Posted on 03/01/2015 2:11:25 AM PST by Yomin Postelnik
During the darkest times, Hashem sent Mordechai to shine a light and renew people's faith. His battle wasn't limited to the physical and the natural. As a first step, he strengthened the Torah education of Jewish children and gathered the people to return to Hashem. The darkest part of the Egyptian exile caused Hashem to send Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses) into the world. Were one to pin their success to some characteristic of theirs, no matter how lofty a trait, one would miss the mark. No one set of attributes allowed Moshe to bring the 10 plagues upon the enemies of G-d and of his people, to receive the Torah or to miraculously lead a nation. No personal attribute would have allowed Mordechai to turn Haman's plan upside down, or to save the entire Jewish people through miraculous means. In our generation the feat accomplished by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, his revival of Judaism at a time when the future of Torah Judaism seemed too dark to even remember, is hallmark of a leader that the Talmud describes as being that of one in a generation.
To acknowledge this, one needs only to clearly understand the situation that Judaism in North America faced prior to the early 1940s. Immigrants from the Old Country would arrive at the shores of America and throw their Teffilin (phylacteries) and sheitls (hair coverings) overboard. Some did this in sad resignation that “America was different.” Previously shomer Shabbos (Sabbath observant) parents would wake their children up for work on Sabbath mornings. They didn't realize that they were throwing away G-d Almighty and the best part of themselves with it. They thought that they were looking out for the best interests of the next generation. It is only in retrospect that we understand how wrong they were.
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I love the Rebbe. I own one of his books and it is pure gold. Rebbe please intercede with Hashem to heal his broken creation and help the righteous.
His commentary included in the Gutnick Chumash is very good.
A Blessed Purim to you.
Don’t worry. He’ll be back. (via gilgool nishmot)
Thanks! To you too!
Thanks ZC! Hope you’re doing well! Have a great Purim too.
Is there a way to prevent his soul from returning?
Good question, but I don’t have an answer for you.
I thought this mught be, “Ask the Rav” time...
...might
Which one?
Just found.
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