RABBI MICHAEL Yeshivat Torat Shraga OLSHIN Menahel, Educator, OU NCSY Europe Summer Programs In honor of the 26th Yahrzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe zt”l, Torah Tidbits asked Rabbi Michael Olshin, who has done extensive research in the area of Holocaust studies and leads groups for OU NCSY to Poland to share a few words of inspiration on this occasion.
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994) Is it even possible to give a biographical sketch of the Rebbe zt"l in 500 words? The Rebbe shared thousands of stories but almost never about himself. We found a story that the Rebbe shared from the Baal Shem Tov that could have been just as easily told about the Rebbe himself, with a penetrating message for today's parents.
would often go on for many hours, without a note in front of him, quoting verbatim from every kind of source in the Torah; Tanakh, Mishna, Gemara, Zohar, Rishonim, Hassidic works etc. offering original thoughts and insights in those texts and in their application to contemporary life. He clearly spent hours of his day studying Hashem’s Torah that he loved so much. One wondered how he was able to spend so much of his time meeting with those seeking his counsel and blessing or responding to the hundreds of thousands of letters that he received from all over the world.
His great love for his son caused him to forego his own learning to give his son his undivided attention
he 3rd of Tammuz 5780 will be the 26th Yahrtzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe zt”l.
The Rebbe was very meticulous when sharing a story about the Chassidic masters, always mentioning the chain in which the story was passed down, as in the following story (translated from his own words in Likutei Sichos, Nitzavim 5718) , which in a way epitomizes so much of who the Rebbe was, especially his great Ahavat Yisrael.
The Rebbe mastered every aspect of Torah scholarship. His lectures or sichot
My teacher and father-in-law the Rebbe (Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Schneerson)
T 64
TORAH TIDBITS / SHELACH 5780
