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MEMORIES OF YESHIVA
Avrohom Drizin (Maiyor)
WORTH
12 AA PICTURE
THOUSAND WORDS
AND $3,000
Nosson Avraham
CHILD
16 EVERY
HAS HIS KEY
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Nosson Avrohom
BELOVED
21 DEARLY
CHASSIDIM
Refael Dinari
KING IS IN THE
26 THE
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Nadav Cohen
THIRD SHABBOS
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MEAL CHABAD STYLE
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DVAR MALCHUS
4. [] Moshe Rabbeinu as
well as the incarnation of Moshe
of each generation, including
the Moshe of our generation,
my revered father in-law, the
Rebbe is present now [after
Yud Shvat 5710] as before and
continues to shine (like the sun,
which remains in the sky and
continues to shine throughout
the night). Had we gone
together with him, we would see
that he radiates with the same
force as before. (In fact, in a
more intense way.) But since
he has ascended to fantastic
heights, whereas we (have not
gone with him but) have stayed
where we are we cannot see
him physically (just as the sun is
not seen at night). Nevertheless,
even in this state, the Rebbes
light extends to all the Jewish
people, to all six hundred
thousand [general] souls. And
through these souls, the Rebbe
shines throughout the world (as
the sun shines from beneath the
earth to six hundred thousand
stars; as discussed above, the
light of the sun radiates through
the intermediary of the stars).
(Although we do not
perceive his light shining, that
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MEMOIRS
MEMORIES OF
YESHIVA
Memories of R' Avrohom Drizin (Maiyor) from
the time he learned in Yeshivas Tomchei
Tmimim in Lubavitch, from a tshura that was
printed for the bar mitzva of his great-grandson,
Yehuda Leib Drizin. * Presented for 15 Elul, when
Tomchei Tmimim was founded.
EARLY YEARS
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Lubavitch
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MemoirS
IN LUBAVITCH
I went to Lubavitch with a
letter of recommendation from the
rav in Droya. The journey took an
entire night. I arrived in Rudnia in
the morning and went to Lubavitch
from there. There were dozens
of other boys who came with me.
I AM STAYING IN
LUBAVITCH!
After being accepted, I went to
see the yeshiva. The yeshiva was
divided into three divisions: the zal
for older bachurim, the shiurim
for younger bachurim, and the
chadarim for boys my age.
I entered the zal and saw
that all the bachurim had beards
(until that point, I had not seen
bachurim with full beards before
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MemoirS
The entrance to Miyory. On the left is R' Avrohom's grandson, R' Chaim Drizin
I AM PROMOTED
TO THE SHIURIM
Later on, I was promoted
to the shiurim, to the shiur of R'
Shmuel Ber Borisover. He was
a gaon and his shiurim were
fantastic and deep. I remember
that one time the Rayatz came
into our shiur. We were very
frightened. R' Shmuel was
immersed in saying the shiur and
did not notice Rayatz standing in
the room. Even after we motioned
to him he wasn't rattled. Instead,
he became like a gushing spring
with pilpul and bekius. We never
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WAR
During the extended period
I was not at home, the rav of
Maiyor urged my father to travel
to Lubavitch to see how I was
doing and what the yeshiva was
like. Although he was busy with
work and despite the big expense
involved, my father came to visit
me in Lubavitch. He was favorably
impressed by the orderliness
and discipline. Being a talmid
chochom, he was also impressed
by the high level of learning.
World War I began on Tisha
B'Av 5674/1914. Many Russian
Jews looked forward to the arrival
of the Germans. They thought the
Germans were their good friends,
for Yiddish is similar to German.
Many thought the Germans would
bring freedom and relief.
But the Rebbe Rashab hated
the Germans. He said about
Kaiser Wilhelm II Vilhelm: vil
helem (wants concealment). The
Rebbe predicted: the Germans will
conquer Russia, swallow it, and
choke it.
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MIRACLE STORY
A PICTURE
WORTH A
THOUSAND
WORDS AND
$3,000
What connects a young artist who wants to buy
a pair of tfillin with a resident of Crown Heights
who pays $3,000 for a painting of the Rebbe
MH"M and how does all this become clear in an
answer in Igros Kodesh?
By Nosson Avraham
Translated by Michoel Leib Dobry
following
remarkable
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CHINUCH
EVERY
CHILD
HAS
HIS
KEY
A teacher with thirty students
or a parent with six-seven
children and more soon realizes
that the educational approach
that worked with one child
won't necessarily work with
another child. Each child needs
to be regarded as an individual.
By Nosson Avrohom
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THERE IS NO CARBON
COPY IN EDUCATION
The Torah and our sages often
compare human beings to trees.
If you think about it, it's amazing.
Just as with human beings, in
the plant world no two plants are
identical. One plant needs more
water and another manages with
little, one needs more exposure
to the sun and the other does
better in the shade. One needs
other plants around it to support
its growth while another's growth
will be stunted by weeds growing
nearby.
There are plants whose peak
season is the summer while other
plants need cool, rainy weather.
Young saplings need great care.
Any strong wind or too much or
too little water can adversely affect
their growth. The same is true for
young children. If they grow up in
an environment which disregards
their needs, it will negatively affect
their development.
There are children who are
more sensitive and some less,
those with a temper and those
who are easygoing, those who
are adventurous and those who
are more cautious, energetic ones
and lazy ones, intellectual and
emotional, those who need a lot
of encouragement and those who
don't like that, those who need
peace and quiet and those who
like a commotion. The same is
true for talents; some enjoy music
and others like working with their
hands. Some are more spiritually
inclined and others are more
down to earth. Nobody is alike
and within every talent there are
manifold differences between one
and another. So too for brothers,
no child is identical to his sibling.
We can see this in a classroom
or within a family and we need
to pay attention to it. In the nonJewish world, the understanding
that every child has his unique way
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Chinuch
FOUR ELEMENTS IN
DIFFERENT PROPORTIONS
Back to the example we started
with. The Torah and our sages
often compare a Jew's life to a
tree. In this weeks Parsha it says,
ki ha'adam eitz ha'sadeh (for
is man a tree of the field?). In
Yeshaya it says, k'yimei ha'eitz
yimei ami (as the days of the tree
are the days of my people) and in
Yirmiyahu it says, k'eitz shasul al
palgai mayim (as a tree planted
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Hiskashrus with the Rosh Bnei Yisroel, the head of the Jewish people and leader of the generation.
Our Rebbeim explain that an important way to strengthen Hiskashrus is by participating in
an organization is Kupas Rabbeinu, which seeks to continue many of the Rebbes activities and concerns without change from the way he would conduct them himself.
Every year at this time, the Rebbe would call upon us to contribute generously to help needy families
with their extra expenses for the coming months many Yomim Tovim. This also coincides with the special emphasis during this month of giving extra Tzedokah, (indicated in the Hebrew letters of the word
Elul, as explained in many Sichos etc.), as a vital way of preparing ourselves for the new year and
arousing Divine mercy upon us. See sicho in the Hebrew text of this letter.
We therefore appeal to every individual man and woman to contribute generously to Kupas
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Your generous contribution to Kupas Rabbeinu will be the appropriate vessel for receiving the abundant blessings of the Rebbe, who is its Nasi, that you may be blessed with a Ksiva Vachasima Tova
for a good and sweet year, materially and spiritually. May it help to bring the full revelation of Moshiach
- our Rebbe - immediately now!
Wishing you a Ksiva Vachasima Tova for a good and sweet year,
P.S. Of course, you may send to Kupas Rabbeinu all contributions that you would send to the Rebbe; all
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FEATURE
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DEARLY
BELOVED
CHASSIDIM
A few people had a rare relationship with the
Rebbe, in which their love for the Rebbe shone
through powerfully and they merited that the Rebbe
reciprocated with a double portion of love and caring.
By Refael Dinari
MISTER MANCHESTER
R' Zalmon Jaffe was a well-to-do
man from Manchester, England. He
served as the president of the local
vaad ha'shchita. He fully utilized his
role, his position, his connections,
and his money to give the Rebbe
nachas and to bring the wellsprings
to cold Britain.
Before his first yechidus, in
5718, R' Bentzion Shemtov, who
was mekarev Jaffe to Chabad, gave
him a list of rules of protocol. In the
Rebbe's office he was not to shake
hands with the Rebbe, he was not to
sit down, etc.
When Jaffe finally had yechidus
at midnight the Rebbe stood up and
held out his hand. Jaffe said that
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Shemtov told him not to shake
hands. So we won't tell him,
smiled the Rebbe.
After they shook hands, the
Rebbe invited him to sit down.
But I was told ...
It's okay to sit down the first
three times you have yechidus,
said the Rebbe.
When R' Zalmon sat down
he thought how this would be
the first and last time he would
be crossing the Atlantic. He was
right, though only partially so. It
was the first time. The last time,
which occurred after numerous
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asked
R' Chadakov
how
Finally, After
when thethe
big yechidus,
payoff does Icome
through,
the Rebbe doesnt
hold back
hisRebbe
vision ofknew
even greater
blessing!
the
that this
time I hadn't davened
Maariv. He
said
that
Rebbe
a Jew's
I was
pleased
to the
read
that yousees
so quickly
saw theneshama
fulfillment of
G-ds
promise,
Test
me
now
herewith,
saith
our
G-d...
if I will
not
and every time a Jew davens, new lights are drawn
down
open for you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing
on him. That
night,
the (Malachi
light of
Maariv
waspledge
missing
from
more than
enough.
3:10).
Thus, your
of 500
for
Kfar Chabad, has been returned to you many fold. It is a pity that you
me.
did not pledge more, so that the benefit would have been so much
greater. I trust, however, that this will be a lesson for the future, to
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the Hecht brothers
hadhow
a special
another
yechidus,
when he
remember
trust in G-d isInwell
rewarded.
Feature
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R' Moshe Yitzchok Hecht passing by the Rebbe for kos shel bracha with his grandson
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THOUGHT
THE KING IS
IN THE FIELD
FOR YOU
By Nadav Cohen
IS THERE STILL
HOPE FOR ME?
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PARSHA THOUGHT
IN PRAISE
OF MIRIAM
By Rabbi Heschel Greenberg
REMEMBER MIRIAM,
BUT FOR WHAT?
One of the narratives repeated
in this weeks parsha concerns
Miriam, Moshes sister, who
spoke ill of her brother, as
recounted earlier in the Book
of Numbers. As a result of this
indiscretion, she was afflicted
with tzaraas (a skin lesion, which
renders a person ritually unclean
and in quarantine). In this weeks
parsha, the Torah admonishes us
to be careful in treating these skin
lesions. Then the Torah exhorts
us to Remember what G-d, your
G-d, did to Miriam on the way
when you left Egypt.
Rashi
gives
a
simple
explanation for the juxtaposition
of these two themes. Tzaraas is
punishment for slander. Miriam
contracted tzaraas because she
spoke ill of her brother. The
Torah continues that to avoid this
punishment one should remember
how Miriam was afflicted.
Three questions arise when we
analyze this verse:
First, why does the Torah focus
on Miriam? Isnt mentioning her
name in this context itself a form
of slander? Why would the Torah,
which even avoids mentioning
something derogatory about a
non-kosher animal, go out of its
way to put down Miriam?
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then does the Torah refer to it
as if it happened right after they
departed from Egypt?
A TZADDIK SINNING
AN OXYMORON
To
answer
these
three
questions we must resolve an
even greater anomaly: how was
it possible that a woman of the
caliber of Miriam to disparage
Moshe? A truly righteous person
remains above the pettiness
of common individuals. The
righteous and holy woman that
GROWTH OF A TZADDIK
The answer is that G-d sees
how the tzaddik wants to grow
and knows that the strongest
spurts of growth occur only after
one has fallen. But there is a hitch.
The tzaddik will never voluntarily
do something to degrade himself
and can therefore never grow as a
Baal Tshuva can. G-d, therefore,
orchestrates the tzaddiks fall
so that he or she can be helped
to rise to an exponentially higher
level. The tzaddiks sins are, in
actuality, opportunities for him
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in Rishon LTziyon and who puts in
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in Rishon L'Tziyon. As soon as he
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THOUGHT
ARE WE G-D'S
EMPLOYEES OR
HIS PARTNERS?
A point from the weekly Dvar Malchus
with a relevant message.
By Aryeh Yehuda
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CROSSROADS
LOSING OUR
PROTECTIVE
EDGE
After a military operation lasting more than
seven weeks (!), the Israel Defense Forces still
didnt obliterate the five rocket launchers that
caused national paralysis. This was because they
were still searching for the telephone numbers of
Arab families still in Gaza to protect the missile
sites, to ask them nicely if they could please
vacate the premises, as if they couldn't hear the
rockets firing over their heads, hour after hour
By Sholom Ber Crombie
Translated by Michoel Leib Dobry
1.
In a little more than two years,
the first American president to
publicly embrace the Moslem
world and remove U.S. armed
forces from the Middle East will
complete his second and final
term of office. While he may be
departing from the White House
at that time, the seeds of discord
that he left behind in the region
will take many years to uproot.
The president of the United States
who dreamed much about peace
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2.
In the chronicles of the kings
of Israel we learn about two
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kings who waged war against the
Philistines but only one emerged
victorious. One was Shaul, the
first king of Israel, who was
blessed with the spirit of G-d and
who rescued the Holy Ark from
captivity. While Shaul was most
exalted among people, a pious Jew
with true fear of G-d, he failed to
vanquish the Philistines in battle.
The reason for this was his pity for
the Philistines.
Even before his pity for the
sheep of Amalek and his failure to
fulfill G-d's command to wipe out
Amalek entirely, Shaul had mercy
on the Philistines. He accepted the
argument of Golyas, who claimed
in the name of Jewish ethics that
there is no reason to go out to war
when thousands of people would
be killed on both sides. Therefore,
Golyas claimed that Shaul should
send out one man from the camp
of Israel to fight against him, and if
their warrior would be killed, that
would be a sign that the Philistines
had been victorious. Shaul agreed,
and he then searched for a suitable
champion to fight Golyas instead
of opening general hostilities.
He promised that the man who
defeated Golyas would receive
much reward, since he [Shaul]
had accepted Golyas' claim that
Jewish ethics rejected the taking of
innocent lives.
Eventually, it was Dovid who
went out to fight Golyas. After
he felled the giant Philistine with
a rock fired from his slingshot,
Dovid asked Uriah HaChiti for
the keys to Golyas' vest in order
to decapitate him. Why did
Dovid have to cut off Golyas'
head after he had already killed
him? To show the Philistines
that he was prepared to wage war
against them mercilessly without
any unnecessary adherence to
"moral principles." He thereby
succeeded in terrifying them and
subsequently defeated them in
battle.
3.
Eight years ago, after the
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TZIVOS HASHEM
GEULA
MONOPOLY
By D. Chaim
Issue 941
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