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ETERNAL LIFE
THROUGH
RADICALLY
INCREASING IN
TORAH STUDY
DVAR MALCHUS
REALIZING THE
DREAM OF A BEIS
RIVKA SCHOOL
FROM THE LIFE OF R
YEHOSHUA SHNEUR ZALMAN SEREBRYANSKI AH
CONCLUDING
EXILE WITH
ABRAHAM
BY RABBI H. GREENBERG
CONTENTS
4
FEATURED ARTICLES
WEEKLY COLUMNS
3 Dvar Malchus
11 Parsha Thought
21 Profile
34 Tzivos Hashem
BUILDER OF CHABAD
INSTITUTIONS
R Shneur Chaviv
IN CHINUCH
14 BELIEVING
Zalman Tzorfati
REBBE HINTED
18 THE
TO ANOTHER
TWELVE YEARS
14
Nosson Avraham
CHASSIDIC SUBURB
28 ACALLED
MALACHOVKA
Shneur Zalman Berger
28
744 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11213-3409
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF:
M.M. Hendel
HEBREW EDITOR:
Rabbi S.Y. Chazan
editorH@beismoshiach.org
ENGLISH EDITOR:
Boruch Merkur
editor@beismoshiach.org
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DVAR MALCHUS
ETERNAL LIFE
THROUGH
RADICALLY
INCREASING IN
TORAH STUDY
Translated by Boruch Merkur
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PROFILE
BUILDER
OF CHABAD
INSTITUTIONS
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Amos Barzilai was the king of Tel Aviv nightlife and became one of the
main supporters who built up the mosdos of the Chabad yeshiva in Ramat
Aviv and supports hundreds of other Chabad mosdos. * Barzilai speaks
for the first time in an interview with R Shneur Chaviv about giving
tzdaka, about the involvement of wealthy people in the
mosdos they support, about combining the world of
business and the world of Torah, about his special
connection to Chassidus and to the Rebbe and more.
Photos by Yehuda Segev
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Torah, tfilla, and tzdaka are
the focal points of his life; they
are why he continues to make
money.
Speaking of Torah, tfilla
and tzdaka, tzdaka is definitely
the dominant element of the
three. Although the number of
institutions and organizations he
supports are numerous, it would
be true to say that the project that
he is signed up for with pride and
humility is the Chabad yeshiva in
Ramat Aviv which he has been
involved in since its inception.
Its his baby. It is hard to imagine
the yeshiva in Ramat Aviv without
Amos Barzilai and even harder
to imagine Barzilai without the
yeshiva.
***
Amos leans his executive chair
back as far as it goes and crosses
his legs. If he would smoke, it
would be the perfect position in
which to light up a fine cigar.
We went on to have a fascinating
discussion for an hour that
seemed like ten minutes.
I think that in general,
recently, Torah is penetrating
more and more into our reality.
People are beginning to see it,
to feel it and to internalize it.
Whether its in business, the
media, on the street; in general,
the conversation of Israelis has
changed. G-dliness has entered
daily life.
DIVINE PROVIDENCE
ON IBN GABIROL
You walk around Ibn
Gabirol or Dizengoff where
people fill the cafes and
entertainment halls, exactly
where does G-dliness come into
the picture. Are you telling me
people are sensing G-dliness?
Definitely. Today, people are
feeling and living G-dliness, even
on Ibn Gabirol or the Ramat
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your day?
I have been davening in the
yeshiva for nineteen years now,
every morning, and as far as I
can remember I have never been
late to minyan. Its in my blood,
spirit, and soul. The Modeh Ani
every morning, mikva, davening,
friends, the shiur, the human
interactions are a part of me. Its
the backbone of my day and I
cannot do it anywhere else.
What is special about this
minyan?
Its impossible to describe
a feeling. It is a G-dly
experience that I cannot explain
in words. I cannot imagine
how my life would look without
davening in the morning in
yeshiva. And its not just me;
there are others who are with me
for eighteen years in this minyan
and who feel just as I do. This
has become our life. In general,
I cannot imagine my life without
Torah and mitzvos. You cant live
without it.
PERFECT INTEGRATION
A visit to the offices of Amos
companies always fascinates me.
One of the rooms is designated
as a shul which services the
employees and businessmen in
the area. Regular shiurim take
place in the conference room.
The back wall of the room
consists of a huge Torah library
rivaling the offices of the chief
rabbi.
Amos is not what is known
as a chareidi and yet everything
around him cries out kdusha.
There is something in this
combination of a leading,
seasoned
businessman
who
publicly displays his Judaism and
who is constantly integrating the
spiritual and the material with a
natural charm.
Ive been in many offices
I think that
blindness
is when you dont
see G-dliness in the
world, its when
youve experienced
divine providence
but
you
didnt
notice
it;
thats
blindness.
And
when the Creator
leads you through
a series of events
and you understand
them, when you
understand what its
saying to you, when
you see the divine
providence, that is
the opening of the
eyes of the blind.
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a dira batachtonim. That is our
job, the combining of spirituality
and the material world and the
balance between them. There
are people who need to leave
and be involved in Torah day
and night; that is their role. But
my role, as a businessman, is to
instill G-dliness in the world. And
its an enormous, indescribable
pleasure.
You feel that you are
fulfilling a G-dly mission where
you are?
I dont know for certain
whether it falls under the heading
of shlichus or not, but I do know
that I am doing what I should be
doing and it fills me with joy. I
feel that the reality that I live in
is far nicer than my dreams. It
fills me with delight. Around me
I see people who are running and
are not happy. People who are far
richer than me, who can really
allow themselves endless material
delights and they are not happy.
How do your employees and
business partners react to the
shul, the shiurim, to everything
that goes on here?
Ah,
nonsense.
Whoever
knows me knows that wherever
I go, any deal I get involved in,
the first thing I do is open a shul
and its always shiurim and sifrei
kodesh; its an inseparable part of
my life.
Everyone is satisfied with the
way things are. Employees come
over to me, consult with me
Many of them began saying Shma
in the morning, at night; some
come for Mincha, some come to
put on tfillin. I bought tfillin for
some employees. I dont force
anyone to do anything, but they
see that I enjoy it so much that
they want a piece of it too.
TSHUVA-TFILLA-TZDAKA
Many
mosdos
and
EMOTIONAL INVOLVEMENT
How emotionally involved
do you think a wealthy donor
ought to be?
A wealthy person can figure
it out if he is involved, he will
have a life. If not, he will have
so much money he wont know
what to do with it.
I dont understand.
I will explain. If you are
involved in a community then
you have a good life. Sometimes
I sit down to learn with the
shluchim, with young guys, and
I enjoy every minute of it. You
can be disconnected and make a
lot of money but you wont have
anything. You need to remember
that money is a means, not an
end. When you are connected to
a community it gives you spiritual
support and physical enjoyment.
I meant being involved
administratively. Once, in a
yechidus for wealthy people,
the Rebbe asked them to build
buildings for mosdos. The
Rebbe emphasized that they
shouldnt suffice with giving a
check but should be involved
in the building. That way,
explained the Rebbe, the rich
will build according to their
standards.
Each person needs to know
what he can contribute. Often you
can donate money but you can
donate more than money. You
can donate of your knowledge,
your talents, your connections,
your experience. It has often
happened that Ive given advice
to directors of mosdos that ended
up being worth a lot of money.
I think a wealthy person needs
to accompany the mosad and
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CHASSIDUS IN BUSINESS
It is fascinating to watch
Amos learn Chassidus. The man
who is a lion in his office can
sit facing one of the bachurimshluchim and learn a maamer in
depth and all he does is nod. His
occasional sharp insights that he
offers now and then show that
the learning is internalized.
What
characterizes
a
Chassidic wealthy man?
I dont know, but I can tell
you what it ought to be. What
ought to be is that one should be
a Chassid without the additional
title of wealth. What is a wealthy
person? I dont know. A Chassid
is someone who goes beyond the
letter of the law. Being Chassidic
suffices; if you consider yourself
a wealthy man that can confuse
you.
What connection is there
between
Chassidus
and
business?
Chassidus changes your life;
it affects your inner qualities
and it turns you into someone
else. Chassidus gives you G-dly
drive in everything, in learning,
middos, in your way of life and
in business too. When you learn
They
just
call it by
other names. One
calls
it
karma,
another
calls
it
positive
energy
and a third calls it
cosmic love They
dont yet know the
right terms for the
feelings they have
that come from
an arousal of their
G-dly soul. In my
opinion, this is also
one of the most
powerful
signs
that the Geula is
practically here.
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Chassidus, set times for learning
Torah, set up classes in private
homes. Pick yourself up, start
something, bring in others, share,
you yourself then become the rav
who brings the bracha. This way
of avoda is one of the things that
captivated me in Chabad.
If we are talking about
Chabad then 770 is the hub.
You yourself have visited a few
times...
How did someone once put it
770 is the engine room of the
ship. If you want to understand
the mighty force which is called
Chabad, the institution of
shlichus, the depth of Chassidus,
everything, then you need to go
to 770 where it all begins.
POSITIVE JEALOUSY
Amos Barzilai and Chabad of
Ramat Aviv have been intertwined
for years. Amos was one of the
founders of the yeshiva. He has
completely devoted himself to it
and has gotten his friends and
acquaintances involved. He is
one of the pillars of the yeshiva,
which in the meantime has grown
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PARSHA THOUGHT
CONCLUDING
EXILE WITH
ABRAHAM
By Rabbi Heschel Greenberg
THE PATRIARCHS
The Talmud (Psachim 117b),
cited by Rashi, discusses the
uniqueness of Abraham even
among the other two Patriarchs,
Isaac and Jacob. We begin our
daily prayers, known as the
Shmoneh Esrei or Amida, by
mentioning all three Patriarchs:
The G-d of Abraham, the G-d of
Isaac and the G-d of Jacob. Yet
when we conclude the blessing,
we only say, Blessed are You,
G-d, the shield of Abraham.
The Talmud, commenting on
the opening verse of this weeks
parsha, discusses this discrepancy
in the following manner:
I will make of you a great
nation this is what we say:
The G-d of Abraham.
I will bless you this is
what we say: The G-d of Isaac.
And I will make your
name great this is what we
say: The G-d of Jacob.
It could be thought that we
should conclude with [a mention
of] all of them. The Torah
therefore states: And you shall be
a blessing, [to teach us that] we
conclude with you [Abraham]
and we do not conclude with all
of them [Isaac and Jacob].
This Talmudic commentary
ABRAHAM AND
LOVING KINDNESS
Abraham personified kindness
at its best.
This explains the Talmuds
finding an allusion to Abraham
in the words I will make of
you a great nation. To create
a community and a nation one
must have and act on a profound
sense of responsibility towards
every
individual.
Without
dedication to acts of kindness,
giving and sharing, a society
cannot survive. The stark
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HOW DO WE CONCLUDE?
A question remains. Granted,
we have excelled in all three
areas. Granted also that we
must continue to integrate Torah
study with prayer and acts of
kindness. But which of these
three is the most salient aspect
of this triad? Which one will we
need to specialize in beyond all
others to conclude our mission in
Galus? This indeed is the essence
of the Talmuds question, How
do we conclude? The question
is not just about the concluding
part of the prayer; it is about the
conclusion of history prior to the
INTERTWINED
One may take this lesson a
step further. By concluding the
Amida with Abrahams ideal of
kindness we actually reinforce
the other two pillars: Torah
study and prayer. In our day
and age one must engage in acts
of kindness to help those who
are poor in terms of their Torah
knowledge. Likewise, we must
apply kindness to prayer and
implore G-d to bring salvation
to the entire world by sending
Moshiach now. Hence, while the
focus may be on Abraham, both
Isaac and Jacob are subsumed
within Abraham.
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CHINUCH
BELIEVING
IN CHINUCH
e spoke to teachers,
not to principals,
not to educational
consultants,
and
not to those who lecture about
teaching. Teachers, those who are
in the classroom, who spend hours
every day with our children, who
handle the many challenges that
teachers nowadays have to deal
with.
We mainly wanted to hear
about what characterizes Chabad
chinuch and about the tools that
Chassidus provides a teacher and
parent.
AN ESSENTIALLY
DIFFERENT KIND OF
CHINUCH
A
Chabad
chinuch
is
essentially different than the
typical religious education,
says R Eren Yaakov Feldman, a
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GIVING, HELPING
AND BITTUL
In a Chabad chinuch there
is also the important component
of Ahavas Yisroel and giving to
others, says R Levi Yitzchok
Cohen, a teacher in Tel Tziyon
near Yerushalayim. There is
also the point about bittul. We
are always telling the children to
be ambitious and move forward.
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yourself, but for Him.
We convey this mainly
through stories. Many stories
bring out this point, like the story
in the Kovetz Michtavim at the
end of the Thillim about the Baal
Shem Tov being greatly mekarev
simple Jews who read Thillim
fervently in the beis midrash.
Once, his talmidim complained
about the special treatment he
gave them. The Baal Shem Tov
told them to hold hands and he
showed them a vision of the
enormous pleasure generated
in heaven by the recitation of
Thillim of these simple folk.
I read this story every year
to my students and I recommend
to everyone that they read this
story. Besides bringing out the
importance of saying Thillim,
it brings out this point, that to
Hashem, the effort and intention
are considered, not just scholastic
achievement. This encourages
weak students and shows them
that any progress they make is
important. It also provides the
strong students with a healthy
perspective.
R Eren Feldman
R Chaim Komer
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R Yitzchok Scheiner
R Mendy Dickstein
PROPERLY HANDLING A
CHANGING REALITY
Modern technology presents
challenges today to Judaism
in general and a Chassidishe
chinuch in particular. In other
sectors, they placed a ban on
all new technology. How does
Chabad chinuch deal with this
phenomenon?
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MIRACLE STORY
TO ANOTHER
TWELVE YEARS
A meeting between an elderly Belzer Chassid from Bnei Brak and the Rebbe
led the Belzer to make two special requests. The Rebbe replied to each of them
with psukim from the Book of Psalms. Just before he moved on, the Rebbe
added another pasuk, which turned out years later to be an amazing prophecy!
By Nosson Avraham
Translated by Michoel Leib Dobry
MY GRANDFATHER ASKED
TO MEET WITH THE REBBE
My maternal grandfather
was Rabbi Meilech (Elimelech)
Fried. After his immigration to
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My brother-in-law explained
to my grandfather that if he
wanted to meet the Lubavitcher
Rebbe, there was one day during
the week when this was possible
Sunday at dollars distribution.
Accordingly,
when
Sunday
morning came, he brought him to
770, and after a long wait in line
(considering his advanced years),
he found himself standing before
the Rebbe.
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show him My deliverance.
My grandfather stood there
positively dumbfounded. As is
customary among many Chassidim,
he would recite his personal chapter
of Thillim each morning. Since he
was in the ninety-first year of his
life, my grandfather read Chapter
91, and in his bracha, the Rebbe
had just quoted a verse from that
psalm. He told me that he felt that
the Rebbe knew exactly how old he
was, although he hadnt made any
mention of his age or even alluded
to the matter.
After this incredible bracha,
my grandfather realized that he
was standing before a true man
of G-d, and he decided to ask for
another bracha. While longevity
is a tremendous blessing, it often
happens that people live long lives
but their weakening health becomes
a burden for their families. My
grandfather turned to the Rebbe
and requested a bracha for a good,
peaceful, and fulfilling life.
The Rebbe again replied with a
quote from Thillim. In his response,
the Rebbe quoted a pasuk from
Chapter 92: They shall be fruitful
even in old age; they shall be full of
sap and freshness. It was as if he
was saying, You have nothing to
worry about. You will continue to
live and say more Thillim. Before
my grandfather parted from the
Rebbe, he heard one more verse
from Thillim, Chapter 103: Your
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PROFILE
REALIZING THE
DREAM OF A BEIS
RIVKA SCHOOL
From the life of R Yehoshua Shneur
Zalman Serebryanski ah
Prepared for publication by Avrohom Rainitz
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STORIES
FROM
ONE EXTREME
TO ANOTHER
By Rabbi Yaakov Shmuelevitz ah, Former shliach in Beit Shaan
A STORY, BEFORE
ALL THE STORIES
Some years ago, I was in the
middle of a sicha with the people
at my Chabad House, between
Mincha and Kabbalas Shabbos,
when in walked a young man, a
former member of a kibbutz. To
my surprise, he was wearing a
sirtuk and hat. In a completely
undisciplined move, I stopped
my talk, dropping the topic I had
been talking about, and began
wondering out loud about this
miracle that had just come to
shul.
I explained that although
these were merely items of
clothing, external details, they
demonstrated
an
enormous
inner change, a new way of life
that people call becoming a baal
tshuva. I asked my congregants,
many of whom grew up in
religious homes, how many times
in life we made or could make
such sweeping changes that were
comparable to a fellow from a
kibbutz cutting off long hair and
growing a Chassidic beard, and
switching the earrings for a flag
in the lapel of his sirtuk and a
Chassidic hat.
Dont we all need to make a
change in life? Are we perfect?
Halevai a beinoni! But we usually
remain the same. Perhaps we add
a half an hour here and there
for a shiur, we do a favor and
read a segment of a sicha at the
Shabbos table, but where is the
total transformation? Where is
the going-from-one-extreme-toanother as the Rebbe tells us we
are capable of doing?
YOTAM YONATAN
FROM BEIT SHAAN
He gets up every morning at
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At home are three little ones
who visit doctors now and then.
His wife still hasnt caught up
with the quick pace of Yotams
spiritual advancement and there
is a lot of work that needs to be
done to bridge their differences.
Yotam knows we have the ability
to accomplish everything from
beginning to end and everything
in between. Therefore, even when
an Arab employee threatened
him with a knife and said he
would attack all the Jews, Yotam
simply submitted a report to the
manager; by the afternoon he
had returned to his computer
and continued typing his deep
articles.
Yotam was born and raised
on an irreligious kibbutz. After
the army he went to India and
visited ashrams. He told me that
he registered for a ten day course
of meditation at one of these
places. The guides explained that
we dont bow to the idol but only
to what it represents Although
most of the participants left the
course in the middle, Yotam was
determined to complete it. He
waited for the enlightenment
that would supposedly be his at
the end of the course. He came
to realize that he had to find
enlightenment, but it wouldnt
happen in India, among idols.
Yotam returned to Eretz
Yisroel where a friend from
Teveria referred him to Arachims
seminar. He went from there
to Machon Meir, then to R
Yitzchok Arads Yeshivat Daat.
He discovered Chassidus and
immediately began implementing
its practices.
In the yard at the kibbutz,
he built a pit for his morning
immersion, and at the kibbutz
clubhouse he organized davening,
farbrengens, and shiurim for the
other young people of the kibbutz
and surrounding area. Along
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THE CONSERVATIVE
CHAZAN WHO
BECAME A SHLIACH
Asher Schvetz was Aris friend
(in the previous story) and he too
grew up in Argentina without
much of a connection to Judaism.
His hobby was drumming and
bands, which led him to become
a chazan in a conservative
congregation in Buenos Aires.
One day, he showed up at
R Elituvs Chabad House and
said he wanted help learning
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strengthened his connection with
the yeshiva, with the Rebbe, and
with Chassidus.
At the yeshiva, Asher met his
friend Ari and other young people
who were interested in Judaism.
Today they are all Chassidim and
some of them are shluchim in
Argentina and other countries.
Asher went through a hard
time. His parents opposed him,
his friends mocked him, but the
Rebbe gave him lots of kochos.
When his parents saw that he
was serious, they were very
concerned. His mother realized
that when he would marry, his
wedding would be different than
what they were used to. She
wasted no time and asked to see
what a Chassidic wedding looked
like. She attended a community
wedding where everyone danced
and rejoiced while she sat and
wept. She didnt like it and she
intensified her opposition to her
sons new path.
One day, Asher came to write
a letter to the Rebbe in which he
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HISTORY
A CHASSIDIC
SUBURB CALLED
MALACHOVKA
Not many Jews living there now know that
Malachovka is a place that was once infused
with Chassidic spirit, mixed with the blood
and tears of Chassidim. Malachovka, a suburb
of Moscow, is where the Rebbe Rayatz went
after his incarceration. * The Chabad history
of Malachovka along with gripping stories of
mesirus nefesh.
By Shneur Zalman Berger
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The
Rebbe
counted
Malachovka as part of his galus:
I spent eighteen and a half
days in prison, ten days in galus
Kostroma, and six weeks in galus
Malachovka, the only place where
I could reside, he wrote after he
left the Soviet Union.
A few days before Rosh
HaShana
the
Rebbe
left
Malachovka and went to Rostov
to his father the Rebbe Rashabs
grave. From there he returned
home to Leningrad where he
stayed until after Simchas Torah.
Then he left the Soviet Union.
GREAT CHASSIDIM
SETTLED IN MALACHOVKA
A number of years later, a
group of Chassidim settled in
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R Shlomo Matusof
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History
They chose me as an example.
R Mendel Garelik dressed me in
new and modern clothes, from
head to toe. A stylish suit, a shirt
and tie, tan shoes, etc. (Perhaps
it suited me like a golden ring
in the ear etc. but what can you
do). He taught me what to say
and how to speak politely with a
person like this. He gave me the
address of the hotel.
I arrived at the grand hotel,
one of the few in Moscow. I
introduced myself. They already
knew about me and brought me
into a room full of tall flowers
like fragrant trees. Dr. Rosen
welcomed me respectfully and
spoke to me about this and that.
It seemed I had found favor in
his eyes and I left.
They told me afterward
that the visit was successful. I
returned to my sackcloth and
fasting and took off my beautiful
clothes and went back to my
usual attire, a yeshiva bachur like
before.
THE BEGINNING
OF THE END
Jewish life was quiet at first,
but after a while, the police began
to cause problems. Every so often
the police would come and arrest
the bachurim. A short while later
they would release them after
they had them sign that they
would immediately leave the
place.
One of those talmidim was
R Yisroel Yehuda Levin. At the
beginning of the summer of
5694/1934, he wrote a coded
letter to the Rebbe Rayatz in
which he told of the difficulty in
obtaining a pass, a residency
permit for Moscow:
I worked in Kiev and now
I work here. In a city that is
a hundred parsaos (Talmudic
era measurement of distance,
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ARRESTED AND
SENT TO EXILE
This wave of arrests ended
miraculously. But in Elul of
that same year, the secret police
managed to lay their hands on
some Chassidim in Malachovka.
Others were miraculously able to
sneak out from under the noses
of the police. Among those who
escaped were R Avrohom Drizin
who ran the network of Tomchei
Tmimim yeshivos and was the
number-one-wanted man. The
police did not give up on him
so easily and began aggressively
pursuing him. Time after time
he was saved miraculously from
those angels of destruction.
Seven
Chassidim
were
arrested in Elul: R Yaakov
Moskolik, R Meir Avtzon, R
Abba Levin, R Yitzchok Goldin,
Shlomo Matusof, R Chaim
Elozor Garelik and his son
Mendel.
The remaining Chassidim in
Malachovka were thrown into
confusion by these arrests. The
yeshiva was immediately closed
and many Chassidim went
underground, while others fled to
other cities where they hoped to
find places to hide. Many families
were left without a husband/
father and this led to serious
financial problems. All this was
in addition to the great fear and
concern for the relatives who had
been arrested or who had hidden.
The seven who were arrested
were taken to police headquarters
in Moscow, Lubyanka, where
they were interrogated and
tortured for weeks. Then they
were transferred to Butyrka
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TZIVOS HASHEM
GIVE THIS
TO YOUR
WIFE
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make whatever time he has strong faith from? his parent
from
tears
wiping
while
asked,
as
t
pleasan
remaining to him as
their eyes.
possible.
remember?
you
Dont
The parents faces turned
in surprise.
them
pale and they couldnt utter a Moshe asked
when our
ber
remem
word. They had not realized the Dont you
for
Rebbe
the
to
situation was that dire. When family went
they could finally talk, they dollars?
An old memory suddenly
asked, Is his condition so bad
that youre saying we should resurfaced. It was a Sunday,
three
parents,
the
give up? in the hopes that the and
doctor would say something daughters, and Moshe stood
on line to receive a dollar for
positive.
tzdaka from the Rebbe. The
I
As
.
The doctor nodded
father went first. He held
g
treatin
said, I recommend not
Moshe who was four years old
you,
to
it, but the decision is up
at the time. The Rebbe gave a
ed
of course. The doctor indicat
dollar to the father and son,
they
that he had finished and
then to the mother, the first
could leave.
daughter, the second, and the
The parents left the doctors
third. The family began moving
office in great distress. They did
forward when, suddenly, the
not know what to do. Should
Rebbe called the daughter who
they have their son undergo
was standing nearby and gave
painful treatment or forget
her another dollar.
about it?
Give this dollar when you
Moshe could see that his
light candles, requested the
parents were in turmoil and he
Rebbe.
asked, Tell me what the doctor
After her, the Rebbe called
said!
the second daughter
for
They looked at each other
back and
come
to
as though wondering whether
r
anothe
her
gave
to tell him or not, but Moshe
candle
for
dollar
insisted that he know what his
Then
lighting.
condition was. He was no longer
the
asked
he
a little boy, and they couldnt
er
daught
first
conceal vital information from
to come back
him.
and gave her
The situation is not good.
another dollar
The doctor recommends that
candle
for
we do nothing; it would be a
lighting.
pity to suffer needlessly, he said
their
To
said his mother as she burst
surprise,
into tears.
the Rebbe
To his parents surprise, a l s o
Moshe was not at all frightened c a l l e d
by the bleak prediction of the for the
doctors. He firmly said, I want l i t t l e
to undergo the treatment, and b o y ,
I am confident that I will be M o s h e ,
healed.
gave
and
Where do you get such him a dollar.
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