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Likkutei Sichos Vol. 18, pg. 411-420
to the proximity in time to the death
of Aharon, as mentioned above, but
also with regard to their significance:
In the month of Menachem Av the
Holy Temple was destroyed, the
Translated by Boruch Merkur burning of the House of our L-rd.
Indeed, our Sages say that “the death
of the righteous is equivalent to the
burning of the Holy Temple,” and “the passing of the
righteous is difficult for the Holy One Blessed Be He,
more so...than the destruction of the Holy Temple.”
We find that with regard to the manner in which the
passing of a righteous person is observed, there are two
opposite approaches. On the one hand, there must then be
the conduct of “weeping and mourning” on account of his
passing. On the other hand, it is a time to learn from “his
deeds and his Torah and his service throughout the course
of the days of his life” in order to continue going in the
ways he instructed us in. It is then [i.e., upon his passing]
that the saying of our Sages applies – that if “his progeny
is alive,” “so too is he alive,” and in the terminology of the
Mishna in the topic at hand: “Be of the disciples of
Aharon.”
Accordingly, the same concept applies with respect to
the time of the destruction of the Holy Temple. On the
one hand, at this time there is the obligation mandated by
the Torah of “mourning for Yerushalayim.” On the other
hand, it is specifically the time of Between the Straits that
demands an especial strengthening for not falling into
despair from Exile, G-d forbid, knowing – as in the
completion and seal of the Haftora of the portion of
Massei that we now read – that “from this time, call to me,
my father; you are the guide of my youth.” Indeed, it
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THE FRENCH
CONNECTION:
SHLIACH OF THE REBBE
AND PERSONAL FRIEND
OF THE NEW FRENCH
PRESIDENT
By Nosson Avrohom
HIS FRIENDSHIP
“Four years later I attended the “The Rebbe’s gaze absolutely
Chabad kollel of Rabbi Yaakov captivated me. It was a Sunday WITH SARKOZY
Zarviv, which at the time was after Rosh HaShana 5750 when I “My relationship with Sarkozy
located in the Tomchei T’mimim passed by the Rebbe. I received didn’t start with the elections, but
yeshiva in Brunoy. There I three dollars and until this day I back in the early days of the
underwent a transformation in my don’t know why. Interestingly, my Chabad House. It was shortly
personal life. future wife was at the Rebbe and before Chanuka and I decided that
“Being together with the when she passed by for dollars the despite the decidedly Catholic
T’mimim and in an atmosphere of Rebbe gave her a dollar and said, demographic of the city, we
Chassidic excitement and ‘This is for the Chabad House.’ should also have a public menorah
hiskashrus to the Rebbe was “She didn’t know which as the Rebbe wants.
inspiring and it drew me deeply Chabad House the Rebbe was “A few days before Chanuka I
into the world of Chabad. I went referring to, but when we got went to the city building where
to the Rebbe for the first time in engaged and planned to devote Sarkozy’s mayoral office was. I
5750. That was the final push. In our lives to spreading the went to his office and he received
770, I was exposed to a new and wellsprings and opening a Chabad me cordially. I made my request
wonderful world. House, she understood.” and told him that this is done
PUBLICIZING THE
SEVEN NOACHIDE LAWS
In recent years there has been
great interest among the shluchim
in France to spread the message of
Last year’s Chanuka House the Seven Noachide Laws. The
AN ARGENTINEAN
SENATOR AND A
FRENCH CONTENDER
Over the years, the friendship
between R’ Zaoui and Sarkozy
grew and R’ Zaoui was one of the
only people who could see Sarkozy
in his office whenever he liked.
“Last year, I wanted to go to
the Kinus HaShluchim with my
son, but when I got to the airport
I discovered to my dismay that the
Rabbi Zaoui standing beside a Mivtzaim tank
passport had expired. I didn’t want
to give up my trip, so I rushed
shluchim give out flyers in non- children and was beloved and well-
back to the city and went to see
Jewish neighborhoods in addition known in France. Unfortunately,
Sarkozy. His advisors told me that
to placing signs and putting up he married a non-Jew and had a
he was in his office and I could
billboards. R’ Zaoui was one of daughter. When he died a few
see him.
those who had major years ago, his only daughter
“I realized this was Divine
breakthroughs in this area, as he inherited his money.
Providence and I felt that the
relates: “Because of his popularity, he
Rebbe wanted me to meet with
“I broke new ground with the had amassed a fortune and his
Sarkozy before I flew. I asked him
Seven Noachide Laws. There was daughter hired several lawyers in
for his father’s name and he was
a famous French Jew by the name order to handle the huge
very touched when I suggested
of Renee Gussinei whose father inheritance. One of them was a
that I pray for him. Over the
was not Jewish. He was a good friend of mine. He came to
years, he heard a lot about the
producer of TV programs for me one day and said that the non-
OF MALCHUS
By Rabbi Naftali Estulin, Shliach, Los Angeles, California
holiday of Shavuos?
The two main characteristics of a
king are: a) he has everything, and
in great measure; b) no one can stop
him from fulfilling his desires, to the
Translated By Michoel Leib Dobry point of “the king said and the
mountain was uprooted.” At Mattan
Torah, G-d placed upon us the great
When the Communists came to power, task of making a dwelling place for
anyone who wasn’t instilled with the Him in the lower realms, which
includes all the Avodas Hashem
faith that a Jew is a king, “a kingdom of since Mattan Torah until the
revelation of Moshiach Tzidkeinu.
priests and a holy nation,” gave up the Such a mission can only be carried
out when we have the strength of
battle. Only the Rebbe Rayatz and his kings. Without the breitkait
(magnitude) of a king, it is
chassidim, who were instilled with the extremely difficult to contend with
faith that the whole world – including this world.
As a result, G-d crowned the
Communism – was created for the entire Jewish People with the crown
of sovereignty before Mattan Torah.
Jewish People and designed to serve Now, every Jew can summon the
strength of a king, with all the
them, succeeded in rising above breitkait. He is lacking nothing, as
our Father in Heaven, the King of all
everything and acting as kings before kings, has granted him all the
whom no one can stand. necessary strengths to fulfill his
duty.
Yet, as with all spiritual
In one of his sichos on the Baal Shem Tov – all three of whom influences from Above, this influence
holiday of Shavuos, the Rebbe are connected with the holiday of also must pass through the leader of
MH”M explains the unique Shavuos, the Time of the Giving of the generation. In fact, Moshe
connection between Moshe our Torah, as all three of them were Rabbeinu, who was a king, bestowed
Rabbeinu, Dovid HaMelech, and the kings. Regarding Moshe, it is said, upon the people of his generation
Rabbi Zalman Leib Estulin a”h, was a “When the bachurim arrived,
they would hang a piece of
model of someone who lived a life of material as a kind of curtain
around the bed of Yisroel Noach
mesirus nefesh for the sake of others. as he slept. The talmidim learned
in the room as my sister Raizel
His love for Torah was boundless, and remained near her son’s cot,
except for the times that I came to
he wished to impart this to his group of relieve her.
adopted children. * In this chapter from “The floor was a dirt floor and
when it rained it turned into mud.
a book about him, written by Rabbi Under these difficult conditions
they devoted themselves fully to
Sholom Dovber Friedland, we read the chinuch of Jewish children.”
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SICHOS KODESH
OF THE SUN
By Rabbi Chaim Borevitz
after Pesach this year at the Royal
Astronomical Society’s National
Astronomy Meeting in Lancashire,
England explains that there exists
looping magnetic fields along the
Sun’s outer regions, called the
Yehoshua won the debate by explaining corona, which carry magnetic sound
waves in a manner similar to musical
to the sun that the miracle of Yehoshua instruments, such as guitars or pipe
organs.
stopping the sun and the resulting The researchers speculate that
explosions on the sun’s surface,
victory for the B’nei Yisroel’s army called microflares, act like a guitar
would be even greater praise to Hashem pick to trigger the magnetic loops to
produce sound waves. The acoustic
than the sun’s song. waves can reach heights of tens of
miles and can travel at speeds of
45,000 to 90,000 miles per hour.
One of the great miracles miracle of Yehoshua stopping the The explosions release energy
recorded in our Holy Torah sun and the resulting victory for the equivalent to millions of hydrogen
happened on the 3rd of Tamuz. On B’nei Yisroel’s army would be even bombs. Although the sound waves
this auspicious day, Yehoshua greater praise to Hashem than the are on a grand scale, the
ordered the sun and moon to stop sun’s song. astronomers say that the sound
moving, so that the sun would not The song of the sun is also waves are exactly the same waves
set and the extra daylight would mentioned in Perek Shira, “The sun you see on a guitar string.
allow the B’nei Yisroel to finish their says, ‘The sun and moon stood still Astronomers have recorded the
battle to defeat the Emori. in heaven; to the light of Your sun’s music. Unfortunately, the solar
Chazal relate that when Yehoshua arrows they move and at the shining sound waves are on the order of
gave the command to the sun to of Your glittering spear’ (Chabakuk millihertz – a thousandth of a hertz
stop moving, the sun protested that 3.11).” Rashi, Radak, and Metzudas – which is out of the range of 20 to
while it moves it sings Hashem’s Dovid all explain that this pasuk 20,000 hertz that the human ear can
praises. Yehoshua won the debate by refers to Yehoshua’s miracle of hear. May we all merit to hear the
explaining to the sun that the making the sun stand still. Thus, the 10th song, the song of Moshiach, in
the Geula Shleima, Now!
THE BALABUS
OF YEMEN
By Shneur Zalman Berger
and was beloved by all, a humble and school for several years until he
switched to Yeshivas Tomchei
multifaceted individual, who taught T’mimim in Lud.
His talents and special qualities
Torah for decades, far from the were known to his friends in
yeshiva, but he maintained a low
spotlight. profile. Rabbi Yeshaya Hertzel, rav
of Natzeret Ilit, described in
amazement his chavrusa for
Rabbi Zecharia Guri passed as he was conscious, he learned the Shulchan Aruch in those days,
away a few days before Pesach. D’var Malchus and maamarim of “Every night, after we finished the
Aside from his rabbinic position, he the Rebbe. He believed with all his scheduled learning sessions, we sat
was also a shochet and sofer, heart in the imminent hisgalus of together and learned Shulchan
professions he pursued with the Moshiach.” Aruch. We were very tired, but R’
Rebbe’s blessing. He carried out his Guri constantly encouraged me,
roles successfully, patiently, and YOU CAN SLEEP LATER saying, ‘You can sleep later; now we
with an open heart, thus being have to learn.’“
Rabbi Zecharia Guri was born in
mekarev many Jews to Torah and
Yemen, 64 years ago. His father
mitzvos. ONLY TRAVELING WITH
died when he was a baby and his
“The Lubavitcher chinuch was
apparent in him. He was a p’nimi, a
mother was left with four children. THE REBBE’S BRACHA
The family emigrated to Eretz In the period of time before he
Tamim, someone who lived with
Yisroel when he was a child and married, R’ Guri applied himself to
utter bittul to the Rebbe’s inyanim,
settled in the Zarnoga transit camp learning. He also asked the Rebbe
someone who was constantly busy
near Rechovot. While they were whether he could study sh’chita and
with the Rebbe’s campaigns,” said
there, members of the Jewish safrus. In the summer of
his good friend, Rabbi Yitzchok
Agency tried to pressure his mother 5727/1967, he received the Rebbe’s
Yadgar, who ran the Chabad school
into sending her children to the answer:
in Taanach for many years.
kibbutzim, but she insisted that they In response to your questions:
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Hospitality Center was founded in influential in Chabad centers around
1. Arranging learning contests
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