visit the Tziyon of his a short while with the recitation of Ma’aneh La- mother, Harabannis Chanah, of blessed memory. shon. He would then begin reading the notes of From 5748 and onward, the Rebbe would also petition (pa’nim). Upon conclusion of this sacred visit the Tziyon of the Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka, service the Rebbe would continue reciting of blessed memory. Ma’aneh Lashon. 9. Prior to entering the car, the Rebbe would 5. Before departing the Ohel, the Rebbe would thrice pluck blades circle the sacred resting site. There were occasions of grass, tossing when he circled seven times; on other occasions them over his he circled only twice. During the later years, the shoulder. Rebbe would circle but once. No one ever wit- 6. The Rebbe would pause before he would leave, nessed the Rebbe reentering his small booth within the Ohel and placing a pebble silently reciting something for a short while, after on the Tziyon.

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In honor of Gimmel Tammuz and Yud Beis Tammuz we are printing stories that highlight the connection of a Rebbe and Chossid.

From a Farbrengen given by Rabbi Zalman with a powerful voice, made the Brachah Posner OB”M in Congregation Levi Yitzchok: “Mechayeh HaMeisim,,” There is a video to- day, made from films taken then, with much When the Friediker Rebbe arrived in New York of this. it was 1940 and he managed to escape from Poland which was already under German oc- The Rebbe was taken to the Greystone Hotel in cupation. The Rashag - Rabbi Shmaryahu Gu- Manhattan, and somehow we all got there. rary came with him on the ship. At this time He was receiving visitors in his room. Rabbi Rabbi Posner was about thirteen or fourteen Eliyahu Simpson noticed that I was alone - my years old. parents were in Chicago - and he took me in with his own sons, and introduced me to the The Second World War broke out on Friday, Rebbe. The Rebbe was sitting with the huge September 1, 1939. The Rebbe was living in Talis Katan (no Sertuk), Yarmulke, the sunni- Otwock, Poland, the first city the Germans est smile you ever saw. He gave us his Bro- bombed from the air. The Rebbe and his family chah, that we become “Chassidim, Lamdanim moved to Warsaw. In mid-September a cease and Yerai Shamayim.” fire was called to permit foreign nationals to Some of those Chicago people also came, gave leave Warsaw. The Rebbe had Latvian papers the Rebbe regards from x and y and z and and was permitted to leave. I well remember from “Sholom Posner, if you remember him.” how people gathered in our home in Chicago almost every day for very serious talks. Reb The Rebbe said, “Sholom? Do I remember Shmuel Levitin was with us then, and these Sholom? Sholom is (here he placed his hand other men were laymen who cared about the on his heart) mine!” Rebbe. The meetings were devoted to getting the Rebbe to America. The Rebbe never forgot I was fourteen when the Yeshiva started ac- them. They ate at his table whenever they were cepting young boys. We were about a dozen in New York for Yom Tov, and he treated them in two groups, my brother’s and mine. We royally. For us it was a lesson in gratitude. were the only ones from “out of town,” Chica- go. Before going home for Pesach, Laibel and Early in 1940 the Rebbe arrived with the Reb- I had Yechidus. The Rebbe asked how long it betzin Nechamah Dina, his mother (Rebbetzin takes to get home and I told him, twenty-four Shterna Sarah), his daughter and her husband hours. (Rashag) and their son, and others in the en- tourage. I was at the pier and saw the Rebbe “Where will you Daven?” come down the gangplank in a wheelchair steered by a steward, and heard the roar of the “On the bus.” large crowd when we saw him. A Chazan who had learned in Lubavitch, Shmuel Kantaroff, “And Tefillin?” with a bit of surprise, I think.

VOLUME 25, ISSUE 4 Page 8 He also asked whether it is warm on the bus. and hear in comfort. Later I learned that at He had to repeat that, since it was a totally un- one point the Rebbe3 turned to my father and expected question. We reassured him it was asked,’ Where is Zalman?” my father had no warm on the bus. idea. The Rebbe turned to my father-in-law, Rabbi Shlomo Aaron Kozonovsky, and asked Next Pesach we went in again for Yechidus and “Where is Zalman?” He too had no idea. he asked, “With what are you going home? “Remembering last year’s question very well, I The next day I had Yechidus. “Where were confidently answered, “With the bus.” you, Reb Zalman?” the Rebbe asked, “we were looking for you.” “I’m not asking that, I’m asking with what are you going home? What are you taking with I sheepishly explained that I was standing in you? What did you add during the past six back near the loudspeaker. “Ach.” the Rebbe months since I saw you, in Torah and Yiras answered, “Once a year you can crush the Shamayim?” How do you answer a question grossness of the body and you stand far?” like that ? I just stood there for several eterni- ties while the Rebbe looked down at his desk, * * * waiting, waiting, for me to answer. Laibel was Here are some stories that Rabbi Berel Weiss unperturbed. He was the younger brother, af- OB”M Shared with us on different occasions ter all, and he would never dream of answer- about his hiskashrus to the Rebbe. He wasn’t ing in my presence. Finally, mercifully, the born into a Chabad family. Through the influ- Rebbe spoke. ence of my Father, Rabbi Menachem Shmuel Dovid Halevi Raichik OB”M ,he became “I am not asking for you to answer. But you mekushar to the Rebbe. Reb Beryl would speak must ask yourself from time to time - what of my Father’s influence on his hiskashrus. have I added in learning, in Mitzvos?” Once, some people came to Reb Beryl to speak (There is nothing in a Chossid’s life that is triv- about an opportunity to invest in a mine in ial to the Rebbe. I heard that once in Warsaw, Liberia. Reb Beryl said that he would have to before the war, the Rebbetzin remarked with ask the Rebbe first, and then to only proceed wonder about the Rebbe’s concern for the stu- with his bracha. They themselves were Chas- dents. “Like a parents.” He answered, “Like a sidim of a different Rebbe and were very sur- mother and father.” We could feel that affec- prised. “What?” they asked; “What if the Reb- tion. The relationship was incredible. A half- be says no?!” “Then it’s no!” said Reb Beryl century later his warmth is still with us.) clearly. Then he asked; “Aren’t you Chassi- dim? “Yes” they replied. “But we do our busi- * * * ness, and then we only afterwards ask for a A few years into the Nesiyus of the Rebbe, at a bracha” “What does the Rebbe know about Farbrengen the Rebbe would call out names for such matters?” Later Reb Beryl went into L’Chayim. Yechidus after Tishrei. Went he emerged they were waiting. Reb Beryl said; “The answer is Once, a bit weary of the shoving and with the no!” They said; “But Liberia is the Switzerland new loudspeaker, I figured I could beat the sys- of Africa!” Reb Beryl replied; “The Rebbe said tem by standing in back near the loudspeaker that it’s not a stable government and therefore

VOLUME 25, ISSUE 4 Page 9 not a safe place to invest. I can make a short for the Rebbe. He did it without being asked term investment only!” They exclaimed; “What because he knew it would make the Rebbe does He know?!” He answered “The answer is happy. no!” Three years later the Liberian government collapsed and anyone with property there lost Once on Lag B’Omer he asked the Rebbe for a their investment. bracha that one of his children should merit having children of his own. The Rebbe re- In 1989 on the second day of Shavuos the Rebbe sponded “Why ask me? Ask the Rashbi, he is spoke about the importance of having a beard. here”. Reb Beryl pointed to the Rebbe and Reb Beryl understood that it meant him... He said; “I’m asking a bracha from our Rashbi!” later explained this to his family. After Gimmel Tammuz he went to 770, to the On the first day of Shavous when they Rebbe’s Ohel and his room to daven. His took out the Sifrei Torah when he looked at the hiskashrus was not weakened. Reb Beryl was Rebbe, he made a decision that it’s time to grow not known as a . He was known as a his beard. The next day at the Fabrengen the great Baal Chesed and a Businessman. He was Rebbe spoke about the importance of having a known to love the Torah and learn. Reb Beryl beard, so he felt that the Rebbe read his mind was a Chosid. and was speaking to him. A few months later when he came to the Rebbe after he had let his Reb Beryl felt that the Rebbe thought of him. beard grow, the Rebbe gave him another 13 Reb Beryl would usually spend Hoshana Rab- dollars - representing the 13 attributes that ba by the Rebbe. One year on Hashana Rabba Kabbalah teaches us the beard is connected to. he wasn’t in 770 for Davening. When he went for lekach the Rebbe told him “I didn’t see Reb Beryl realized that a Chosid always wants to you”. Thousands of Yidden were there going do more. That to just stay the way he is, is in- around the bimah, and the Rebbe knew that complete; a Chosid must do more. When he got he was not there. older he realized that when a Chosid learns something from the Rebbe he knows that it On Yud Aleph Nissan 1981, the Rebbe asked means him and that he must do something. him where he was for Birchas Hachama on Daled Nissan. The Rebbe noticed he wasn’t After the Six Day War on Yud Beis Tammuz the there. Reb Beryl replied that he sent his son Rebbe spoke about the Tzemach Tzedek shul Yonah Mordecai Sh’yichyeh. The Rebbe an- needing to be rebuilt. My Father brought back a swered that he saw Yonah Mordecai but he reel to reel tape of the Fabrengen from New didn’t see him, and that they should be togeth- York and played it for Reb Beryl. When Reb Ber- er for the next Birchas Hachama in yl heard the tape he said that he wanted to give Yerushalayim. the Shul a Sefer Torah. He heard the Rebbe’s words and he wanted to do something to be part of it.

A few years later the Sefer Torah was complete and he was able to give it to the Shul. He did it

VOLUME 25, ISSUE 4 Page 10 KNOWING WHO WE ARE AND PREPARING FOR GIMMEL TAM- MUZ BEGINS AT HOME..BUT DOES NOT END THERE By Rabbi Shimon Raichik

Leading up to this Gimmel Tammuz, the twen- When my father sent my brother Yossie and I tieth year since 5744- 1994, a recent flurry of new to Montreal, it was a half a year after our Bar Mitz- biographies of the Rebbe’s life has been published. vah. There was a young man, Rabbi Pinchas Korf who would fabreng with our group every Thurs- day night. He didn’t bring mashka, he brought the Although this is not the place to comment on sefer HaTomim and read us stories of Chassidim. A any of the details written in the new books, in gen- year or two later there was an older bachor would eral these biographies fill a need for the world at come to our room before we went to sleep and read large as the following quote from a book review us the long letter of the Previous Rebbe about demonstrates: Chassidim that was still in typed manuscript and had not yet come out in print. That’s how I got to “The Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History: know our history. It gave me a geshmak, great Read it and you will become a better person. From pleasure to hear these stories and it inspired me to reading this book, one can better understand how go on to read the stories in Sefer HaToldos etc. Rabbi Schneerson had a positive impact on hun- dreds of thousands – and his life’s work continues to As Gimmel Tammuz approaches, we prepare live on today through the organization, Chabad- by learning Sichos Maamarim, letters and stories. Lubavitch he built which remains the largest Jewish These days are a good time to speak with your fam- organization in the world.” ily. You don’t need to sit all day in shul and fa- breng, fabreng with your family also. Prepare in The world needs to know about the Rebbe. The advance what you are going to say on Friday night Rebbe is everyone’s Rebbe and they are better off in and Shabbos day. Tell your family stories of Chassi- every way by reading about him. As Lubavitcher dim that will warm them up and inspire them. Chassidim, Anash, we have our way of preparing Then your children will know who they are from ourselves for Gimmel Tammuz. We look into the the Rabbeim. With that chayus and inspriration we Sichos Maamarim and letters of the Rebbe and share have the energy to go out into the world and com- with our families the stories that have been passed plete the mission that the Rebbe has given us to to us through our Rabbeim and Chassidim. bring Moshiach. The better that we connect and live with the Rabbeim and Chassidim, the more fit- ting shluchim we are to represent the Rebbe’s mes- Recently a yunger man told me that he went sage in the best way. through the system but he doesn’t know the history of the Rabbeim. He then said he understands those that read the books because they want to know May we all merit to see the Rebbe again with more about the Rebbe. I thought to myself, how can our physical eyes with the revelation of Moshiach that be? Obviously he hasn’t read the Memoirs of Now! the Previous Rebbe, the Sefer HaToldos and Likutei Dibburim. Therefore he doesn’t know the history of the Rabbeim! When a bachur gets to yeshiva, we teach him the Torah, but there’s no system to teach who we are as Chassidim. It’s expected that that the father and mother taught all of that before he came to yeshiva.

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COMPLETING THE MISSION By Rabbi Shimon Raichik

As we approach the twentieth Gimmel Tam- muz we see different approaches to the day. Yes it’s bitter and yes it hurts as we approach While everyone is focused on the geula, some are the twentieth Gimmel Tammuz. We still feel the more somber while others are reflecting and oth- effects of the bitter galus the tears and the global ers are just focused on the future. It’s difficult for crises. Yet with all of that we are strong in our many, 20 years is a long time… emunah and bitachon that we will prevail. That with us is the power to change the tide. The Reb- In 5752 the Rebbe declared in a Sicha that be gave and gives each one of us us the power to each and every one of us is an Admor. What does teach and to lead, each in his or her own way. it mean to be an Admor? Do we all need to go out and get a streimel and a silver cane? By telling us After so many years, we in Lubavitch have a that each and every one of us is an Admor the great opportunity to realize the Rebbe’s brochos Rebbe empowered us. Just as Moshe Rabbenu em- by making ourselves a fitting vessel for those powered the Jewish people at the end of the 40 brachos, as it says; Barcheinu Avinu kulanu years of wandering in the desert when he said; k’echod. By rising above personal interest or Today you have been given a heart to know and struggle, above any political or idealistic separa- eyes to see etc., so too the Rebbe has empowered tion, together as one big community we can go each one of us. forward in an even greater way than we have until now. By become a fitting vessel; we have a Yet there are many who say that we do not historic opportunity to receive the brochos the have the power to accomplish like before when Rebbe gave us that are waiting to be realized. we don’t see the Rebbe. It looks physically impos- sible. When R. Yochnon ben Zakai saw the im- To do this we need to connect. We need to pending churbon and was given one request he dwell on the positive. The children need to go to asked for Yavne and the Chachamim. Why didn’t camp and to school and off to shlichus. Yes there he ask for Yerushalayim? It’s nice to have a yeshi- is a lot to accomplish because our mission is not va but what about the Jewish people? Some an- complete until the revelation of Moshiach. We swer that he was looking to preserve the spirit of connect by realizing that the Rebbe is speaking to Judiasm for the future generations. The Rebbe ex- me as an individual. By learning the Rebbe’s Si- plained that R. Yochnon ben Zakai was trying to chos Maamarim and Letters this way lets the prevent the churbon with the zechus of limud ha- power of pure emunah prevail. Torah for the sake of the entire Jewish people. We see that the Rebbe as well directed the children to learn another pasuk, another mishna and to do By attaching ourselves to the Rebbe this another good deed before the Six Day War for the twentieth year in an even greater way than until protection of the people and the land of Israel (He now in every area until the level that each one of also introduced Mivtza Tefillin). It helps because us is and Admor to accomplish each according to we are all one big body and every small act his or her abilities, together we will bring and changes the world, protects and brings Moshiach. reveal the return of the Shechina to Tzion togeth- This message of emunah bitachon and empower- er with all of the Rabbeim and Tzaddikim from ment we see on every page of the Rebbe’s Letters all the generations with the Rebbe at the front, Sichos and Maamarim. immediately Now!

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הזעשהת הוה העיער - Directives of the Rebbe for Tammuz

1. From Gimel Tammuz on, we must utilize every on), from the Mishnayos of Midos, and from Ram- day leading to Yud Beis Tammuz in spreading the bam - Laws of Beis Hamikdash, also how it’s ex- wellsprings of Chasidus to all. plained in Chassidus. 2. We must strengthen ourselves through far- 7. Small children in camps and day camps should brengens for men women and children (it is under- also learn the laws of the Beis Hamikdash. stood that the for men and women should be separate) 8. We have to increase in all our activities of Mivtzoim during the summer, for men, women and 3. We should publicly learn the ma’amar of children. We have to see that every boy and girl “Asarah Sheyoshvim” “Ten people that sit and learn should not be missing anything from their learning Torah…” which the Friediker Rebbe gave out in during the summer. honor of the first celebration of Yud Beis Tammuz. (If you can not learn it publicly I.e. 10 people, each 9. We should make sure that children go to a frum person should learn it by themselves.) Jewish camp. 4. We should make farbrengens on Yud Beis and 10. The counselors have a special mission; they Yud Gimel Tammuz, and continue through the fif- must teach the children what it means to make a teenth of Tammuz. brochah, what it means to say Shema before we go to sleep etc.. We should not push the teaching off 5. During the Three Weeks we should add in learn- and say “I’ll do it tomorrow, what’s the rush to teach ing Torah and giving Tzedakah, Shabbos especially them today.” we must add in Torah. 11. We must utilize every moment of the summer 6. We should learn about the building of the Beis to bring the Geulah. Hamikdash from Sefer Yechezkel (from Chapter 40