Rebbe's advice

Ed Joyce used to have a famous talk show – “The Talk of New York” – before he became president of CBS News.

He  went to see the Rebbe and him the following:  “If the Jews are the Chosen People, what role is there for someone like me who is not Jewish?"

The Rebbe answered, “Everyone has an individual role, and we can’t do our part unless others do their part. Just like a body and all its limbs. If you want to go forward and take something, your feet have to take you over to the object, your hands have to pick it up, and so on. It doesn’t work any other way. You can’t leave your feet here and your hands there. This is the way the world functions too, and every person has a reason for which he was created. Each one has to do his part so the other one can do his part.”

Ed Joyce was very impressed with that answer; so impressed that he wanted his wife and children to meet the Rebbe.

EVERY JEW MUST STRIVE FOR WEALTH

@ Rebbe's instructions for the month of Elul

We should wish each individual Jew and all Jews as one, Ksivah Vachasimah Tovah, Leshanah Tovah Umesukah May you be inscribed and sealed for a good and sweet year!This should be done through any available method face to face, by word of mouth or in writing. Even if we have already blessed a particular individual, we should nevertheless continue to bless them time and again throughout Elul. Our additional blessings can amplify the revealed goodness that had already been designated by Hashem for each Jew and for all Jewry to an incomparably greater extent. It is customary that even children under the age of Bar and Bas Mitzvah wish this blessing to everyone including adults.This is done, despite that fact that it is generally not considered proper for a child to bless an adult.

@ The fifth night of Chanukkah

Rabbi Abraham Zvi Greenvald, was born in Lodz, Poland. When he was 17, he was in Warsaw at the wedding of the future 7th Rebbe,Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson whom he personally met.

This meeting, my father would later realize, would portend much in the future. A youth of about 17, my father arrived at the wedding together with his relative and teacher, Rabbi Menachem Zemba. On the morning after, Rabbi Zemba told him he was going to visit the bridegroom in the hotel, and if my father wished, he could accompany him. Understandably, my father agreed. My father could not remember and repeat all that the two spoke about, but he did remember well the end of the conversation, before these two personalities parted ways.

Zero to Three in under Twenty Four

In one of his talks about the revelation of Moshiach, the Rebbe emphasizes that this revelation can occur with remarkable speed—so quickly, in fact, that we could find ourselves in the Third Temple within minutes, where the Kohanim would immediately begin fulfilling their duties.

This teaching is based on a Jewish law prohibiting Kohanim from drinking wine, even today, due to the concern that intoxication would disqualify them from serving in the Temple.

The Rebbe raises an intriguing question: "According to Jewish law, isn’t 24 minutes sufficient time for someone to sober up from wine intoxication? If so, why are Kohanim still prohibited from drinking wine? Even if a Kohen becomes intoxicated, wouldn’t he be sober and ready to serve within 24 minutes?"

The issue lies in the fact that the Third Temple could descend from above, fully built and in its complete splendor, in less than 24 minutes. In such a case, a drunken Kohen wouldn’t have time to sober up before service begins.

Therefore, even in the present day, Kohanim are forbidden to drink wine.

The Rebbe, King Moshiach, concludes: "This teaches us that when considering the time it might take for the construction of the Third Temple, we must recognize that it can happen in an instant!"

Life on other planets

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Unnatural

PINCHAS WEDNESDAY, JULY 8 21 TAMMUZ, 5775 ב"ה וְהָיְתָה לּוֹ וּלְזַרְעוֹ אַחֲרָיו בְּרִית כְּהֻנַּת עוֹלָם תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר קִנֵּא לֵאלֹקָיו (במדבר כה, יג) AN ETERNAL COVENANT OF KEHUNAH SHALL BE FOR HIM AND FOR HIS DESCENDANTS AFTER HIM, BECAUSE HE WAS ZEALOUS FOR HIS G-D (BAMIDBAR 25:13) A Breach of Nature Zimri, the leader of the tribe of Shimon, sinned with a Midianite princess. Pinchas, knowing the law that Moshe had taught regarding such a situation, courageously entered Zimri’s tent and killed him. G-d rewarded Pinchas with kehunah, priesthood, for him and his descendants.