Dedicated by Moris and Lillian Tabacinic · In loving memory of Menachem Mendel and Shaindel Tabacinic
“G‑d is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?. . . My adversaries and my enemies against me? They stumbled and fell!”
The Baal Shem Tov taught:
You must know that everything depends on you. That with your every mitzvah, the universe resonates in blissful harmony that heals and nurtures. That with a single sin, the entire cosmic symphony falls apart in a cacophony.
Because if you pretend to be humble, saying, “Who am I, this lowly cre...
Even without a voice, even being cut off from most people, I could find my own path to happiness and emotional health.
Two boys playing outside their home in Brooklyn had no idea that the friendly Jewish man who'd stop to say hi was none other than the Rebbe.
If you heard a world-class violinist in the subway, would you stop to listen?
Virtually cut off from other Jewish centers, the Mountain Jews developed their own way of life.
When to pray? When is Shabbat? What to do when time and space are not what they are on earth?
It is a singular, tremendous privilege if the Almighty grants a person an aptitude for, and a delight in, doing a fellow Jew a favor. If the Almighty grants a person that his fellow man will be more dear to him than himself... It is worth one's while to toil five hours a day for five days -- toil of the body and toil of the soul -- to comprehend the Divine, if the result is that one truly desires to do a favor to a fellow.
– Rabbi Sholom DovBer of Lubavitch (1860-1920)
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