Naftoli Hertz Pewzner

The Full Quotation of the Baal Shem Tov’s Letter Ch. 3, p. 83, fn. 112 As mentioned, in the Baal Shem Tov’s famous letter, several lines detail Mashiach’s complete response. Traditionally though, the phrase “Lichsheyafutzu mayanosecha chutzah,” “when the ...

Welcome If you are holding this book, chances are that you have some interest in Chassidus. Whether this is your first serious introduction or you have been learning Chassidus for decades, this book is designed with you in mind. Chassidus is the Torah wis...

The first words of thanks are due to Al-mighty G-d. King Shlomo writes: “Man’s heart produces numerous [options of] presentation, yet successful delivery is formulated from G-d.”Mishlei 16:1, and Alshich ad loc., “Le’adam maarchei leiv u’meiHashem maaneh ...

In Conclusion Over the course of this volume, titled Chabad: Its Origins, Principles, and Purpose, we discussed the origins of Chassidus Chabad while presenting some of its key principles. Hopefully, we arrived at a clearer picture of some of the basic id...

The Mashiach Campaign Throughout the Rebbe’s leadership, every new campaign and initiative was focused on bringing Mashiach. The Rebbe constantly spoke of Mashiach, he encouraged us all to ask for Mashiach, and to dedicate our actions to pursuits that has...

Special Empowerment With our generation being the last link of this phenomenal process, we can be confident in our ability to get the job done. While the times are harder by some metrics, we were given the tools to succeed.This is a primary theme of the m...

The Seventh is Cherished Fascinatingly, the Rebbe did not consider any of these revolutionary accomplishments as being to his own credit. In the Rebbe’s view, they were all a result of our generation being the Dor HaShvi’i, the seventh generation of Chass...

Where We Are Today Our current era is unique and important. As we will discuss, the events of the last several decades clearly demonstrate that we are on the threshold of Mashiach’s arrival.This can be clearly understood from examination of the statements...

The Messenger In discussion of the personal mission to fulfill the purpose of creation, one can easily assume that what actually matters is the message, not the messenger. What matters is for the global environment and my personal psyche to become a home ...