The difference between בירורים and נסיונות. Birurim correct both the person and the object one is dealing with. נסיונות are so deep a test from so deep an evil that the good within has become evil. Accordingly, the correction is in the person alone because the item being corrected has no reality as it is…

This Maamar was said and “given out” for the first anniversary of his release from the Soviet Prison in 5687.

Why did the Previous Rebbe leave Russia, he clearly wouldn’t leave out of fear? 1) Chassidim made him. 2) It became clear to him that his presence hindered the work at that point. 3) He’d completed what it was that as a Rebbe needed to accomplish.

A thought on 12 Tamuz and Mesiras Nefesh.

Dated 15 Sivan 5688 (1928) in anticipation of the first celebration of 12 Tamuz, when he was release from prison and exile one year earlier

Given to Neshei Chabad in Melbourne Australia. The story of Mesiras Nefesh. It wasn’t a joke then and its message is very serious right now.

Coming home, Birchas HaGomel. Short thought.

Continuation of story.

The story of Mesiras Nefesh in Soviet Russia.

The year 5687/1927 the Rebbe was arrested. This arrest could hardly be considered a total surprise. Here’s the story of this momentous year. An amazing shiur on the episode of the liberation of the Previous Rebbe. Moving stories brought to life by Rabbi Paltiel.