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In keeping with the article by the previous rebbi (?) called "Lamp Lighters" that describes what a Chassid is - it was particularly poignant to hear Dr. Block, in my eyes the quintessential Lamp Lighter, retell this story about his Rebbi!
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What a wonderful explanation the Rebbe gave about what his "job" was. Everything is so plausible, you are able to see the current of electricity right in front of your eyes, when it starts at Niagarafall, how it is going its way through the wires to its destined place, and we have only to switch the light on...
Without doing that, there is darkness.
We only have to switch G-ds light on, as we put the light on for a lamp.
And He, the Rebbe, tells, where the switch is. Here, the truth is so simple. I am impressed.
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My Job Description
mid-1950s |
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Dr. Yitzchak Block is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario.
In the mid-1950s, he accompanied a group of college students to a private audience with the
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10 Shevat, 5735 · January 22, 1975
Torah expects a Tzaddik to not be satisfied with his own righteousness; his mission is to
influence his fellow Jews to follow G-d’s path, and to help them, in turn, become sources of
inspiration to others as well.
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Erev Rosh Hashanah, 5737 · September 24, 1976
Just hours before Rosh Hashanah, the Rebbe brings requests for blessings received from
around the world to the resting place of his father-in-law and predecessor, Rabbi Yosef
Yitzchak of Lubavitch.
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4 Nissan, 5749 · April 9, 1989
Time does not permit a written response to every letter I receive. But my personal response
to all is: I will mention it at the resting place of my father-in-law, the Rebbe; and may G-d
help you in all that you need.
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