After yesterday's shocking post I thought it would be a good idea to have a little holiness and other shtuff like that, and what better way than by providing some comments received on that very same post? I wish I could tell you who wrote them, but I can't. Nu nu.
ב'יחידות' של אחד מחשובי המשפיעים אמר הרבי ('מקדש מלך' כרך ד' עמ' שצג):
"..כשנהיה אלול בעולם ("אַז ס'קומט אַ אלול אין וועלט") ולומדים את עניני חודש אלול כפי שנתבארו בחסידות, הרי זהו אלול אחר לגמרי!"
"..כשנהיה אלול בעולם ("אַז ס'קומט אַ אלול אין וועלט") ולומדים את עניני חודש אלול כפי שנתבארו בחסידות, הרי זהו אלול אחר לגמרי!"
In a "Yechidus" of a distinguished Mashpia, the Rebbe said ("Mikdash Melech", v.4, p.393):
"When Elul "enters" the world, and one learns the concepts of the month as they are elucidated in Chassidus – it's an entirely different Chodesh Elul!.."
(A unique, rare expression from the Rebbe, as are many others in that set – culled from personal letters and diaries of chassidim, many of them first-hand).
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Here's another vort I heard recently, actually quite "chassidishe" notwithstanding..
Someone once came to RSZ Auerbach zt"l with a calendar for the upcoming year, to approve and/or edit Halachic issues etc. RSZ perused every page, and didn't comment till the last month Elul. There, was in large letters, a famous "slogan" or "catch-phrase":
תכלה שנה וקללותיה, תחל שנה וברכותיה
RSZ asked, "Nu, du vintshs di klalos shoin fun heint..?!"
(Meaning, It's definitely a true line, but at its time; don't schedule your problems in advance..)
11 comments:
it's an entirely different Chodesh Elul!.."
Different good or different bad?
I liked the vort with R Auerbach, very well put.
Good shabbos
Why is it that people have DIBified how we refer to the Rebbe in hebrew by writing " אמר הרבי " and not כ"ק or the like. It annoys me, big time.
Nice vart from RSZ
To Big N8t --
Quite clearly, in a good way; Via chassidus, Elul isn't just a "looming threat" to shape up + be good, but a time when the 13 Midos HaRachamim shine (these days are, in ways, holier than Yomim Nora'im), and we aim to reach higher and improve. Etcetera.. Go and learn!
A nice point: The Rebbe quotes a source in a footnote to an elul sicha (Lku"S), that we see this concept of 13 Midos, even almost "practically" - as Hashem's name is written 13 times (!) in "L'Dovid" which we say twice daily throughout Elul..
Liked the RSZ Auerbach vort.
Now can someone tell me what a DIB is?
And can someone else -- or even the same person -- tell me why chasidim refer to their rebbes as 'his holiness' isn't it chukas hagoy?
In polite company, "Dear Israeli Brother." In non-polite company, use your imagination for both male and female versions!
mottel: I agree heartily.
My imagination isn't working. What are the other versions?
For men: http://tinyurl.com/clv6bx
For ladies: http://tinyurl.com/c3xed2
Dude, you're seeing this now? Let me Google that for you is old news.
A: What's your point?
B: In answer to your question, "No, I'm not seeing this now. I saw it moons ago. Thank you for your concern."
Nu, and the other?
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