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HEBREW EDITOR:
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DVAR MALCHUS
NO MORE THAN
A TEST
The purpose of the test is actually that it should
be confronted and overcome. By doing so, the
concealment is pushed away and nullified and the
truth is revealed. * From Chapter Eight of Rabbi
Shloma Majeskis Likkutei Mekoros (Underlined text is
the compilers emphasis.)
Translated by Boruch Merkur
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OBITUARY
A LIFETIME
OF SHLICHUS
The shliach who served 71 years on shlichus under the Rebbe Rayatz and
the Rebbe MHM, 66 of the years in Springfield, MA. * He built schools and
a Torah network, led the charge in the battle for the hearts and minds of
American Jewish youth, inspiring thousands to a life of Torah and Mitzvos.
* A brief sketch of the life of the American boy who turned into an old
world Chassid. * Rabbi Dovid Edelman ah.
By Shneur Zalman Levin
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Dovid Edelman ah
was born on 5 Teves
5625. His parents
were R Yechezkel
Meir and Mrs. Tova Leah Edelman.
They were G-d fearing people
though unfamiliar with the life of
Chassidim.
Inexplicably, the young Dovid
was drawn to Chabad Chassidus.
It happened when the Rebbe
Rayatz came to America in Adar of
1940 and all the papers reported
this. The Rebbes picture, which
was published in the papers, so
affected the boy that he cut it
out and hung it over his bed. He
himself could not explain why he
did this.
He
eventually
became
acquainted with the Chassid,
R Avrohom Eliyahu Axelrod, a
Lubavitcher rav in Baltimore and
an outstanding Chassid who was
already known for his outstanding
talents back when he learned in
Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim in
Lubavitch as a young bachur.
When he reached age 16 as a
talmid in Yeshiva Torah Vodaas,
R Axelrod recommended that
he switch to Yeshivas Tomchei
Tmimim in Crown Heights. R
Edelman went to 770, arriving
there on Isru Chag Shavuos
5701/1941. From that point on,
his life changed from one extreme
to another. The bachurim amazed
him with their knowledge of
Nigleh and Chassidus and he
loved the atmosphere.
Even when he returned home
to Baltimore, where there was no
Chabad atmosphere, he was proud
of his Chassidic appearance. This
took much effort, as we see in a
fascinating letter that R Axelrod
wrote to his friend, the Chassid,
R Yisroel Jacobson, in Iyar
5703/1943:
As mashpia and madrich in
Tomchei Tmimim, I turn to you
in this letter to let you know that
ONE OF THE
FIRST SHLUCHIM
R Edelman had the privilege
of being one of the first shluchim.
He was a pioneer, still in the
lifetime of the Rebbe Rayatz.
asked with kabbalas ol: Should I
go now, before Shabbos?
The Rebbe enjoyed the
question and said: A glaicher
zach (a proper thing).
R Edelman left the yechidus
and immediately went to find
someone to go along with him.
One of the Chassidim, who
was a shadar (fundraiser) for
the yeshiva and knew where
Bridgeport is, agreed to join
him for the first Shabbos. Soon,
they were both on a train to their
destination.
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They arrived in Bridgeport a
few hours before Shabbos and
they hung up signs inviting the
children to a Mesibas Shabbos in
the local shul.
Shabbos afternoon, thirty
children showed up and R
Edelman announced the opening
of a Talmud Torah with hours in
the afternoon. The next day, the
first ten children came.
R Edelman spent nearly a year
there. Throughout this time, he
received instructions and letters
from the Rebbe. At some point he
was sent from there to Pittsburgh
to teach young students. He spent
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busy schedule, he would travel
great distances to attend simchos
and he brought his energy and
spirit to each community he
visited.
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on 11 Teves. He is survived
by his wife Leah, his children
Seema Goldstein, Brooklyn;
Cyrel Deitsch, Brooklyn; Shterna
Tenenbaum, Brooklyn; Rabbi
Yisroel
Edelman,
Deerfield
Beach, Florida; Yossi Edelman,
Brooklyn;
Zlata
Mochkin,
Brooklyn;
Sheina
Ezagui,
Brooklyn;
Esther
Kosofsky,
Longmeadow,
Massachusetts;
and his grandchildren, and greatgrandchildren, many who serve
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GENTLE
PERSUASION
By S Nahari
Shmuel
Gruzman,
shliach to Moshava
Migdal which is near
Teveria, related:
Those who live in Eretz Yisroel
are used to the phenomenon
of yeshiva bachurim who did
not learn in Tomchei Tmimim,
touring Eretz Yisroel. Teveria and
its environs are frequently visited
by them.
A group of bachurim once
came to our area on one of these
tours. They stood outside the
shul, debating whether to go
in or not. Why was this even a
discussion? The sight of children
wearing Yechi yarmulkes is what
frightened them. Loyal to their
rosh yeshiva in Yerushalayim,
they refrained from entering a
Chabad shul when they noticed
messianic affiliations.
The bachurim asked my
children (the ones with the
problematic yarmulkes) to call me
to come out. After giving them a
typical warm Lubavitch greeting,
I heard why they didnt come in.
They had clear instructions from
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was all in vain.
Seeing the years go by
without good news, I suggested a
daring idea to my son-in-law, that
he go to the Rebbe for dollars on
Sunday and ask for a bracha.
My son-in-law was not
interested. In fact, he was
shocked by the very suggestion
and adamantly refused.
Another year went by and
it hurt me to see them in this
situation and I wanted to help. I
urged my son-in-law to go to the
Rebbe but he did not want to hurt
his reputation. I understood him
but the matter was too important
to consider his prestige and
honor, so I suggested that he go
quietly, without telling anyone.
The couple finally agreed to
go to 770 on a Sunday. My sonin-law passed by the Rebbe and
did not ask for anything, but his
wife, my daughter, asked for a
bracha. The Rebbe gave a dollar
for her, a dollar for him, and
another dollar for the child.
Another year passed in which
Continued from page 3
The purpose of the test
is actually that it should be
confronted and overcome.
By doing so, the concealment
is pushed away and nullified
and the truth is revealed (as
discussed in the teachings of
Chassidus).
Therefore, by means of
strengthening in hiskashrus,
connecting with the Rebbe,
by studying his teachings and
actually fulfilling his directives
(both with regard to his
directives to the public as well
as and particularly with regard
to the instructions he said face
to face to individuals in private
audiences) we will immediately
merit (since we are presently
A DOCTOR IS INCAPABLE
OF UNDERSTANDING THE
LIFE OF A REBBE
The Rebbes doctor said that
his proficiency in medicine bears
no relevance when dealing with
a Rebbe; as a doctor he is simply
incapable of understanding the
physical life of a Rebbe.
The truth is that the Rebbes
life is spiritual life: The life
of a tzaddik is not physical life
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It is known that all the years the Rebbe would extend monetary assistance to MANY
families of Anash, especially in Crown Heights, who were in need of assistance for Pesach.
The Rebbe was always personally involved in all details, including reviewing the names
of recipients, and on his own would add, names to the list.
This was very dear to the Rebbe, to the extent that the Rebbe would request, and not
leave to the Ohel on Erev Roish Choidesh Nissan, till he saw all the signed checks with the
envelopes.
B"H Kupas Rabbeinu continues this tradition and every year sends out large amounts
of funds to the families in need, and as always in the most discreet and respectful manner,
in order that the Rebbes wish be fulfilled, and that ALL have a Chag Kosher VeSomeach
with peace of mind.
Unfortunately, in recent years the number of families in need has grown substantially.
In order for Kupas Rabbeinu to continue with this task we need your help.
We are therefore asking for your most generous assistance to Keren Moos Chitim of
Kupas Rabbeinu. This will enable us to continue helping families to have the menucha &
Simchas Yom Tov they need and deserve. The more funds we receive, the more families we
can help.
As the Rebbe said at the Farbrengen, Vayakhel-Pekudei 5750 "for one who has been
blessed should increase his gifts according to the blessing he has been given. And who ever
increases will be given additional reward. Indeed, there is no limit to this additional reward"
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CHINUCH
DEMOCRACY
CRISIS
How do you prevent an adolescent from reaching a crisis point? What
are the conditions and reasons that create a divide between parents and
children? How can we protect our children from the danger of democracy
that has destroyed all preexisting standards and when the way of the
Torah is that parents and grandparents are the authorities? Transcribed
from a lecture to parents and educators by veteran mechanech, R
Nachman Yosef Twersky. * Part 1
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whos feeling good is a happy
child who will continue going
in the way of Torah and mitzvos
as he is taught. The problems
begin when a child does not feel
good; it makes no difference
what the reason is. He is bitter or
thinks he is, so as soon as some
change in life occurs, the phase
of adolescence, the bitterness
takes on greater significance and
therein lies the danger.
In order to prevent this,
you first have to have a warm,
friendly relationship with him; he
needs to be close to his parents.
Parents have to see to it that the
child is content and its their
responsibility to see to it that
materially and spiritually hes in
a good place. Not just to tell him
that they seek his welfare but to
do everything possible so that it is
actually good for him.
For example, there are those
who have time for strangers but
when a phone call comes in from a
child they push him off for another
half an hour. It is possible that
this phone conversation is very
important and the conversation
with the stranger can be pushed
off. When a Jewish parent is aware
that his childs chinuch is the
most important thing in life, then
he will act altogether differently.
That being the case, we parents
need to influence our child in
the best possible way, not to just
give him orders like in the army,
because otherwise hell grow up
to do as he pleases. In order to
build up the personality of a child
you need patience and peace of
mind, a pleasant demeanor, to
speak in a friendly way with him
and give him personal attention,
not yelling, orders, screaming.
I once spoke with a father
who has fifteen children and
who told me that several times a
year he takes each child out to
a restaurant to give him quality
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told me to put my finger on the
place. I wondered, how will this
help me make a living? I dont
have the head to learn this. I
dont have an ox or a cow and it is
unlikely that I ever will. Why do I
need to learn this? But the teacher
forced me to put my finger on the
place and learn and there were
also punishments for the lack of
interest that I displayed until I
finally dropped out.
He concluded: If I had known
that when I learn Torah I am one
with Hashem, why would I care
if I have an ox and cow or not?
The main thing is to unite with
Hashem. This is what bothers me,
why didnt they teach me that?
Since then, the young man
has slowly begun to return.
This is what is called planting
deep roots. Educate a child
according to his way, instill
his essence, the essence of his
neshama. And then, when he
grows old, he wont turn away
from it.
I had a student, a very difficult
child, who did all kinds of things
to disrupt the class. He had a good
head which worked overtime in
thinking up mischief at which he
wouldnt be caught. He made me
a lot of problems.
I called him over after a class
in which he was very disruptive
and we spoke. I knew that if I
started with rebuke, it would just
cause damage. I spoke to him
in a restrained and benevolent
manner. I did not punish him
the entire year since I knew it
wouldnt help.
When he didnt behave,
he would say to me, Rabbi
Twersky, give me a knas (fine).
I would say, You are an excellent
student so I wont give you a
knas. I had to exercise quite a
bit of restraint considering his
atrocious behavior. I happened to
see his father while I was on line
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chanoch lnaar.
It is critical that every Jew
who learns Torah, which can
even be Gemara with Rashi and
not necessarily R Akiva Eiger
or other complex commentaries,
knows that he is connecting with
Hashem. Obviously, one should
learn more and more, but the basis
is the knowledge that with any
Torah learned and mitzva done,
one is bonding with Hashem.
To be continued
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AT THE
LAST
MINUTE
By T Yankelowitz
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As for hotels,
here
too
I
thought I knew it
all. Every hotel that I
bought was successful
and every hotel that I
built was unsuccessful
and I only had losses.
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PROFILE
THE
LEGENDARY
MASHPIA
By Dov Levanon
he mashpia, R Chaim
Alter Nissan Shimon
Simchovitz, who was
known as R Alter
Simchovitz, was born to Yitzchok
and Chaya Miriam, a family that
was descended from the Vilna
Gaon. He was born in Pochep
in Belarus at the beginning of
5650/1889. His fathers uncle was
R Yitzchok Elchonon Spektor,
renowned posek and leader of
Lithuanian Jewry.
In his youth, he learned in the
Chabad yeshiva in Pochep led
by R Yehoshua Nosson Gnessin
(Tzvi Notte). In Cheshvan 5665
he was accepted in Tomchei
Tmimim in Lubavitch. Around the
year 5668 he was sent to Tomchei
Tmimim in Horodyszcze where
he learned by R Shlomo Zalman
Havlin who later became his
father-in-law. He was known as
one of the ovdim in the yeshiva
and he davened at length.
In 5672 he was sent with
some other talmidim and the
mashpia R Havlin to Chevron,
where they founded Yeshivas
Toras Emes Chevron. The trip
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HELPLESS WITHOUT
THE REBBE
When I went to Toras Emes
in its first year, in Chevron, at
the end of 5672, I did not see
R Alter Simchovitz, said R
Shimon Glitzenstein. R Alter
felt that he had been cut off from
the great cedar in Lubavitch, as
though he had been distanced,
even for a brief time, from the
source of life, and after being
in Chevron for a relatively short
time, he planned on leaving the
yeshiva and returning to his
source in Lubavitch. However, he
left behind an impression. He was
known to all as Alter Pocheper.
His name was mentioned with
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A FARBRENGEN THAT
LASTED SEVERAL DAYS
R Eliezer Karasik described
an unforgettable farbrengen with
the bachurim who returned from
Chevron:
I recall, it was in 5675 (when
the four bachurim returned from
Chevron-Lubavitch) and they got
together to farbreng with the head
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FROM A CEREAL
BUSINESSMAN TO A
MASHPIA
At the end of 5680, the
yeshiva moved from Kremenchug
to Rostov. The menahel was the
Rebbes son-in-law, Rashag (R
Shmaryahu Gurary) and his
assistant was R Yitzchok Goldin.
Starvation was rampant and
the menahalims concern was
finding bread for the students.
The mashgichim and roshei
yeshiva were bachurim since it
wasnt possible to pay a salary
to a married man with which
he could support a family. R
Alter was already married and R
Goldin asked the Rebbe to take
him as mashpia. He said that if
there will be a Tomchei Tmimim,
then Hashem would help with
the expenses. The mashpia of
Chassidus is the internal man of
Tomchei Tmimim. Without him,
what advantage did the yeshiva
have? But Rashag maintained
that it was impossible to take on
such an expense at such a time.
R Yitzchok Goldin, who was
in charge of raising money, told
Rashag with a smile, You dont
know from financial hardship
(as he grew up in a wealthy
family), so you wont know
from this hardship either. The
Rebbe smiled and said, I agree
with Yitzchok. Take Alter and
Hashem will grant you success.
R Goldin did not delay but ran
to the marketplace where R
Alter worked selling cereal. (R
Leibel Cohen and R Shmaryahu
Sasonkin said that in Rostov they
saw him standing with a samovar
selling tea so he could make
some money. Apparently, he did
not disdain any work as long as
he could support his wife and
daughters.)
Seeing R Alter in such a state
could make your heart melt. He
was my mashgiach and mashpia
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STREET SWEEPER
Shavuos 5691/1921 is when
the oifruf (aliya lTorah) of the
Rebbe
Rayatzs
son-in-law,
Rashag, took place. After the
davening there was a kiddush in
the home of the chassans father,
R Menachem Mendel Gurary,
and the Rebbe farbrenged there.
During the farbrengen the
Rebbe strongly demanded avoda,
avoda in general and avodas
hatfilla in particular. The
Chassid, R Tzvi Gurary asked:
The Rebbe demands avoda at a
time like this? When Alter sweeps
the streets, the Rebbe demands
avoda? (R Alter had to work at
various demeaning jobs at that
time to support his family.)
The Rebbe said: R Akiva
and his colleagues were so great,
men of enormous mesirus nefesh
compared to us. If we, of this
TORAS EMES
R Alter was considered one
of the pillars of the hanhala of the
yeshiva Toras Emes, already in his
first years there. By 5688, about
a year after he went to serve as
mashpia in the yeshiva, the Rebbe
Rayatz put him in charge of
running the yeshiva for a period
of time after his father-in-law
R Havlin and R Moshe Dov
(Berel) Rivkin went to the US to
fundraise for the yeshiva.
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R Dovid Chanzin
MENAHEL RUCHNI OF
YESHIVAS TORAS EMES
Upon the passing of R Havlin,
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Emes at that time. When the
Rebbe told R Eliezer Karasik
to start a yeshiva in Tel Aviv, he
sent the letter to R Alter so he
would advise him how to start
the yeshiva and overcome the
material and spiritual difficulties.
The Rebbe Rayatz wrote a
letter at the beginning of the
winter of 5698 to R Boruch Pariz
when he went to learn in Toras
Emes which shows R Alters
place in the yeshiva:
My
great
friend
and
representative, R Alter, menahel
of Yeshivas Toras Emes, informs
me that you have entered Yeshivas
Toras Emes and surely you will
devote yourself to the guidance
of the above to fulfill all of his
instructions to the fullest.
Indeed,
the
relationship
between R Boruch and the
mashpia, R Alter, was very
special. After about half a year,
when R Boruch went home to
Petach Tikva for the intersession
break, R Alter wrote him a letter
with encouragement to act as a
talmid of a Chabad yeshiva:
The difference should be
apparent between you and your
previous friends who you have
encountered back home, who
have not yet merited to taste from
the Tree of Life and the study
of Chassidus. If no difference is
apparent between you and your
friends, you should contemplate
that fact itself, for a great light like
this [the teachings of Chassidus
mentioned at the beginning of the
letter] did not make an impression
on you I only ask whether
you fulfilled the command
of the Rebbe in every detail,
without any rationalizations.
Simply to do what he said in
reviewing Chassidus, speaking
with the tinokos shel beis rabban
(schoolchildren), yeshiva youth,
or those that are suited for it to
explain that the light of Torah is
THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THEM
R Alter was known to
be very punctual. R Chaim
Shaul Brook once said: See
the difference between me
and R Alter. When R Alter
had to get to yeshiva at nine
in the morning, he would step
over the threshold just as the
bell rang at 9:00. When I had
to be in yeshiva at nine in the
morning, I would come five
minutes before nine.
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PARSHA THOUGHT
HOW CAN WE
BRING THE
SACRIFICES
TODAY?
By Rabbi Heschel Greenberg
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PARSHA THOUGHT
the Torah introduces the Mincha
with the word nefesh, which
also means soul. The answer is:
Whose custom is it to bring a
Mincha? A poor person. Says
the Holy One, Blessed is He, I
regard it as if he has brought his
own soul.
When a person who might
be poor, in the sense of a lack
of sophistication, intellectual
or spiritual prowess, makes a
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TORAH: THE
SOURCE OF PEACE
The Shlamim-Peace Offering
is so called because it was
shared. A part of it was given
to G-d and consumed on the
Altar, a second part was given
to the Kohen, and a third part
of it was enjoyed by its owner.
It represents a threefold peace:
Peace between us and G-d, peace
between one Jew and another and
peace between body and soul.
We can easily understand
how Torah study can serve as
a substitute for bringing the
Shlamim:
Proverbs describes Torah as
the source of peace: Its ways are
pleasant ways, and all its paths
are peace. Moreover, our Sages
declared: Torah was given to
make peace in the world. Kabbala
teaches that Torah corresponds
to the attribute of tiferes, beauty
and harmony. It is a synthesis
of chesed-kindness and gvurajudgment; fire and water.
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By Sholom Dovber Crombie
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R Mordechai
did
not
bills
and
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TZIVOS HASHEM
CHANGING
PLANS
By Nechama Bar
***
Ezra, a young dynamic
person who lives in Ramat
Gan, wears a knitted kippa.
He appeared in 770 in Kfar
Chabad at one of these Friday
night farbrengens. Although
he looked different than the
Chassidim sitting there, he
fit in well with the unifying
atmosphere at the farbrengen.
He drank lchaim, blessed and
was blessed, and you could see
he was deciding whether to
speak or not.
Some of the Chassidim
noticed this and sensed there
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happened
that
Rebbe
through the Igros Kodesh, but I
hadnt expected to hear about
this from Avri.
What connection do you
have with the Igros Kodesh? I
couldnt help but ask, and Avri
went on to tell me a miracle he
had personally experienced.
My mother was very sick.
The doctors gave up on her.
By divine providence, I found
out about the Igros Kodesh
and we asked the Rebbe for
a bracha. You can probably
guess the end of the story. My
mother miraculously recovered!
Since then, I tell everyone not
to make a significant move
without writing to the Rebbe
and asking for his bracha, said
Avri.
I wasnt convinced, but for
some reason I decided to give
it a try, maybe because I didnt
think it would change my mind.
Upon Avris recommendation,
the next day I went to R Dovid
Ushki, director of the Chabad
***
Ezra finished his story and
the Chassidim spontaneously
burst into the singing of
Yechi, for the Rebbe is chai
vkayam.
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