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             THE WEEKLY PUBLICATION FOR EVERY JEWISH PERSON
   Dedicated to the memory of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson N.E.
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        January 18, 2002           Bo             5 Shevat, 5762
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                        In Tribute to the Rebbe

The Rebbe's life and work have touched millions. The Rebbe's loving
concern for every single Jew, and belief in the ability of the world to
become better, have inspired people on every continent. The tenth of the
Hebrew month of Shevat ("Yud Shevat"), this year January 23rd,  is a
fitting time to reflect on the Rebbe's impact on our lives.

The Rebbe's emphasis has always been on action. By studying the Rebbe's
teachings, by responding positively to his calls to action, and by
trusting his clear statements that the world is about to reach its
perfection with the coming of Moshiach, we maintain the Rebbe's vision
and we strengthen our own ties to the giant of our generation.

Now, more than ever before, the Rebbe's words call out to us:

That the time is now. We stand on the threshold of a new beginning of
heightened awareness of G-d: the time of Moshiach. The world is now
ready for this revolutionary change. History is a process. The universe
- and the human condition - have been constantly evolving to greater
perfection. We have now reached a point where an unprecedented unity
abounds on all levels: technological, economic and political.

The time of Redemption is now. We can herald it. The onus is upon us.
Let us all respond to the Rebbe's call, and we will all have the
ultimate different tomorrow.

The following are practical suggestions:

uStudy the Rebbe's writings, especially those about Moshiach and the
Redemption.

Nowhere can we find the Rebbe more clearly than in his written works,
published in over 200 volumes in many languages. Attend a class in your
nearby Chabad House, or invite the Rabbi or Rebbetzin to teach a group
in your home. The Rebbe emphasized that studying about Moshiach and
Redemption not only helps prepare us for the Messianic Era but actually
hastens it. If you can't get a group together, call your local
Chabad-Lubavitch Center for suitable materials or log onto the numerous
excellent Chabad-Lubavitch- sponsored websites that contain the Rebbe's
teachings.

uBegin observing a new mitzva or do a mitzva that you've always done,
but in an enhanced manner.

uReach out to others with acts of goodness and kindness.

When the Rebbe was asked by C.N.N. for his message to the world about
Moshiach, the Rebbe re-sponded, "Moshiach is ready to come, now. It is
our part to do additional acts of goodness and kindness."

Know that the Rebbe's prophecy of the imminent Redemption will be
fulfilled.

The focus of the Rebbe's life work has been to see fulfilled the promise
of the Biblical prophets of a perfect world without war, hunger or
jealousy. The Rebbe told us to prepare for the coming of Moshiach. Now,
more than ever, we should live by these words.

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           LIVING WITH THE REBBE  -  THE WEEKLY TORAH PORTION
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The ninth plague to befall Egypt was the plague of darkness, as
described in this week's Torah portion, Bo: "They did not see one
another, nor did any rise from his place for three days; but all the
people of Israel had light in their dwellings."

The Midrash explains that the plague of darkness entailed two separate
miracles: a supernatural darkness that enshrouded the Egyptians and
"glued" them in place for three days, and a miraculous light that
enabled the Jewish people to see.

By the light of this illumination, the Jews were able to enter the homes
of the Egyptians and locate the treasures that were hidden there. Later,
when the time came for the Jews to leave Egypt and G-d commanded them to
borrow "vessels of silver and vessels of gold," the Egyptians were
unable to refuse their requests, as the Jews knew exactly where
everything was hidden.

This second miracle came about in order to fulfill G-d's promise to
Abraham years before, when He told him that his descendents would be
enslaved in Egypt: "And afterwards they will go out with great wealth."
In the merit of this light, the Jews were able to "empty" Egypt of its
treasures, in fulfillment of G-d's command, "And you shall plunder the
Egyptians."

Chasidic philosophy explains that the material wealth the Jews took with
them from Egypt was an expression of the spiritual wealth they derived -
the tremendous number of  "holy sparks" that had fallen to the morally
depraved country. By going through the Egyptian exile, the Jewish people
were able to redeem these sparks and restore them to their Divine
source.

The fact that G-d performed a special miracle to facilitate the process
demonstrates that He actively helps us in our service of "redeeming the
sparks." G-d gives every Jew a "special light" that enables him to
penetrate the "depths of Egypt" and withdraw the spiritual "wealth" that
needs redemption.

Even now, in our present exile, the Jewish people are occupied with
redeeming "sparks of holiness." Whenever a Jew utilizes a physical
object for its Divine purpose, he elevates the sparks it contains and
restores them to their original source.

Moreover, G-d continues to perform miracles that help us in our Divine
mission. For even though we are still in a time when "darkness shall
cover the earth, and thick darkness the people," with the help of this
special light, every Jew can prepare himself, with joy and gladness of
heart, for the time when "the L-rd shall shine upon you": the full and
complete Redemption with Moshiach.

                           Adapted from Volume 31 of Likutei Sichot

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                             SLICE OF LIFE
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                          The Rebbe's Anteroom
                          by Gershon Kranzler


    Reprinted with permission of the National Council of Young Israel
    from Viewpoint Magazine, 1955

It was late in the evening when I dropped in on the busy beehive of
Torah study, social work, communal activities and sheer inspiration that
is "770," the residence of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M.
Schneerson. It was a plain Tuesday night like all the others, when
anyone with a special request, problem, worry, or occasion of joy he
wants to share with the Rebbe, may see him.

Naïve, or rather ignorant of the true situation, I inquired of the
secretary whether it was possible to see the Rebbe soon. He takes up a
few pads from his desk that is piled high with bundles of mail,
newspapers, magazines, telegrams and notes. He thumbs quickly through
the pages annotated with the hurried, yet neat efficiency that is
characteristic of this office.

"If the matter is really urgent, you may be able to see the Rebbe this
coming Thursday in three weeks. But you may have to wait quite a while.
His schedule is filled till 1:30 a.m."

"What?" I stammered taken aback, "I want to see the Rebbe tonight, not
in three weeks." A smile of understanding flickers over the man's gentle
face. I am just another of the hundreds of people who come to this
office and expect to be taken into the Rebbe, after a few minutes wait.
After all, whose problem is as important as "mine?" Nothing can get a
person in more quickly, not even the flash of a famous business card,
nor the promise of a large sum of money, as I discovered in the course
of the hour or so I spent in that office, fascinated by the flow of
people of all ages, walks of life, background and degree of religiosity
who came for a similar purpose.

"You see," the Rebbe's secretary explained patiently, "if all
appointments that have been scheduled for tonight move quickly, the last
one will be out about 3:00 in the morning. But one can never tell.
Occasionally people have serious problems and overstay their allotted
time to throw the entire schedule off gear. I have appointments here
that are scheduled for months ahead, and it is only in cases of utmost
urgency that I can try to squeeze in another visitor for a few minutes.
But..." and here his voice grew quite firm, "definitely not before
Thursday in three weeks."

In this age of insecurity and confusion it is not very uncommon to see
people turn to all kinds of rational and irrational guides, advisors and
psychologists. But the realization of the existence of such a strong
desire for the counsel and advice of a Chasidic Rebbe among the wide
American Jewish public is an overwhelming experience. It comes as a
shock that dispels one's lethargy and electrifies with the tremendous
power of a positive force that opens new horizons and unlimited
potentialities in a realm of supposedly arid wilderness.

Imagine yourself sitting in that busy office, telephones ringing and
connecting parties from the far-flung corners of the United States and
beyond, Hebrew and English typewriters hammering away; and right next to
you on a chair, humbly waiting in line, you recognize a face you have
frequently seen in print. It can't possibly be, you think; why, after
all, should he come to the Rebbe? You gradually become accustomed to the
idea that he too may have a problem he wants to discuss with the Rebbe.
If you knew what rates you pay for the few minutes he performs, then it
seems rather incredible to see him wait patiently. His name should
suffice to open all doors. Yet here he sits, just another Jew who turns
to one who has deeper insight and greater knowledge, who can see through
the veil of circumstances and the clouds of worries, anguish and sorrow.

Your eye moves on, though your innermost thoughts still linger with the
famous man and what might induce him to wait his turn in a line that
values neither name, nor fame, but only the heaviness of a worried
heart, or the earnestness soaring with happiness and joy he wants to
share.

Your eyes move on, stopping at a pair, the older man, dignified with the
look of personal success, and the young fellow with the bright eyes,
real Joe College, dressed leisurely, yet with the mark of good taste.
It's all so "typical," so American, the way their ties are knotted, the
chummy talk between them. And again you begin to wonder. You just don't
expect them to be here at 770. They belong in Yankee Stadium, in a
classy restaurant, at a show downtown, or in a museum or lecture hall
perhaps. And your ear catches some strains of conversation, something
about the fellowship at college, about the journey abroad. You purposely
strike up a conversation with the young fellow. It's just as you
expected. Here is a bright young scholar pursuing graduate studies at a
foreign university on a fellowship. He does not even sound apologetic
when he explains that his father wants him to get the Rebbe's blessing
and guidance before his trip abroad.

The eyes move on. Wait a moment, that young girl over there, sitting
next to her mother, as chic as any of the young ladies from the campus
magazines, though her eyes, her whole expression betrays a depth and
refinement usually rare even among the elite schools. You know her. Only
a short few years ago she was sitting on the school bench before you, an
eager youngster, intelligent, taking up every challenge of mind and
personality. She approaches you and explains that she is to be engaged
to a fine young man from Montreal, a graduate of the Lubavitcher Yeshiva
there. She has come here to get the Rebbe's "bracha" (blessing). She is
getting married and will, no doubt, make a wonderful Rebbetzin, the kind
that can mean a great deal to a Jewish community as a social leader to
set the right pattern and pace of Jewish life that contemporary Jews can
understand and follow without hesitation.

Their chance to enter the Rebbe's room has come. She moves on through a
new door, into a new phase of life. You do well to get the Rebbe's
blessings, bride-to-be.

The eye moves on. It stops here and there, surveying faces, expressions,
guessing, wondering, recognizing old faces, new faces, men, women, boys
and girls, some immersed in silent thought, some talking animatedly. You
become the film that records the kaleidoscope of countenances, the
worries, sorrows, questions, happiness and joys of human experience. You
try to bring them all to a common denominator. You try to gain access to
the motifs and motivations of their life paths that bring them to "770,"
lead them to the door behind which sits a man with a pale face, with
deep burning eyes from which speak kindness, wisdom and understanding,
so much of all this that they flow over and encompass all those strange
and familiar people in the anterooms and hallways. And then you begin to
understand what brings them together, the elegant and poorly clad, the
famous and unknown; those in need of a kind word or strong admonition;
those who search in confusion or come driven by curiosity. Those in
eager anticipation, and those in worry and pain. You grasp why they come
and get the Rebbe's blessings or balm of consolation.

You walk out into the street busy with traffic, cars flitting past you,
their bright lights illuminating the darkness for a fraction of a
second, to disappear into the distance. But you don't care. For a while
you have felt the light of eternity, a guiding beam that does not flash
up to rush on past you and your road. You see because the light stays
and lends you guidance in the darkness of the way ahead.

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                            THE REBBE WRITES
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                       8th of Shevat, 5734 [1974]

Greeting and Blessing:

I duly received your letter, in which you write about your birthday. May
G-d grant that it should usher in a year of increased Hatzlocho
[success] in all your affairs, especially to go from strength to
strength in the study of the Torah and the observance of the Mitzvoth.

As we are about to observe Yud Shevat, the Yahrzeit [anniversary of the
passing] of my father-in-law of saintly memory, I trust that you are
familiar with his life and work. One of the main instructions that every
one of us should derive from the inspiration of this day is to
rededicate ourselves to the spreading and strengthening of Torah and
Mitzvoth to the utmost of our ability, bearing in mind that we are
fortunate to be able to do it in freedom and security, without the
perils and difficulties which the Baal HaHilulo had to face for the
greater part of his life.

May G-d grant that you should have good news to report in all above,
including also good news about your family.

With blessing,

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                       8th of Shevat, 5725 [1965]

Dr. -

Greeting and Blessing:

I duly received your letter of December 30th, in which I read with
interest about your new position. This is undoubtedly a true promotion,
both professionally as well as in the opening up of new horizons in your
work for the spiritual benefit of the many, and when the two are coupled
it is indeed a true and complete promotion.

May G-d grant that this be the forerunner of further advancement in the
same direction; which is indeed a natural aspiration, as our Sages
declared, "He who possesses 100, desires to possess 200, and he who
possesses 200, desires 400." This indicates that the ambition grows with
success, and having advanced, one is not satisfied with the previous
increment. The same, at least, should be true in the spiritual sense.

We are now in particularly auspicious days, as we are about to observe
the Yahrzeit-Hilulo of my father-in-law of saintly memory, on the 10th
of Shevat. Inasmuch as Tzadikim [the righteous], the faithful shepherds
that they are, continue to take care of those whom they had taken care
of in their lifetime on this earth, it is certain that my father-in-law
of saintly memory is a faithful intercessor in behalf of the
institutions which are carried on in this spirit, and those who are
actively engaged in their support and expansion.

With blessing,

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                      15th of Shevat, 5722 [1962]

Greeting and Blessing:

I received your three letters. It was gratifying to read about the
impressions of Mr. . .'s visit in your community, about the closer
cooperation with Mr. . ., and, above all, about the accomplishments in
the cause of Yiddishkeit and Chasidus.

I trust that this letter will find you in a much happier frame of mind,
and that you will continue your good efforts with confidence and with
gladness of heart.

Having just observed the 10th of Shevat, the Yahrzeit-Hilulo of my
father-in-law of saintly memory, we are vividly reminded of the
overwhelming odds which he and his followers faced in the struggle to
keep up and spread the light of the Torah and Mitzvoth. There seemed no
chance, in the natural order of things, to hold ground, let alone to
gain a victory, against the mighty power of a dictatorship ruthlessly
bent upon the eradication of every vestige of religious belief and
practice. Yet he came out victorious, because he never faltered in his
absolute faith in G-d; and G-d was with him. How much easier it is to
follow in his footsteps under circumstances which are favorable, and
which certainly do not entail threats and perils, etc.

I trust you associated yourself with all of us in observing this day,
and that the inspiration of it will be with you throughout the year.

Hoping to hear good news from you,

With blessing,

Recently we have had difficulty regarding the translation of your
letters from Dutch, in which I am not fluent. This is also the reason
for the delay in replying to you. I see, however, that you are quite at
home in English, and so am I, and it would be more convenient if you
would continue your correspondence in this language.

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                            RAMBAM THIS WEEK
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6 Shevat 5762

Positive mitzva 215: the law of circumcision

By this injunction we are commanded to be circumcised. It is contained
in G-d's words to Abraham (Gen. 17:10): "Every male among you shall be
circumcised." Likewise, (Gen. 17:14), "And the uncircumcised male who is
not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off
[from his people]."

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                        A WORD FROM THE DIRECTOR
                         Rabbi Shmuel M. Butman
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This coming Wednesday is Yud (the tenth of) Shevat. It is the 52nd
anniversary of the passing of the Previous Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak
Schneersohn, and the anniversary of 52 years of the Rebbe's leadership.

On the first anniversary of the Previous Rebbe's passing, the Rebbe
delivered the very first Chasidic discourse of his reign, beginning with
the words from the Song of Songs, "I have come into my garden, my
sister, my bride."

Quoting the Midrash, the Rebbe explained that when the world was first
created, "The Divine Presence was primarily in the lower worlds." For
the next seven generations, mankind's evil deeds caused a gradual
withdrawal of the Divine Presence from the physical world, until it
reached the "seventh [and furthermost] firmament."

"And then, seven righteous men arose, who would draw the Divine Presence
back down toward earth." The process continued, "Until Moses brought the
Divine Presence back down into this world." Moses led the Jewish people
to Mount Sinai, where G-d's Presence was openly revealed and the ability
to unite the upper and lower worlds was granted. At Sinai, G-d turned to
the Jewish people, His "sister and bride," and declared, "I have come
into my garden."

The Rebbe then paralleled the seven gener-ations of the righteous with
the seven generations of Chabad Rebbes. The Rebbe, with his prophetic
vision, unambiguously delineated the unique responsibility of our
generation, the "seventh generation," to complete G-d's "dwelling place
down below" by establishing Moshiach's reign.

On that day 52 years ago, the Rebbe declared himself at the service of
the entire Jewish nation, dedicating himself to the portentous task of
completing the Divinely ordained historical mission of the Jewish
people. The Rebbe reaches out to every single Jew, to awaken the Jewish
spark that can never be extinguished. His every movement and action has
consistently expressed the promise of the new age that will soon
commence. The Rebbe elevated the world to a higher spiritual level and
readied it for the dawn of the Messianic Age.

May we immediately see the fulfillment of our generation's mission: the
full and complete Redemption with the revelation of Moshiach NOW!

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                          THOUGHTS THAT COUNT
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They did not see one another, nor did any rise from his place (Ex.
10:23)

The worst kind of darkness is the unwillingness to see another's
distress and extend a helping hand. The end result of such indifference
is that the "blind" person himself becomes mired in place, unable to
rise...

                                                  (Chidushei HaRim)

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Let every man borrow from his neighbor, and every woman from her
neighbor...and G-d gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians
(Ex. 11:2-3)

When Jews act kindly and help each other out in times of need, G-d
grants them favor even in the eyes of their enemies, for their actions
arouse an abundance of loving-kindness from Above.

                                                      (Toldot Adam)

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And the L-rd struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt (Ex. 12:29)

Comments Rashi: "Whenever the Torah states 'and the L-rd,' it refers to
G-d and His heavenly court." When it comes to meting out punishment, G-d
gives the decision over to the heavenly angels, who do not know the
thoughts of man. (A Jew is not punished for negative thoughts, as it
states, "A bad thought is not considered part of deed.") By contrast,
when it comes to reward, G-d does not consult with His heavenly court,
as "a good thought is considered part of deed," and only G-d knows our
thoughts and intentions.

                                                   (Nezer HaKodesh)

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                            IT ONCE HAPPENED
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                          By Avrohom Jacobson

Like every young couple, Ronni and Esther Navon looked forward to having
children. As the years went by they began to worry. They went from
doctor to doctor, each one telling the couple that medical science had
nothing to offer them.

In the summer of 1991, Ronny and Esther moved from Israel to Queens, New
York, where Esther's parents live.

On the first Sunday after they moved, Ronny went to the Rebbe to ask for
a blessing for children. "When I stood in his presence." relates Ronni,
"I was seized by an uncontrollable inner trembling. 'We have been
married seven years  and we still don't have children. We ask that the
Rebbe bless us with children.' The Rebbe gave me two dollars with his
assurance: 'b'karov mamash-really soon.'"

Ronni returned twice in the next month. This second time the Rebbe
handed him two dollars, again saying, "b'karov mamash." The next time
the Rebbe gave him two dollars with the assurance of "besurot tovot-good
news."

"I went back to the Rebbe a fourth time. This time the Rebbe gazed at me
with especially penetrating eyes. When I finished my request, he took
out three dollars and gave me the first one and said, 'This is for you.'
Then he gave me a second dollar and said, 'This is for your wife.' When
the Rebbe gave me the third dollar, he said, 'And this is for the
children who will be born.'

"After this explicit promise I didn't have a shadow of a doubt that we
would have children. My joy knew no bounds. My wife and I fully believed
in what the Rebbe had said, and we decided to buy a stroller as a
concrete expression of our faith and to make a 'vessel' for the Rebbe's
blessing. I thought that if the Rebbe had promised children, in the
plural, it seemed we were going to have twins. So we bought a double
stroller."

Ronni opened a business in the Rebbe's neighborhood, Crown Heights,
Brooklyn, called Union Limousine Service. Months went by. Years went by.

"They were very difficult years, years that tested our faith, but thank
G-d, we can say we withstood the test. We were 100% convinced that the
blessing of the tzadik of our generation would be fulfilled.

"Two years ago," continued Ronni, "when we moved, Esther momentarily
hesitated about whether to take the stroller with us. I told her that
the stroller was a sign of our strong faith in the Rebbe's blessing and
that we would take it to our new home."

In order to make additional "vessels" for the Rebbe's blessing, Ronni
made good resolutions in a number of areas, especially in the Rebbe's
suggestion to study each day Chitas (a portion of the Torah, Psalms and
Tanya) and Maimonides' Mishne Torah. I learned the Rebbe's and
Rebbetzin's chapters of Psalms by heart, and often while traveling I
would say them and feel a special closeness to the Rebbe," he says.

"In my work at the car service I make sure that every car is equipped
with a  charity box and a Chitas as per the Rebbe's instructions years
ago. In general, I tried to use my work at the car service as a means of
disseminating the Rebbe's messages. When I drive I often hear people's
stories. People tell me their problems and I tell them about the Rebbe's
various campaigns, for whoever fulfills them merits much blessings and
success. I am sure that over the years I have gotten hundreds of people
to check their tefilin and mezuzot and to take on new mitzvot.

"More than anything else, I tried to talk to my passengers about the
importance of loving a fellow Jew, the mitzva that is considered a great
principle of the Torah. In recent years I've written to the Rebbe
regarding a blessing for children and have put these requests in the
Igrot Kodesh (volumes of the Rebbe's letters). Often I received explicit
answers in which the Rebbe acknowledged receipt of my letter and wished
me good news regarding children.

"A little over a year ago, I received an answer in the Igrot Kodesh that
I should donate money to yeshivas world-wide, and that this merit would
help us to have children. The Rebbe continued in that letter to say that
certainly after the birth of the children we would make sure to give
them a Chasidic education.

"Eleven months ago, in the middle of a routine trip in Crown Heights, my
cell phone rang. My wife told me with tears of joy that the results of
her blood test were positive. I was stunned. I stopped the car and began
crying like a child. I informed the Rebbe that very day that his bracha
was being fulfilled. Then I told Rabbi Leibel Groner, one of the Rebbe's
secretaries, with whom I had been in close touch over the years. Rabbi
Groner told us about various directives concerning pregnancy that he had
received from the Rebbe.

"Two months later, the doctor told us it was twins. We saw how the
Rebbe's blessing was being fulfilled precisely. On Tuesday, 7 Cheshvan
5762 at 10:20, our twin sons were born."

On Wednesday, 14 Cheshvan, the twins' brissim took place at the Georgian
shul in Queens. In light of the Rebbe's directive to publicize the
wonders and miracles that G-d does for us to hasten the Redemption, the
entire congregation, family and friends, heard about the twins who had
been born after 17 years of waiting in the merit of the Rebbe's
blessing.

"We named our oldest son Adam Daniel, and his brother, Ariel Avner,"
concludes Ronni. "The meal following the brissim became a powerful
demonstration of faith and trust in the Rebbe's words. There is no doubt
in the minds of all who shared in our simcha that the Rebbe's prophecy
that our generation will experience the revelation of Moshiach and the
Final Redemption will immediately be fulfilled."

                              Reprinted from Beis Moshiach Magazine

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                            MOSHIACH MATTERS
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Moshiach will meditate on the Torah and be preoccupied with mitzvot. He
will teach all the Jewish people and instruct them in the way of G-d. He
will prevail upon Israel to follow and observe the Torah, repair its
breaches, and fight the battles of G-d. Moshiach will have the unique
gift of understanding and persuading each individual despite the wide
diversity in people's minds and attitudes.

             (From Mashiach by Rabbi J.I.Schochet, based on Midrash
                       Tehilim, Hilchot Teshuva and Yalkut Shimoni)

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