Learning the Daily Shiur Chumash Yesterday (Chof Hei Shevat), in Hayoim Yoim, the Rebbe brings a letter from the Frierdiker Rebbe about the importance of saying the daily Shiur Chumash and Tehillim, [Shiur Tanya didn’t exist at the time the letter was written], stressing that it is so important that it effects the person saying, their children AND grandchildren. Three…
We are now in the final two weeks before Yud Shevat, so this week I hope we can; Learn a Ma’amor Baal Peh. Since the founding of Chassidus Chaba”d, Chassidim were encouraged to have a few Ma’amorim in ‘their head’. Something they could always revert to when necessary. (Actually it was more than encouraged; it was one of the foundational…
Walking in the street with a hat and jacket. One of the benefits of a “Yiddishe Levush”, is that it serves as a constant reminder that we represent Yiddishkeit. An example the Rebbe once gave; suppose one is walking in a gas-station and wishes to glance at some non-tznius pictures in the magazine stand. His personal Yetzer Hora is strong…