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I Was Freed. ______LOG ONTO Please Send Your Answers to Cyh@Shluchim.Org Parshas Vayishlach - Yud Tes Kislev פרשת וישלח Volume 1 , Issue 4 A project of CHINUCH YALDEI HASHLUCHIM a division of The Shluchim Office 816 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11213 ~ (718) 713-3056 ~ [email protected] In a small town in Poland, there was an orphan shepherd boy who grew up knowing Shem Tov taught that a Jew must serve Hashem with his heart. But very little about being Jewish. One day, shortly before Yom Kip- we know that the Alter Rebbe called his own teachings, Chabad pur, he met a group of people who were traveling to Mezibush to which stands for Chochmah, Binah and Daas - wisdom, under- spend the holy day with the Baal Shem Tov. The boy decided to standing and knowledge. These are all things we do with our mind, join them and soon, he was standing with the many people in the not our heart. So how could the Alter Rebbe say that he is continu- Baal Shem Tov's shul. ing the Baal Shem Tov's teachings? The Baal Shem Tov stressed But the boy did not know how to daven - he couldn't even read the the heart, and the Alter Rebbe stressed the mind. Aleph-Beis. He saw all the people davening earnestly from the Actually, there is no contradiction. The Baal Shem Tov was talk- depths of their hearts, and he also wanted to say something to ing about a Jew's love for Hashem that comes from deep inside. Hashem that came from deep inside. So he drew a deep breath and This is what the connection between a Jew and Hashem is all let out the shrill whistle that he would sound every evening when about. This is the feeling that came out in the shepherd boy's whis- he gathered the sheep from the fields. Right in the middle of daven- tle on Yom Kippur. ing on Yom Kippur, the shepherd boy whistled as loud as he could. But in the hustle bustle of our everyday lives, we don't always feel The people in the shul were shocked, but the Baal Shem Tov this love. The Alter Rebbe teaches us that we shouldn't only wait calmed them and said, "A terrible decree was hanging over us. The for special times to make us feel this love for Hashem. We can shepherd boy's whistle pierced Shomayim and erased the decree. bring out this every day. His whistle saved us, because it was sincere and came from the How? By studying the Chabad Chassidus the Alter Rebbe taught. very bottom of his heart, where he feels love for Hashem even These teachings allow us to understand many deep things about though he doesn't know or understand why." Hashem and about our neshamos. When we study this, our minds The Baal Shem Tov was the founder of Chassidus. He taught will understand and this will make our hearts feel. people to serve Hashem with a sincere heart like the shepherd boy did. His students spread Chassidus to many Jews, teaching them (Adapted from Likkutei Sichos, Vol. IV, Chai Elul) that a Jew should serve Hashem with all his heart. „Please Tell Me What the Rebbe Said‟ The Baal Shem Tov's main talmid was the Maggid of Mezeritch. One of the many people who came to study with the Maggid was the Alter Rebbe. The Alter Rebbe spread Chassidus throughout Russia. When the Russian government saw that many people were following his teachings, they arrested him. On Yud-Tes Kislev he IT IS NEARLY YUD TES KISLEV! was released, and this date became the Rosh HaShanah of Chas- E-MAIL [email protected] sidus. From this day onward, the Alter Rebbe began spreading Chassidus even more than before. TO BE PART OF THIS YEAR’S The Alter Rebbe called himself the grandson of the Baal Shem Tov. "I am his student's student," the Alter Rebbe said, "so I am EXCITING HACHANA! like his spiritual grandchild. I am continuing his teachings." But wait a minute, this seems to be a contradiction. The Baal My father passed away, WE ARE WAITING TO Hear FROM YOU! I was freed. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ LOG ONTO Please send your answers to [email protected] WWW.SHLUCHIMKIDS.ORG CLICK ON NEWSLETTER AND SUMBIT NEWS FOR US! OR EMAIL [email protected] Congratulations to Chana Dahan for solving the brain buster. Our Chabad House got a new building on 13 acres of land!!!! Chaim Friedberg 11 New Falls Minnesota My sister is getting married!!My is very ex- citing and busy coz my niece is here and my brother in-law to be and all my sisters and brothers and nieces and nephews!!!!, Hey Kids! Send us a report about your Shlichus or news and we will IY’H publish it in out future Konnections magazine! E-mail us at [email protected] Please include your name, age and location of shlichus. ”ויהי חת“ת אלוקים על הערים...“ ילדי השלוחים rally for י“ט כסלו ”was on the cities ה‘ And the fear of“ תהילים ,חומש for ראשי תיבות fear" - is also a" - "חתת" The word ?encouraged that every day of the When פריערדיקער רבי The .תניא and for the day of the Thursday חומש should study the portion of איד week, every י“ט כסלו according to the day of the month and a תהילים week, a portion of as it is divided for each day of the year. This is a תניא portion of ?What time .ברוחניות and בגשמיות for everyone סגולה great to Petersburg to 12:00 pm ET רבי מהר“ש sent his son, the צמח צדק In 1843 the discuss some concerns. Before he left, he told him that his mother, 6:00 pm ET appeared to him and told him that she had the 9:00 pm ET ,רביצין דבורה לאה She asked .שמים in בעל שם טוב to visit the holy palace of the זכות ?to lessen the difficulties that people had against the What ברכה for a told her that through learning בעל שם טוב The .חסידות spreading of from ילדי השלוחים Join together with hundreds of fellow all difficulties and ,תניא and תהילים ,חומש of ספרים the holy farbrengen. Say the י“ט כסלו barriers would be nullified. around the world in a giant .ניגונים Hear a great story. Sing ,דבר תורה hear a ,פסוקים ,חומש when one learns - "ויהי חת“ת" :hints to this פסוק This .לחיים to Say a יעקב then no one will chase after the children of ,תניא and תהילים .ברוחניות and בגשמיות do them any harm (Adapted from L‟Chaim Weekly) You MUST register for the rally online. For more information, visit www.shluchimkids.org (Go to Latest News and click on Rallies) was accused of threatening the authority of the י“ט כסלו s arrest wasn‟t just because‟אלטער רבי Czar. The .מעזריטשער מגיד of the יאהרצייט is the י“ט כסלו accusation) here on earth, it was also) קיטרוג of a of the תלמיד was a ,ר‘ דובער ,מעזריטשער מגיד The .שמים from קיטרוג and mainly because of a After .ר‘ ישראל בעל שם טוב ,חסידות founder of was אלטער רבי were upset that the מלאכים The מעזריטשער מגיד passed away, the בעל שם טוב the is more than just a י“ט כסלו ,So .חסידות spreading (1761) תקכ“א from חסידים was the leader of the it‟s also a special ,אלטער רבי for the חג הגאולה .(1772) י“ט כסלו תקל“ב until he passed away on day for , the . ראש השנה לחסידות חסידים The was saying at the time תהילים אלטער רבי On that he was told that he could go free. He was .אלטער רבי of the חג הגאולה is the י“ט כסלו פדה “ and was up to the words קאפיטל נ“ה saying of Liadi, the ר‘ שניאור זלמן ,(1798) י“ט כסלו תקנ“ט .”בשלום נפשי was released from - חב“ד חסידות first Rebbe of was אלטער רבי was the day that the כ‘ כסלו ,prison in the Peter-Paul fortress in Petersburg .of actually released from prison פרקים where he was held for 52 days. (The 52 correspond to ליקוטי אמורים - תניא the first part of as the י“ט & כ‘ כסלו joyfully celebrate חסידים spent in prison). He אלטער רבי the 52 days the החלטות with farbrengens and ,ראש השנה לחסידות motioned him to be silent, cut his ropes and silently told him to ,חסיד on a mission to raise a large חסידים once sent one of his אלטער רבי The his coat. "Here חסיד sum of money for an important cause. follow. He tiptoed to the door, opened it and gave the s ear as he pushed the wallet'חסיד for a safe trip but mysteriously warned him not is your money back," he whispered in the ברכה gave him a רבי The s hand. "This is for'חסיד to enter any house that had its door on the east side. The trip went well and his coat pocket. Then he pressed a gold coin in the to please רבי Tell your .עבירות from an old man who has done many צדקה found חסיד soon most of the money had been collected. But one day the himself caught in a snowstorm on a lonely road winding through the forest. daven for me. Now go! Get out of here as fast as you can … run for your The wind grew steadily stronger and colder. He urged his horse on, hoping life." The sun was beginning to rise, the storm had stopped, and the grateful .was on the road back home חסיד to reach some sort of an inn before he lost his way entirely in the snow; but hours passed and still he didn‟t see any kind of house.
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