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B"H While we may be aware of our personal flaws, for the most part we cover them up well with self-love. We need to do the same for others—overlook their flaws. Especially since we never truly know what is going on inside another person’s mind and heart. -- The Lubavitcher Rebbe #chabad #lubavitch #rebbe #lubavitcherrebbe #schneerson #rabbimenachemmendelschneerson #jewish #judaism #jew #jews #israel #torah #hashem #god #mitzvos #mitzvot #mitzvah #mitzva #love #selflove #mind #heart #adviceforlife

B"H One should trust in the coming of Mashiach with unwavering certainty, “awaiting his coming every day” — anticipating that he will come at once, even if reason and nature offer no grounds for believing so. And this certain trust in itself will speed his coming. --The Lubavitcher Rebbe #chabad #lubavitch #rebbe #lubavitcherrebbe #schneerson #rabbimenachemmendelschneerson #jewish #judaism #jew #jews #israel #torah #hashem #god #mitzvos #mitzvot #mitzvah #mitzva #trust #anticipate #moshiach #mashiach #redemption

B”H A group of high school students visited the Lubavitcher Rebbe on the occasion of their graduation. The Rebbe told them, “In Jewish tradition, there is a special ceremony for completing the study of a tractate of Mishna or Talmud called a siyum, or ‘conclusion.’ Immediately after reciting the final passage of the completed text, we commence the study of a new one. “This comes to teach us an important lesson: the process of learning and acquiring knowledge is never complete; and must continue throughout life.” Source: Seeds of Wisdom #chabad #lubavitch #rebbe #lubavitcherrebbe #schneerson #rabbimenachemmendelschneerson #jewish #judaism #jew #jews #israel #torah #hashem #god #mitzvos #mitzvot #mitzvah #mitzva #tradition #siyum #learning #knowledge #continue #life #seedsofwisdom

B"H SHABBAT SHALOM! #chabad #lubavitch #rebbe #lubavitcherrebbe #schneerson #rabbimenachemmendelschneerson #jewish #judaism #hashem #god #torah #mitzvos #mitzvot #farbrengen #shabbos #shabbat #shabbatshalom #haveagoodshabbos #goodshabbos #gutshabbos

B"H SHABBAT CANDLES - ADD LIGHT TO THE WORLD! Shabbat candles are lit by Jewish women and girls 18 minutes before sunset every Friday. To view the time for lighting Shabbat candles in your area, click on the link below: chabad.org/calendar/candl… ******* The mitzvah of lighting the Shabbat candles is given to the woman of the home for she sets the foundation of the Jewish home. She ensures that the home has an atmosphere conductive for spirituality and G-dliness. It is therefore appropriate that she be the one to bring in the extra light into the home. The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, adds that by lighting the Shabbat candles, the women are channeling the light of Hashem into the world and bringing us closer to the final redemption. One of the most important and most beautiful Mitzvot is the lighting of the candles before Shabbat and Yom Tov, and it was given as a special privilege to Jewish women, mothers and daughters. #chabad #lubavitch #jewish #judaism #hashem #god #mitzvah #mitzva #mitzvos #mitzvot #shabbos #shabbat #candles #shabboscandles #shabbatcandles #light #women #girls #mothers #daughters #childrensillustrations

B"H THIS WEEK'S DOUBLE TORAH PORTION IS MATOT-MASSEI. *** FROM THE TEACHINGS OF THE LUBAVITCHER REBBE, RABBI MENACHEM MENDEL SCHNEERSON: “The congregation should return him to the City of Refuge which he has fled” (Massei 35:25) Our sages taught, “The words of Torah protect,” like a City of Refuge (Makos 10a). A person may be tempted to step outside the spiritual “City of Refuge” of Torah, and make compromises in Jewish law on the basis that he is “saving a life.” While he admits the compromise is wrong, he feels it is necessary in order to draw another towards Torah and to save his life, spiritually. The law teaches that one does not leave the City of Refuge, for the “city” of Torah is the very life of a Jew, from which he cannot leave. Source: Likutei Sichos vol. 38, p. 131-2 #chabad #lubavitch #rebbe #lubavitcherrebbe #schneerson #rabbimenachemmendelschneerson #jewish #judaism #jew #jews #israel #torah #hashem #god #mitzvos #mitzvot #mitzvah #mitzva #parsha #parshasmassei #parshatmassei #massei

B”H The duties and responsibilities which G-d imposes are obviously commensurate with one’s capacities, from which it follows that the capacities are there to meet their challenges of the time and place. --The Lubavitcher Rebbe #chabad #lubavitch #rebbe #lubavitcherrebbe #schneerson #rabbimenachemmendelschneerson #jewish #judaism #jew #jews #israel #torah #hashem #god #mitzvos #mitzvot #mitzvah #mitzva #duties #responsibilities #challenges #time #place

B"H THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERPT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY THE LUBAVITCHER REBBE, RABBI MENACHEM MENDEL SCHNEERSON, DATED 23 TAMMUZ, 5727: While we are at this time in the period of the three weeks, it has always been the Jewish fervent hope, in accordance with prophetic promise, that these days will be turned into days of gladness and joy. Hence they already carry the seeds of auspicious promise. Consequently the effort on the part of every Jew to spread the Torah and Mitzvot helps to clear the way, and to hasten, the end of the Golus [exile] and the beginning of the true Geulo [redemption]. #chabad #lubavitch #rebbe #lubavitcherrebbe #schneerson #rabbimenachemmendelschneerson #jewish #judaism #jew #jews #israel #torah #hashem #god #mitzvos #mitzvot #mitzvah #mitzva #3weeks #hope #promise #days #joy

B”H Although we are currently in the period of the three weeks, it is well to remember that the purpose of this observance is to make one aware that it was only the physical sanctuary that was destroyed, but not the spiritual sanctuary which is in the heart and soul of every Jew. --The Lubavitcher Rebbe #chabad #lubavitch #rebbe #lubavitcherrebbe #schneerson #rabbimenachemmendelschneerson #jewish #judaism #jew #jews #israel #torah #hashem #god #mitzvos #mitzvot #mitzvah #mitzva #sanctuary #heart #soul #thethreeweeks

B"H FROM THE TEACHINGS OF THE LUBAVITCHER REBBE, RABBI MENACHEM MENDEL SCHNEERSON: Engraved on the coins of this country is a message of faith in G‑d — and not merely faith, but a trusting faith. “In G‑d we trust” means that one regards G‑d as his trustee: one hands everything over into His Hands and relies on Him in all one’s affairs. Every dollar bill bears the words, “In G‑d we trust.” This phrase means that one is bound with a faith so complete that one relies utterly on G‑d, entrusting to Him whatever one has — one’s soul and body, one’s money and property, and one’s daily conduct. Source: Sicha 13 Shevat, 5744 #chabad #lubavitch #rebbe #lubavitcherrebbe #schneerson #rabbimenachemmendelschneerson #jewish #judaism #jew #jews #israel #torah #hashem #god #mitzvos #mitzvot #mitzvah #mitzva #ingodwetrust #bitachon #faith #emunah

B"H THE LUBAVITCHER REBBE ON THE BASIS OF AMERICA'S FOUNDING: The founding of this nation was predicated on a belief in G-d. People fled here in order to serve G-d as they saw fit, without persecution and hindrance. They arrived with the trust and faith that G-d would guide them, and they relied on him completely. This goes to show that the country was built on faith in a G-d who is not somewhere in the "Seventh Heaven," a faith that has no effect on daily life, and the way that children are brought up. Rather, their faith permeated their daily lives and activities, and this was reflected in the education of their children. *** When it comes to education, it is not something that happens on its own -- we must educate the youth. While a child is still young he is already taught about simple things -- certainly then, he must be taught about "the foundation of all,” and pillar of all knowledge: To know that G-d is the primary existence, and from his true existence, everything else comes into being." Practically speaking, this means: On Sunday, on Monday, on every day of the week, and in each and every event over the course of the child's day, the child must be taught to recognize G-d -- and the fact that other things exist, the fact that there exist time and space, and the fact that the child himself exists, is only because there is a "primary existence" -- G-d, who is the source of goodness and kindness. *** Any debate concerning the constitution, whether it allows the support of such education or not, cannot presume that it was written in a way that contradicts the entire reason that the pilgrims fled to the United States and upon which they based their lives. #chabad #lubavitch #rebbe #lubavitcherrebbe #schneerson #rabbimenachemmendelschneerson #farbrengen #jewish #jew #judaism #hashem #god #torah #mitzvos #mitzvot #mitzvah #mitzva #faith #faithingod #trust #trustingod #ingodwetrust #unitedstates #america

B"H FROM THE TEACHINGS OF THE LUBAVITCHER REBBE, RABBI MENACHEM MENDEL SCHNEERSON: The founding of this nation was predicated on a belief in G-d. People fled here in order to serve G-d as they saw fit, without persecution and hindrance. They arrived with the trust and faith that G-d would guide them, and they relied on him completely. This goes to show that the country was built on faith in a G-d who is not somewhere in the "Seventh Heaven," a faith that has no effect on daily life, and the way that children are brought up. Rather, their faith permeated their daily lives and activities, and this was reflected in the education of their children. #chabad #lubavitch #rebbe #lubavitcherrebbe #schneerson #rabbimenachemmendelschneerson #jewish #jew #judaism #hashem #god #torah #mitzvos #mitzvot #mitzvah #mitzva #faith #faithingod #trust #trustingod #ingodwetrust #unitedstates #america

B"H SHABBAT SHALOM!

B"H SHABBAT CANDLES - ADD LIGHT TO THE WORLD! Shabbat candles are lit by Jewish women and girls 18 minutes before sunset every Friday. To view the time for lighting Shabbat candles in your area, click on the link below: chabad.org/calendar/candl… ******* The mitzvah of lighting the Shabbat candles is given to the woman of the home for she sets the foundation of the Jewish home. She ensures that the home has an atmosphere conductive for spirituality and G-dliness. It is therefore appropriate that she be the one to bring in the extra light into the home. The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, adds that by lighting the Shabbat candles, the women are channeling the light of Hashem into the world and bringing us closer to the final redemption. One of the most important and most beautiful Mitzvot is the lighting of the candles before Shabbat and Yom Tov, and it was given as a special privilege to Jewish women, mothers and daughters. #chabad #lubavitch #jewish #judaism #hashem #god #mitzvah #mitzva #mitzvos #mitzvot #shabbos #shabbat #candles #shabboscandles #shabbatcandles #light #women #girls #mothers #daughters

B”H THIS WEEK’S TORAH PORTION IS PARSHAT PINCHAS. *** FROM THE TEACHINGS OF THE LUBAVITCHER REBBE, RABBI MENACHEM MENDEL SCHNEERSON: [G-d instructed Moses to tell the Jewish people,] “My offering…you shall take care to offer to Me at its appointed time.” (Pinchas 28:2) G-d had responded to Moses’ request for a successor by telling him to appoint Joshua for this position. G-d’s subsequent instructions regarding the daily and holiday communal sacrifices were a further response to Moses’ request. This is because the need for a physical, human leader is part of our need to recognize that our lives—and indeed, the world in general—are not undirected and purposeless. After providing a human leader, G-d ensured that the people always recognize that they are subject to G-d—that G-d runs the world and that all aspects of life occur through Divine providence. G-d accomplished this by instituting the daily and holiday communal sacrifices, which served to remind us that G-d is constantly present in our lives. Our daily and holiday prayers correspond to the daily and holiday sacrifices, and substitute for them in their absence. Their purpose is to enhance our awareness and recognition that the world is not subject merely to the laws of nature, but that there is a G-d in the world, directing it toward its goal and giving it purpose. Source: Likutei Sichos, vol. 12, p. 18 #chabad #lubavitch #rebbe #lubavitcherrebbe #schneerson #rabbimenachemmendelschneerson #jewish #judaism #jew #jews #israel #torah #hashem #god #mitzvos #mitzvot #mitzvah #mitzva #parsha #parshaspinchas #parshatpinchas #pinchas #prayer #prayers #tefilah

B"H The Three Weeks is an annual mourning period that falls out in the summer. This is when we mourn the destruction of the Holy Temple and our launch into a still-ongoing exile. The period begins on the 17th of Tammuz (7/2/2026) a fast day that marks the day when the walls of Jerusalem were breached by the Romans in 69 CE. It reaches its climax and concludes with the fast of the 9th of Av, the date when both Holy Temples were set aflame. *** FROM THE TEACHINGS OF THE LUBAVITCHER REBBE, RABBI MENACHEM MENDEL SCHNEERSON: The prophets declare that the fast days “will be transformed into days of rejoicing and happiness, becoming festivals.” Indeed, their festive nature will surpass that of the other holidays. Since this happiness will come through a process of transformation, it will have a superior quality, “as the transformation of darkness into light.” This implies that the inner nature of the fasts is positive. This is particularly apparent in regard to the 17th of Tammuz for 17 is the numerical equivalent of the word Tov, meaning “good.” May this lead to the redemption of the entire people. Similarly, it is connected with the present Torah portion, Parshas Pinchas. Pinchas is identified with Eliyahu, the prophet, who will announce the Messianic redemption. Source: Sicha 17 Tammuz, 5750 #chabad #lubavitch #rebbe #lubavitcherrebbe #schneerson #rabbimenachemmendelschneerson #jewish #judaism #jew #jews #israel #torah #hashem #god #mitzvos #mitzvot #mitzvah #mitzva #17tammuz

B”H FROM THE TEACHINGS OF THE LUBAVITCHER REBBE, RABBI MENACHEM MENDEL SCHNEERSON: It is not enough to simply believe that G-d exists; nor is it enough to believe that G-d directs the world. True belief in G-d entails realizing that when He wishes to do so, G-d can and does override the natural order. Source: Likutei Sichos, vol. 36, p. 34 #chabad #lubavitch #rebbe #lubavitcherrebbe #schneerson #rabbimenachemmendelschneerson #jewish #judaism #jew #jews #israel #torah #hashem #god #mitzvos #mitzvot #mitzvah #mitzva #beliefingod #emunah

B"H THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERPT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY THE LUBAVITCHER REBBE, RABBI MENACHEM MENDEL SCHNEERSON: I hereby want to emphasize once again that every Jew, both woman and man, should be strong in their trust in blessed G‑d. Just as every Jew believes with complete faith that G‑d is the Master of the world, so too is He the Master of the life of every individual Jew, male and female. As it is a given that G‑d is good, He will surely lead matters in the direction of good and to the good. And when people find themselves under the care — hashgachah pratis — of G‑d, then there is nothing to fear. As King David says in Tehillim (Psalms 18), “I will fear no evil, for You are with me.” This aspect of “You are with me” applies to each and every Jew. Source: Igros Kodesh, Vol. V, p. 242 #chabad #lubavitch #rebbe #lubavitcherrebbe #schneerson #rabbimenachemmendelschneerson #jewish #judaism #jew #jews #israel #torah #hashem #god #mitzvos #mitzvot #mitzvah #mitzva #good #godisgood #direction #care #bitachon #trustingod #hashgachapratis #divineprovidence

B"H FROM THE TEACHINGS OF THE LUBAVITCHER REBBE, RABBI MENACHEM MENDEL SCHNEERSON: Jews, though they are scattered across the world, remain one nation. For this reason, every Jew feels a connection and unity with every other Jew wherever he may be. Surely this is even more so with regard to the Jews of Eretz HaKodesh. They in particular need a blessing and protection from G-d to free them from the situation in which they currently find themselves. May Jews "live securely in the land," in Eretz Yisroel [Israel] and also worldwide, so that even when they sleep they will have no need to protect themselves, since they are sure that "no one shall make them afraid," much less harm them. G-d, Who never sleeps, will guard His people, and He tells them to sleep at ease since He is guarding them. Source: Likutei Sichos vol. 8, p. 226 #chabad #lubavitch #rebbe #lubavitcherrebbe #schneerson #rabbimenachemmendelschneerson #jewish #judaism #jew #jews #israel #torah #hashem #god #mitzvos #mitzvot #mitzvah #mitzva #world #onenation #connection #unity

B"H THE 12TH - 13TH DAY OF TAMMUZ - FESTIVAL OF LIBERATION *** Following the arrest of the previous Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, in 1927, R’ Aharon Charitonov of Nikolayev composed a nigun (melody), conveying the firm belief in the forthcoming redemption. The movements of the nigun express the uncompromising stance of the previous Rebbe for all matters of Judaism, and the literal self-sacrifice he had for disseminating Torah in complete defiance of the Russian Communist regime. The previous Rebbe’s undaunting stance against the regime led to his arrest by the Soviet secret police agency. Upon the previous Rebbe’s release, the nigun was named “The Yud Beis - Yud Gimmel Tammuz nigun." *** On the 12th day of Tammuz in 1927, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn (1880-1950) was liberated from exile to the Soviet gulag. Twenty-seven days earlier, the Rebbe had been arrested by agents of the GPU and the Yevsektzia for his activities to preserve Judaism throughout the soviet empire and he was sentenced to death, G-d forbid. International pressure forced the soviets to commute the sentence to exile, and subsequently to release the Rebbe completely. The actual release took place on the 13th of Tammuz. The 12th and 13th of Tammuz are celebrated as a "Festival of Liberation." #chabad #lubavitch #rebbe #lubavitcherrebbe #schneersohn #rabbiyosefyitzchakschneersohn #rebberayatz #frierdikerrebbe #schneerson #rabbimenachemmendelschneerson #farbrengen #niggun #melody #song #strengthening #jewish #judaism #torah #hashem #god #12tammuz #yudbeistammuz #birthday #festival #liberation