18 Sivan 5779 Bringing Moshiach Values June 21 2019 Into Our Homes Price: $4.95 no. 1170 יחי אדוננו מורנו ורבינו מלך המשיח לעולם ועד ב"ה { 50 } From the Rebbe Columns In This Issue { 4 } What Should We Learn? { 8 } Behind the Pargod With G-d { 7 } Halachic Times And Daily Besuras Hageulah with a new Editorial by Rabbi Boruch Merkur Shiurim side-by-side translation and commentary { 32 } Moshiach Must Win { 10 } May I serve a scoop of (Also) the Popular Vote { 6 } Asking the Wrong ice cream over hot cake on Understanding Kabolas Question Shabbos? HaMalchus From the Rebbe's pen By Horav Yosef Yeshaya Braun { 42 } By the World, For the { 46 } The Rebbe With The { 38 } Ardent Anti-Zionist, World Sefer Torah Strongly Pro-Israel Principle 7# – Although the Moments With The Rebbe Rabbi Heschel Greenberg explores Coming of Moshiach is the the paradoxes of the Rebbe Purpose of Creation, Hashem Doesn’t Want to Do It Alone { 40 } “Y’know, Just Talk About Moshiach…” { 59 } The Rebbe’s Checks Features Op-Ed by Levi Liberow Story for children { 55 } Does Insecurity Stand { 50 } Why Didn’t it Rain in Zagreb, { 61 } Call of the Hour in the Way of Your Success? Croatia? Comics about Moshiach “MyLife: Chassidus Applied” with Rabbi Pinchas & Raizel Zaklas, Shluchim to Rabbi Simon Jacobson Croatia, finally built the first Mikvah in the country since WWIII, but in the normally- { 56 } Refusing To Give In rainy city, the rain wouldn’t come… Rabbi Nissim Lagziel with a Moshiach thought on the Parsha { 12 } Tell Me Why? 2 Fresh Mekuravim Challenge 3 Chabad Rabbis in a “Crossfire” Style Symposium. Published by: { 12 } Chabad World Center to Greet Moshiach 744 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn, NY 11213 { 24 } An Oasis of Torah in the About the Cover: BMoshiach.org Pocono Mountains The Rebbe Melech [email protected] Beis Moshiach drove up to the 718.778.8000 Poconos to meet the staff and the HaMoshiach Encourages the Chassidim BeisMoshiachMagazine.org students who make up a yeshiva that’s [email protected] a family. { 24 } Editor-In-Chief: Rabbi Boruch Merkur • Editor: Levi Liberow • Managing Editor: Shraga Crombie Director: Rabbi M.M. Hendel • Rabbinical Advisor: Rabbi Yaakov Chazan 2 BEIS MOSHIACH This magazine contains holy texts, please treat it with respect. 18 SIVAN 5779 3 ְבּ ַתוֹרת ַר ֵבּוֹתינוּ ְנ ִשׂ ֵיאינוּ, Within Chassidus, we should study the .5 teachings of our Rebbeim and Leaders; ִוּב ְפָרט ְבּ ָתוֹרתוֹ ( ַמ ֲא ָמִרים ְו ִל ֵקּוּטי ִשׂיחוֹת) ֶשׁל -Principally, the teachings — Chasidic dis .6 ְנ ִשׂיא ֵדוֹרנוּ Besuras courses and Likkutei Sichos — of the Leader of HaGeulah our generation – ֵמ ֵﬠין ְו ֻד ְג ָמא ַו ֲה ָכ ָנה ְל ִלמּוּד ָתּוֹרתוֹ ֶשׁל ָמ ִשׁ ַיח, Th is is as a sampler and preparation for — " ָתּוֹרה ֲח ָד ָשׁה ֵמ ִא ִתּי ֵתּ ֵצא", -studying the Torah of Moshiach, which is al ON the imminence of the Geula luded to in the verse “For a new Torah shall go forth from Me.” ֶשׁ ְיּ ַל ֵמּד ְל ָכל ָה ָﬠם ְפּ ִנ ִימיּוּת ַה ָתּוֹרה ( ַט ֲﬠ ֵמי ָתּוֹרה), What Moshiach will teach to all people is ְיִד ַיﬠת ֱאלֹקוּת (" ַדּע ֶאת ֱאלֹ ֵקי ָא ִביthe inner realm of the Torah, considered “new,” (" What Should We Learn? as it was never previously exposed, which con- tains the reasons behind the mitzvos of the To- rah) and the knowledge of G-dliness (“know כב. קטעים משיחות ש"פ תזריע-מצורע, ו' אייר תנש"א (4) the G-d of your fathers”). 6 Iyar 5751 − April 20 1991 (4) ִכּ ְפ ַסק- ִדּין ָהַר ְמ ַבּ"ם ֶשׁ" ְבּאוֹתוֹ ַה ְזּ ַמן . ְיִהיוּ Th is accords with the halachic ruling of the Increase in Torah study is the most eff ective way to bring about the revelation of Moshi- ְיִשָׂר ֵאל ֲח ָכ ִמים ְגּ ִדוֹלים ְו ְיוֹד ִﬠים ְדּ ָבִרים ַה ְסּ ִתוּמים Rambam that “at that time ... the Jews will be ach. Learning about Moshiach in Torah is especially conducive to hastening the coming of ְו ַי ִשּׂיגוּ ַדּ ַﬠת ְבּוֹר ָאם כו'" – -great sages and will know hidden matters, at Moshiach. Th e Rebbe went on to provide detailed instructions on how this should be done: taining the knowledge of their Creator...” A -taste” of these teachings is available in Chassi“ . ְוּב ַפ ְשׁטוּת: " ִתּ ְפ ֶאֶרת" – הוּא ִﬠ ְנָין ִלמּוּד -Simply put: “Tiferes” refers to learn... dus. — ַה ָתּוֹרה, וּ" ַמ ְלכוּת ֶשׁ ְבּ ִת ְפ ֶאֶרת" – הוּא ִלמּוּד ַה ָתּוֹרה ing Torah, and “Malchus sheb’Tiferes” means ְו ַה ָהוֹס ָפה ְבּ ִלמּוּד ַה ָתּוֹרה ְבּ ִﬠ ְנְי ֵני ָמ ִשׁ ַיח ְו ַה ְג ָאוּלה Th is increase in Torah study on the topics ְבּ ִﬠ ְנְי ֵני ֶמ ֶל ַה ָמּ ִשׁ ַיח ְוּב ִﬠ ְנְי ֵני ַה ְג ָאוּלה ֶשׁ ִנּ ְת ָבּ ֲארוּ learning Torah ideas on the subjects of the (" ַמ ְלכוּת ֶשׁ ְבּ ִת ְפ ֶאֶרת") ִהיא ַה" ֶדֶּר ְי ָשָׁרה" ִל ְפעֹל of Moshiach and the Redemption (“Malchus ְבִּרבּוּי ְמקוֹמוֹת, King Moshiach and the Redemption that are ִה ְת ַגּלּוּת ִוּב ַיאת ַה ָמּ ִשׁ ַיח ְו ַה ְג ָאוּלה ְבּ ֹפ ַﬠל ַמ ָמּשׁ. ”explained in many places within the Torah: Sheb’Tiferes”) is the “straightforward path Th ese places are: to bring about the revelation and coming of Moshiach and the Redemption in actuality. – ַבּ ָתּוֹרה ֶשׁ ִבּ ְכ ָתב ( ִוּב ְפָרט " ְבּ ִד ְבֵרי ַה ְנּ ִב ִיאים . In the Written Torah — particularly in .1 ֶשׁ ָכּל ַה ְסּ ָפִרים ְמ ֵל ִאים ְבּ ָד ָבר ֶזה") -the words of the prophets” of which the Ram“ bam writes that “all their books are fi lled with this matter”; ?Who is the author of the Likkutei Sichos ַוּב ָתּוֹרה ֶשׁ ְבּ ַﬠל ֶפּה, ַבּ ְגּ ָמָרא ( ִוּב ְפָרט ְבּ ַמ ֶסּ ֶכת ,In the Oral Torah — namely the Gemara .2 -Numerous times in the Rebbe’s sichos, he generation since the Alter Rebbe, while the Fri ַס ְנ ֶהְדִרין ְוּבסוֹף ַמ ֶסּ ֶכת ָסוֹטה) ְוּב ִמְדָר ִשׁים, particularly tractate Sanhedrin and at the end of tractate Sotah, and Midrashim; mentions and quotes “My father-in-law, the erdiker Rebbe was the sixth generation. Rebbe Nasi Doreinu – the leader of our gen- In addition, there are several places where ְו ַגם – ִוּב ְמ ֻי ָחד – ִבּ ְפ ִנ ִימיּוּת ַה ָתּוֹרה, ֵה ֵחל ִמ ֵסּ ֶפר -Also, we should study about Moshiach es .3 eration.” this was hinted quite clearly, one of them being ַה ֹזּ ַהר ( ֶשׁ" ְבּ ַהאי ִח ָיבּוּרא ִד ָיל ְדּ ִאיהוּ ֵס ֶפר ַה ֹזּ ַהר כוּ' -pecially in the inner realm of the Torah, be .Chassidim always understood these — when this sicha ְיִפקוּן ֵבּיה ִמן ָגּ ָלוּתא ְבַּר ֲח ִמים") ginning with the book of the Zohar (of which Eliyahu Hanavi said “with this work of yours, in the appropriate context — as references of The Rebbe mentioned that we should learn the book of the Zohar, they will leave their ex- the Rebbe to himself, based on (1) the idea the matters of Moshiach in “the teachings of our ile in mercy”); Rebbe mentioned several times that all the Reb- Rebbeim ... Chasidic discourses and Likkutei 4. Within the inner realm of Torah, we beim are one entity; (2) the principle that the ”.Sichos — of the Leader of our generation ִוּב ְפָרט ְבּ ַתוֹרת ַה ֲח ִסידוּת ( ֶשׁ ַﬠל- ְי ֵדי ֲה ָפ ַצת Nasi Hador is a person who can be seen and ַה ַמּ ְﬠ ָינוֹת ָחוּצה ָא ֵתי ַמר ָדא ַמ ְל ָכּא ְמ ִשׁ ָיחא) should study about Moshiach particularly in the teachings of Chassidus (as Moshiach told heard (See Likkutei Sichos vol. 24 on Parshas Likkutei Sichos, as famously known, is the the Baal Shem Tov, that through the spreading Vaeschanan); and, (3) the fact that the Rebbe title under which the Rebbe’s talks were official- of the wellsprings of Chassidus outward, the clearly defined our generation as the seventh ly published after they underwent the Rebbe’s master, King Moshiach, will come); extensive editing. 4 BEIS MOSHIACH 18 SIVAN 5779 5 shabbos י“ט סיון 06/22 Candle lighting Sunrise Latest shema Midday Sunset Shabbos ends 8:12 5:25 9:11 12:57 8:30 9:21 ג' פרקים: הלכות מלוה ולוה פרקים א-ג. פרק אחד: הלכות טומאת צרעת פרק יד. ספר המצוות: מ"ע קצז. מל"ת רלד Sunday Monday כ“א סיון 06/24 כ‘ סיון Asking the Wrong Question 06/23 Someone wrote to the Rebbe that “if I have the hope to survive, and I will merit to make Sunrise Latest shema Sunset Sunrise Latest shema Sunset it here next year, 5744, to the Rebbe . I will then make arrangements with the Gabbai, 5:25 9:11 8:30 5:25 9:11 8:30 Mr. Yehoshua Pinson to buy the Mitzvos [aliyos, kibbudim, and the like] before the Shabbos ג' פרקים . .הלכות מלוה ולוה פרקים ז-ט ג' פרקים . הלכות מלוה ולוה פרקים ד-ו .”Bereishis auction פרק אחד . הלכות טומאת צרעת פרק טז פרק אחד . הלכות טומאת צרעת פרק טו ספר המצוות . .מל"ת רלט ספר המצוות . מ"ע קמב Tuesday Wednesday כ“ג סיון 06/26 כ“ב סיון 06/25 Sunrise Latest shema Sunset Sunrise Latest shema Sunset 5:25 9:12 8:30 5:26 9:12 8:30 ג' פרקים . הלכות מלוה ולוה פרקים יג-טו ג' פרקים . הלכות מלוה ולוה פרקים י-יב פרק אחד . הלכות מטמאי משכב ומושב פרק ב פרק אחד . הלכות מטמאי משכב ומושב פרק א ספר המצוות . מל"ת רמא.