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the time of Melech HaMoshiach, may The emcee quoted the Rebbe’s maamer that a Chassid can achieve a he come speedily in our days, amen.” explanation that the essence of state of unlimited mesirus nefesh HUGE GIMMEL TAMMUZ FARBRENGEN Rabbi Bukiet noted that the Rebbe Gimmel Tammuz is the Chag HaGeula through his hiskashrus to the Rebbe. asked what place a prayer has in a of the Rebbe Rayatz, who was This is the avoda required of us now.” halachic work, answering that the released from prison that day. The rav of Kfar Chabad, R’ IN KFAR CHABAD Rambam teaches us that our yearning Mashpia Rabbi Menachem Mendel Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi said, BY SHNEUR ZALMAN BERGER for Moshiach should be so great that Gurewitz explained the last maamer “Seven years of famine have passed even when mentioning Moshiach in a the Rebbe edited, and related that since Gimmel Tammuz 5754, and halacha, one ought to pray for his Reb Mendel Futerfas (whose yahrtzeit now we want to see the beginning of coming. is 4 Tammuz) enabled Chassidim to the years of plenty. By years of plenty Rabbi Bukiet also related that leave Russia by obtaining passports we mean it as the Midrash says: during the Shiva for Rebbetzin Chaya for them and arranging their trips by “B motzoei sheviis ben Dovid ba.” Mushka, ah, a delegation of train. It was 10:15 p.m. in Eretz Yisroel, representatives from the Tzanzer One day Reb Mendel met R’ Yona but 3:15 p.m. in New York, time for Rebbe came to be menachem avel. The Cohen, who was also involved in Mincha in 770. Through the web site Rebbe MH”M asked whether their smuggling Chassidim out of Russia, 770Live.org, the participants viewed rebbe, who was sick at that time, and told him that he planned to leave the davening live. learned Torah publicly, to which they as well. R’ Yona looked at him and R’ Betzalel Kupchik, shliach in replied no. The Rebbe MH”M said, said, “You mean that mesirus nefesh Poona, India and staff member of “They should ask their Rebbe to say has limits?” Hearing this, R’ Mendel Matteh Moshiach, was the next Chassidus, and then he would remained in Russia, was incarcerated speaker. R’ Kupchik said, “They certainly do so.” So too, we must not long afterwards and was exiled asked me to talk about the world Rabbi Mordechai Ashkenazi Rabbi Yigal Pizam Rabbi Avrohom Shmuel Bukiet Rabbi Y.Y. Wilschansky demand to see our king, and the for years. being ready for Moshiach. Today it’s Rebbe will certainly answer our “The Rebbe MH”M explains in the common knowledge that every Over one thousand request. people participated in the Gimmel Tammuz farbrengen held in Kfar Chabad’s Beis Menachem Shul. Tmimim and ziknei ha Chassidim, the “man on the street” alongside mashpiim and rabbanim, all came together in order to receive the tremendous hashpaos accessible on this day. It was in this spirit that the emcee, Rarbbi Y.Y. Rabbi Velvel Kesselman Rabbi Itche Gansburg Rabbi Betzalel Kupchik Wilschansky, rosh yeshivas Chabad in Tzfas said, “We can!” – was shown, which was soul request and invite the Rebbe have gathered here in unity to followed by a clip of the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach to this express the great cry that emanates shouting Ker a velt haint!” Next, clips farbrengen. We accept upon ourselves from the depths of our hearts: We of the Rebbe encouraging the singing the yoke of his kingdom with want to see our king! Let us unite in of “Yechi ” were shown. renewed chayus and proclaim ‘Yechi proclaiming Yechi Adoneinu Moreinu The crowd stood up as rosh Adoneinu Moreinu V Rabeinu Melech V Rabeinu Melech Ha Moshiach LOlam Ha Moshiach LOlam Va ed!’” Va ed! The crowd joined him in the yeshivas Chabad and rav of Kiryot, joyous singing of “Yechi” and dancing Rabbi Yigal Pizem cried out, “In the Rabbi Avrohom Shmuel Bukiet throughout the shul. name of those participating in this reviewed a sicha about the laws of the national farbrengen to greet red heifer. Rabbi Bukiet referred to A video of the famous Chaf-Ches Moshiach, and in the name of all the the halachic work of the Rambam, Nissan call to arms – “Do all that you Jewish people, we turn to you with a who writes, “The tenth cow will be in 44 i BEIS MOSHIACH 22 Tammuz 5761 Issue Number 330 BEIS MOSHIACH i 45 Only after they crossed the sea does it break out of its shell, and he terrible situation in Eretz Yisroel and say ‘And they believed in Hashem encouraged the bachur to do the said the Rebbe told us to protest and Moshe His servant.’ same. giving away land. Nevertheless, shortly thereafter the “That’s the situtation we are in The kinus incorporated three Jews complained.” now. The Rebbe prepared everything hours of divrei emuna, chizuk, and R’ Gansburg spoke heatedly about for us and all we need to do is break hisorerus to greet Moshiach. The the obligation to work on inyanei the final kelipa and get out of Galus. participants felt a renewed sense of Moshiach, relating how the mashpia, The Rebbe wants us to be persistent faith in the imminent hisgalus of the R’ Avrohom Drizin, told an older and do more and more to accomplish Rebbe MH”M. Recognition went to single tamim at a farbrengen that a the final hisgalus.” those who organized the farbrengen, chicken sits on an egg for 21 days, The emcee spoke about the particularly Rabbi Shmuel Hendel. following which the chick has to IMPRESSIVE SEMINAR IN BEIS MIDRASH L’NASHIM 770 There was a special program for The highlight of the bas mitzva girls took on many good resolutions about a hundred bas mitzva girls from program was a festive banquet with in the pidyonei nefesh they wrote. Eretz Yisroel and the United States rabbanim, mashpiim, and shluchim. who came to 770 in order to celebrate Before their departure from 770, the their special day with the Rebbe Simultaneously, in 770 there was MH”M. a series of special lectures for Chabad Chassid believes that the him to give him the opportunity to quote. When I presented it to him, he English-speaking women. On Rebbe is Moshiach and is chai support the work of Chabad in understood and accepted it. He also The girls lodged near 770 for ten Shabbos afternoon, Rabbi Yosef v kayam. Disagreements are only Poona. On one of these visits he said, gave me a check for double the usual days and participated in programs Hecht of Eilat spoke about women’s about publicizing this to the outside. ‘I heard that in Chabad there’s a amount. and classes in preparation for their mission in this world. “When the Those who oppose publicity have two group that says the Rebbe is bas mitzva. This year there was a Rebbe became the seventh leader of “From this incident we see that group of about 20 girls presently reasons: they say it harms hafatza and Moshiach. I can understand that, but when we say the truth, it’s accepted; Chabad, he established N’shei that it hurts them financially. I heard that some say the Rebbe is attending Chabad schools in America Chabad, thus founding the and not only that – the donations are who speak fluent Hebrew because “A Jewish woman about fifty years alive. Whoever says that is crazy.’ actually bigger!” ‘enforcement arm’ to bring the Geula, their families are Israelis. through the women.” of age came to our Chabad House in “I told him I’m one of those crazy R’ Itche Gansburg spoke next. “I Poona and told us she had been in people. For a moment he was “At first we weren’t sure whether Rabbi Menachem Mendel don’t know why we are happy,” he we should accept girls from homes contact with one of the Chabad stunned. I explained that years back, began in his characteristic style. Gluckowsky of Rechovot spoke about Houses in Florida, where she lived. A when people spoke about the Rebbe that don’t observe Shabbos yet,” said the “Bayis HaYehudi” in three separate “When I arrived here recently from Ariella Benayoun, program organizer. conversation ensued among the being Moshiach the idea sounded the United States and saw an old sign talks. Hundreds of women packed guests at our Chabad House about crazy, but today that’s accepted. I told “Of course we asked the Rebbe the ezras nashim to hear him speak, from Nissan that read, ‘Ten years through the Igros Kodesh, and the the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach. him I’m sure that in another little since that sicha’ [referring to the sicha demonstrating the importance of a When I said that the Rebbe is while everybody will see that the answer was a letter to a principal in seminar like this. One of the women of Chaf-Ches Nissan], I asked which the Rebbe asks why they are Moshiach, the woman’s ears perked Rebbe is alive and this won’t seem whether anything had happened said, “It was moving to see three up. She said, ‘Say that again so I’ll crazy either. limiting the number of students they generations – grandmothers, since then. In another ten years, chas are accepting.” know I heard you correctly.’ When I “Then I asked him, ‘If I originally v chalila, will they write, ‘Twenty mothers, and daughters – sitting did, she looked puzzled and heard this idea [that the Rebbe is years since that sicha?’ Does it really The message was clear – and the together and learning about the wondered, ‘Why didn’t the Chabad alive] from the Rebbe, am I allowed bother us? girls came to Crown Heights.