Sunday, December 8, 2024

Even one drop of innocent blood spilled

 "The land of the Law of God exists for the sake of human beings. Its most precious product, the purpose and goal of all the blessings bestowed upon it by God is every human soul that it nurtures and thus consecrates for the realization of God's law. The land is given to all the people only under the condition that they will regard every human life, which is sacred to the Law, as sacred and inviolable. Even one drop of innocent blood spilled unnoticed will drop a stitch form the bond that binds the land to the nation and both the land and the nation to God."

Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808-1888), Numbers 35:10

Monday, December 2, 2024

No moving to Israel in Chabad

 …the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, published a piece, or had a farbrengen and they published it in which he said that Eretz Yisroel is wherever you make it. In other words, 770 is our Eretz Yisroel. And therefore, in Chabad ideology, there’s no need to go on Aliyah. If you are already living in the land of Israel, you are not supposed to leave. And it is the Holy Land, but there’s no notion of Aliyah not only obviously as an obligation but even as something that you should strive for, something beneficial because as the Lubavitcher Rebbe said, to Menachem Mendel this is our Eretz Yisroel. Wherever you make Torah, wherever you create a Torah environment that’s Eretz Yisroel.


Dr. Marc Shapiro, “Shapiro-Rav Shlomo Yosef Zevin-Part 2.mp3,” 3:04, Torah In Motion.

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

abilities

 The Lubavitcher Rebbe said, “If God has blessed you with abilities – and He created nothing in vain – so if He gave you such abilities, you must utilize all of them in fulfilling your Divine mission. And you must do so in a way that no talent is left untapped.” He wasn’t talking only about Gemara skills. He guided people to be researchers, doctors, journalists, artists, teachers. He said, “God guides the steps of each person. If God put you in a specific place – literally and also in terms of your position and influence, it is God guiding you. He put you there for a reason.”


Living Torah, 924 "Think Big."

Holiday with a German

 


Sunday, November 24, 2024

The Rebbe was against Zionism

 The Rebbe was against Zionism


 אמנם צריכים להיות נגד הציונות, אך את האנשים המחזיקים בה באופן אישי יש לקרב, כלומר: מקרבים כל יהודי מאחר שהוא יהודי, אך לא מקרבים יחד איתו את הציונות שבו ח"ו

שיחות קודש תשכ"ז ח"ב ע' 407

It is true that we must be against Zionism, but one should still engage in outreach with the people who cling to it. That is to say, one should do kiruv with every Jew because he is a Jew. However, the Zionism should not be brought in along with him.


Lubavitcher Rebbe

Sichos Kodesh, 5727, p. 407