TISHREI ISSUE OF N’SHEI CHABAD NEWSLETTER HAS GONE TO PRINT!

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In the upcoming Tishrei issue, you will meet Rebbetzin Rochel Farkash, a beautiful eishes chayil with unique lessons to impart. She is the granddaughter of Reb Amram Blau, one of the founders of the Neturei Karta. Rebbetzin Farkash explains exactly what this means, and her Zaide’s ahavas Yisroel and dedication to Torah and mitzvos. She shares with us a long and fascinating letter from the Rebbe to her zaide, which ends with:

P.S. I understood from your words that there are certain matters with which [the honorable Reb Amram Blau] does not agree, and perhaps even opposes. However, certainly this should not be connected to carrying the above into practice, nor should it cause any delay whatsoever. For the teaching of the Rambam is well known: “Accept the truth from whoever says it.”

She married Rabbi Yekusiel Farkash when they were both 18, and several years later, Rabbi Farkash became a Lubavitcher. This was very difficult for Rebbetzin Farkash. She did not like it or want it. UNTIL SHE CAME TO THE REBBE…

The Rebbe didn’t address my husband or the children, just me. He said, “You are a granddaughter of Reb Amram Blau. What he did in the world, we know about. What he accomplished with his family, we can see. Your grandfather was one in a generation and had mesiras nefesh in ahavas Hashem and yiras Hashem. Reb Amram Blau wasn’t fazed and did what needed to be done. So too, you should make a shturem among women so they should learn maamarim about ahavas Hashem and yiras Hashem.” By showing me that he respected my ancestry, the Rebbe sensitively helped me embrace my new identity as a Lubavitcher.

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Also in Tishrei N’shei Chabad Newsletter:

Rabbi Mendy Deitsch recalls a group of British Lubavitcher boys coming to Crown Heights in 1986/5746 to be with the Rebbe. The Oholei Torah boys thought they would be teaching the British boys a few things… but the opposite happened.

Rabbi Shneur Zalman Twersky shares a conversation he had with Rabbi Dr. Chaim Hecht.

I met Rabbi Hecht at a farbrengen and I asked him: “Your children all went through Cheder, many were my students, you raised beautiful children baruch Hashem! How were you zocheh that all your children are yerai’im v’shlaimim, and beautiful chassidim of the Rebbe?”

His humble answer surprised me. He said, “First of all, every time there was a farbrengen, I joined, and it was hard for me to pull myself away from a farbrengen. Farbrengens are very valuable and they give me inspiration.

“Second: If the school and the parents are not on the same track, kids can’t handle the confusing double message. Under those circumstances, it is very difficult for them to have a clear path to success.

“My wife and I have opinions on how things should be done. But every time Rebbeim, shluchim, hanhalah told us to do something, we listened. We had our own strong opinion, sometimes the opposite of what we were told to do. But we knew we had to show our children a cohesive approach, with parents and school giving the same message. And… baruch Hashem!”

Also in the upcoming Tishrei N’shei Chabad Newsletter, Mrs. Tamar Ganin explains why she and her husband named their baby after Rabi Shimon Bar Yochai. She describes a very difficult birth:

I remember being wheeled to the recovery room as I was waking up. I was very groggy and continually fell in and out of sleep. Each time I awoke I looked up at the attendant who was wheeling me and asked, “Do I have a baby? Is he alive? Is he normal?” I was scared and confused and I had no idea what had happened and what was in store for me. Nobody sat down to talk to me about what had just happened. Only after reuniting with my tiny newborn, and hearing the nurses and doctors speak among themselves, did the understanding begin to dawn on me of what had happened and indeed just how miraculous this birth had been.

And later…

This was my tenth birth. I had basically breezed through my previous births. Baruch Hashem, my babies had all been born full-term, even late, and very big. They all took to nursing beautifully, most never even had a bottle, and we both generally had an easy time… Now, here, with this tiny fragile preemie, I felt like I had given birth for the first time. Everything was new to me, from the feedings, to the pumping, and even how I had to hold the bottle. I disliked pumping and usually avoided it completely. I thought I would never do it! Now suddenly I was plunged into this new reality where my whole day revolved around pumping. It helped me realize how limited I am in my thinking and planning ahead. Only Hashem knows what the future holds.

Musia Kaplan interviews Sora Hecht about how NCFJE, founded by the Frierdiker Rebbe in 1940 and led first by Rabbi JJ Hecht and now by Rabbi Shea Hecht, is coming to the rescue of Yiddishe kinderlach who were abducted and abused by the Lev Tahor cult.

Sora told us:

Eventually, the Guatemalan government invaded the compound, arrested the leaders, and took the children into custody. But the children seemed unreachable—they didn’t trust anyone, they wouldn’t eat, they just sat and cried all day.

Baruch Hashem, the children are being helped and are making good progress. Read about it in detail in the Tishrei N’shei Chabad Newsletter, which will be on newsstands before Rosh Hashanah. Or click here to subscribe now! https://nsheichabadnewsletter.com/product/subscription/

Rabbi Yossi Paltiel, author of a regular column called “Inside Chassidus Unwrapped,” writes about the art (and the rules!) of storytelling. When is it okay to invent stories? Is embellishing the details of a story, or saying it happened to you when in fact it happened to someone else, considered lying? If you ever tell stories, you need his surprising viewpoint.

Rebbetzin Goldie Tennenhaus, with her signature humor and honesty, describes how she came to be a committed, regular davener. She shares ten tips for women. Here is just one:

Tip #8: Impact your children and grandchildren. It’s important for children and grandchildren to see their mother/grandmother davening. Or to know that I davened (and I’m not about to lie about davening if I didn’t, right?). To see my siddur lying around. To know that I couldn’t answer the call when they tried me because I was in the middle of Shemoneh Esrei. I know it changes their perspective on davening. It makes it something everyone does, not just school-aged kids whose morahs or rebbis said they have to.

There is so much more in the upcoming Tishrei issue. You will not be disappointed!

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