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360. A Time of Silence



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Posted: Aug 14, 2005
profoundity of silence
Rab Freeman,

Again, your words of profoundest mode, touched and stroke the core of my soul.

No words describes this profoundity in my gratitute. Shalom!
Posted By mind across

Posted: Jan 20, 2006
Daily thoughts
I am not a Jew. I got in contact with judaisme via my work and discovered so much beauty and depth in it. The daily thoughts have become as important for me as the daily bread.
Shabat Shalom
Posted By Judith, Geneva, Switzerland

Posted: Aug 8, 2008
Time of Silence
Thank you for these words of inspiration. They never fail to touch me deeply.
Posted By Anonymous, New York, NY

Posted: Aug 8, 2008
Thank you to let me understand again who we are..
Thank you to remind us, our deepest thoughts, and behaviors. A parent is just someone who does understand. A father is the one who is responsible. The child and who we are is just a person who responds.
Posted By Francine, Canada

Posted: Aug 8, 2008
Beautiful
I like this, it's beautiful.
Posted By Christopher D. Horn, Pierceton, Indiana/USA

Posted: Aug 9, 2008
time of silence
Yet another metaphor for Gd's seeming ongoing silence.

We have too many such metaphors.

Too many explanations.

Too many excuses.

Humans who have had hard times have heard too many excuses.

And Gd should not need us to make excuses for Him.
Posted By Benjamin Brach

Posted: July 24, 2011
Time Of Silence ...
it's hard to put it into words exactly... but it reminds a bit of the time when i lost my dad which will be almost 3 yrs. ago in Feb and it is really hard. i took it really hard since i was my daddy's little girl and he told me he was gonna little forever and watch his grandchildren grow up, graduate high school, college, gradschool, etc... i was so mad at him at first for leavin' me and lyin' but i've slowly come to terms w/it but still im hurtin' but i look at my own children and say i have to live for them love them and don't be so resentful, he wouldn't want that!
Posted By Anonymous, Houston, TX
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Posted: July 25, 2011
fascinating thought!
Thank you. it is so refreshing to see and feel a message for all of us to further meditate upon that we are here to teach one another and remain not in any one group but act perhaps as an intermediary to another... to perform the service every child within searches for... acceptance... and a feeling of being worth time considering and responding to
Posted By Michelle

Posted: July 27, 2011
A Time of Silence
Good morning Rabbi Freeman.
The Rebbe, Rabbi M. M. Schneerson knew how to share his wisdom.

As adults it is difficult to just sit and listen
Thanks for the great reminder.
Posted By esther, atlanta, ga

Posted: July 27, 2011
teacher and student
Just like the teacher and student.....sometimes the classroom gets a deafening silence....and the teacher is looking towards us...and we look toward him...all the while our minds are questioning him....and all the while he is curious about us being on the same page as him.....and yes, we are curious children too.
Blessings--for the Jews are the Canary in the coalmine for us in the US!
Posted By Miss Gigi Garroutte, ama, tx,US

Posted: July 27, 2011
While He keeps silent...
While He keeps silent is when we must learn our lessons,not losing control in the midst of that anxiety,tears and spoiled impatience.

This is the test that our Father is faithful and loves us and will never abandon us, and that His answer, coming from His core, will reach us and that we will (finally) fully understand it.
Posted By Carmen

Posted: July 27, 2011
Silence
This is one of the hardest lessons I have had to learn and it has taken a long time. There is now a deep knowing in my spirit that Adoni is always looking after our welfare. "Listening" with the heart, mind, and spirit are the key ingredients and makes a delicious aroma of our faith in our Elohim. Amen
Posted By Lana, Holliday, Texas

Posted: July 27, 2011
galut-exile
exile makes to the father, not the son...the silence makes sense to the father and the son in retrospect, now we are waiting for the answer-ooooh we have been waiting to long Father!!!
Posted By ac, brooklyn , NY

Posted: July 28, 2011
Thank you for this beautiful message. It helps to ease the heart and fortify Emunah in this world of today.
Posted By Sora, Memphis, Tn

 


54 Years, 54 Ideas
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1990: The Jewish People according to the Rebbe
1991: Miracles according to the Rebbe
1992: Community according to the Rebbe
1993: Pain according to the Rebbe
1994: Death according to the Rebbe
1995: Life After Death according to the Rebbe
1996: Absence according to the Rebbe
1997: Confusion according to the Rebbe
1998: Apathy according to the Rebbe
1999: Judaism's Universal Message according to the Rebbe
2000: The Modern Age according to the Rebbe
2001: Combating Terrorism according to the Rebbe
2002: Earning a Living according to the Rebbe
2003: Action according to the Rebbe
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