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The year 1834 (the year 5594 according to the Jewish calendar) was a turning point and one of the most tragic periods in the history of the Jewish presence in the Holy Land. A series of bloody uprisings that engulfed the entire region dealt a devastating blow to ancient Jewish communities. For the Chabad Hasidim, these events marked the beginning of the end of their stay in Galilee and led to a large resettlement.🌍 Political chaos: uprising against the Egyptian authoritiesThe causes of the tragedy lay in geopolitical changes. In 1831, Ibrahim Pasha conquered the Land of Israel, imposing forced conscription and heavy taxes.Three years later, in the spring of 1834, a large-scale uprising of Arab peasants against Egyptian rule broke out. Taking advantage of the temporary turmoil and the retreat of regular Egyptian troops, armed crowds of looters directed their rage at the most vulnerable population — the Jewish quarters of Jerusalem, Hebron and Safed.The 🩸 “Great Robbery” of Safed: 33 Days of Lawlessness and BetrayalSafed suffered the most terrible blow. The pogroms began on 8 Sivan under the leadership of local Muslim leader Muhammad Damur, who called for “taking wealth from the infidels.”Saving their lives, most Jews left the city, hiding in cold mountain caves and among the ruins.Trying to save the community, the head of Kolel Hasidim in Safed took a desperate step. He transferred all the funds of the public treasury to the city cadaver (judge), pleading to provide shelter to hundreds of Jewish families in his yard.The judge accepted a huge ransom, but cruelly betrayed the trust of people: only four days later he ruthlessly drove the frightened families back into the street — just into the hands of marauders.The pogromists ruled with impunity in Safed for thirty-three days. Synagogues were destroyed and desecrated. The Torah scrolls were barbarously torn to pieces, and the attackers demonstratively made shoes and bags from sacred parchment.The abuse of women took place right in front of the community in desecrated prayer houses.At the same time, the rebels completely destroyed the famous printing house of Israel Bak, depriving dozens of families of a single source of income.Only 10 Tammuz regular Egyptian troops suppressed the uprising and arrested its organizers. However, the looted property was never returned to the Jewish community.📜Chabad and the Great Exit to the Holy CityFor the Chabad Hasidic community, the 1834 pogrom was a point of no return.For many years Safed was one of the most important centers of Hasidism, but after these events its material and spiritual basis was almost destroyed.The community leadership tried to restore the city, but three years later, a new disaster finally determined its fate.On 24 Tevet 5597 (1837), the devastating earthquake of Galilee occurred. Houses of the Hasidim, erected on the steep slopes of Safed, collapsed, burying more than a thousand Jews under their wreckage.The combination of two large-scale catastrophes led to the final decline of the old Jewish Safed.The Chabad Hasidic survivors realized that their future lay elsewhere and made the historic decision to leave Galilee forever. They moved to Jerusalem, where they laid strong spiritual and material foundations for the new Chabad community, which later became one of the main pillars of Jewish life in Jerusalem.Source:t.me/LubavitcherRebe770

Today14 Tammuz 5786📌1930s— the meeting of the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef-Yitzchak Schneerson, with the President of the United States of America Herbert Hoover.📌1944— the founding of the "Ahay Tmimim" yeshiva in the city of Bridgeport.Iom-yomHere's what I wrote"Tzemach Tzedek"in one of his teachings:"Our teacher (Alter Rebbe), blessed in his memory, on Tuesday, the day of reading the Torah section"Balak", in 1802 said to his sons:Astronomers ask the question: if the Earth has the shape of a ball (like an apple), then why do people living on the other side of the globe, for example in America, not fall down? Their scientific answer is not entirely correct.Our teacher explained that the correct answer is different. In the bookEtz Chaimit is said that the heavenly worlds are arranged according to the principle of a circle (sphere). And in the circle there are no concepts of "top" and "bottom" — all directions in it are equivalent.Therefore, for people who live on the other side of the Earth, their sky is the same “top” as our sky for us, and the earth under their feet is the “bottom” relative to their sky.📖Lubavitcher calendar

15 tamuz 5503 (July 7, 1743) — yortsayt (the anniversary of the departure from this world) of the eminent sage Kabbalist Rabbi Haim ben Atar, the author of the commentary on the Torah "Or ha-Haim".Rabbi Hayyim was born in Maroco, lived and studied in Algeria, Italy and Eretz Yisrael (in Ako and Jerusalem, where he settled a year before his death).Numerous stories tell of his holiness and greatness. It is known, for example, that during his unfortunate trip to Eretz Yisrael, the founder of Hasidism, Rabbi Yisrael Baal-Shem-Tov, intended to meet with Rabbi Haim ben Atar in order to bring the Messiah together and bring the final liberation closer.source: chabad.odessa

📌16 tammuz 2448 (1312 BC) — made of golden calf.📌16 tamuzah 2448 (1312 BC) — yortsayt (anniversary of the death) Hura ben Kaleva.The sixteenth of Tammuz, 2448 AD, was the fortieth day of the process of receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai. The people eagerly awaited the return of Moshe Rabein (Moses) from Mount Sinai. But when, contrary to expectations, the leader of the people did not return at the appointed time (in fact, the Jews made a mistake in their calculations, and the fortieth day should have been the next day), the people standing near Sinai were alarmed and rushed to Aharon with the demand to make someone who would represent the Most High for them. It was not the creation of a new deity, as the event is mistakenly portrayed. The Jews did not try to find a new G-d — they sought to create a certain incarnation of Him, who would appear before Him as the authorized representative of the Jewish people.Hur, the son of the prophetess Miriam (Moses' sister) and Caleb, the son of Ephune (the head of Judah's tribe), tried to bring people to their senses, but was torn apart by the crowd. Aharon gave in and cast a golden bull figure.source: chabad.odessa

📌17 Tammuz 2448 (1312 BC) — Moshe-Rabein (Moses) breaks the tablets.Forty days after receiving the Torah, Moshe, descending from Sinai, saw Jews dancing around a golden statue of a bull. Seeing this, Moshe broke the tablets with the Ten Commandments that he carried with Sinai.📌17 tammuz 3328 (432 BC) — the sacrifice in the Temple was stopped.On this day, the cohen, who were besieged by the Babylonian army on the Temple Mount, had no animals left for sacrifices, and the daily sacrifices in the Temple (Korban tamid) were stopped. In fact, the Temple ceased to fulfill its purpose, because its main essence was to serve the Almighty, in particular through sacrifices. There were three weeks left before the destruction of our Holy Temple.📌17 tammuz 3829 (69 AD) — the wall of Jerusalem is broken.On this day, the Roman troops that had besieged the city broke through the city wall and broke into Jerusalem. Battles broke out in the streets of the city, and the Romans began to advance towards the Temple. It took them three weeks to cover this relatively short distance.Also in the Talmud (treatise "Taanit", chapter 4, sheet 28b), two more sad events that occurred on this day are mentioned.📌17 tammuz — the Roman general Apostomus burned the Torah scroll.This was the first, but, unfortunately, not the last case of burning holy texts.📌17 tamuza - a statue of a pagan idol was erected in the Temple.How blasphemous this act was, apparently, does not need to be explained.source: chabad.odessa

📌19 tamuz 5625 (July 6, 1865) — the birthday of Rabbi Shneur-Zalman-Agaron (Rabbi Raza) — the eldest son of the fourth Lubavitcher Rabbi Shmuel (Rebbe Maharash).Rabbi Schneur-Zalman-Agaron was born on the 19th of Tammuz and was named after the founder of the Chabad movement — Alter Rebbe (Rabbi Schneur-Zalman), as well as his maternal grandfather — Rabbi Aharon Alexandrov from Shklov.In the family of the third Lubavitcher Rebbe Tsemakh-Tzedek (Rabbi Menachem-Mendel), who at that time headed Chabad, there was a custom: giving a child a name, she was immediately given an abbreviated name (you have already met the following: Rayats, Rambam, Rashab, Rashi...). The young Shneur-Zalman-Agaron received the name Raza, and Rebbe Tsemakh-Tzedek quoted the main Kabbalistic book "Zohar": "Da tzmira" (translated from Aramaic — "this is a great mystery").When Razi was three years old, Rebbe Zemach-Tzedek wanted to betroth him (shidukh) to his grandson, the daughter of Rabbi Israel-Noah (Rabbi Ryan). Hearing about the Rebbe's intention, the future father-in-law expressed concern: he said that the child was still too small, and it was not known who he would grow up to be. What if he can't study properly?Hearing this, Rebbe Zemach-Tzedek replied, “Will he not be able to study? Well, he will definitely know more than you!"By the way, Rabbi Ryan was a well-known connoisseur of bondage and Hasidism and the most educated of the sons of Tsemakh-Tzedek.📌19 tamuz 5640 (June 28, 1880) — the day of the introduction into the union of Abraham-Avin (circumcision) Yosef-Itzhak Schneerson, the future sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe.source: chabad.odessa

Today 15 Tammuz 5786📌5687 (1927)— Rabbi Yosef-Yitzhak Schneerson returned home to Leningrad after his release from exile in Kostroma.📌5746 (1986)— The grand opening of the building "770" in Kfar Chabad, erected in record time at the direction of the Rebbe, took place.Iom-yom“My father and teacher (Rabbi Sholem-Dovber Schneerson) writes in one of his works: the spiritual pleasure of comprehending the Divine can lead even to bodily fullness.It is said about Rabbi Nachum from Chernobyl that his physical fullness was the result of the extraordinary spiritual exaltation that he experienced, saying: "Amen, yehei shme slave."Source:Lubavitcher calendar

🌌The Mystic Bridge: How Baal Shem Tov and Or HaKhaim Tried to Save the World (and Why They Never Met)The middle of the 18th century. The Jewish world is going through difficult times, but it is then that two giants of spirit come to the historical stage: Rabbi Hayyim ibn Attar in Jerusalem and Baal Shem Tov in Europe.They never shook hands, but their spiritual connection became one of the most beautiful and mysterious pages in the history of Hasidism. Here are the little-known details of their relationship.👑 Two halves of one great soulAccording to the Hasidic tradition, both righteous people carried parts of the soul of King David, and therefore the potential of the Mashiach.Kabbalists explain that the soul has several levels. Or ha-Khaim had the nephesh level of David, and Besht had the ruah level. Traditionally, if they met physically and united these levels, the world would attain spiritual perfection and there would be Final Liberation.🚢 The storm that stopped the arrival of the Messiah: a meeting that did not take placeKnowing this, Baal Shem Tov made a courageous decision to leave everything and go to Eretz Yisrael to meet with Or HaHaim.The journey was extremely dangerous. Besht reached Istanbul and was already sailing by ship, but Heaven ordered otherwise. A terrible storm began, his daughter almost died, and Besht received a clear sign from above: the time for the arrival of the Messiah had not yet come. He was forced to return to Europe.🕊️ Messenger between the worlds: Rabbi Gershon from KitovSince Besht could not arrive in person, he sent his brother-in-law, Rabbi Gershon of Whale, to Jerusalem with instructions to convey greetings to Rabbi Chaim.When Rabbi Gershon fulfilled the assignment, a well-known conversation took place between them. He asked why a great sage like “Or ha-Khaim” devotes so much time to training ordinary people with “low souls.”“Or ha-Khaim” replied with words that later became one of the symbols of the Hasidic approach:“My way is to get the jewels out of the garbage. I release the sparks of holiness where others do not see them.”At the same time, Rabbi Chaim said that he sees the spiritual struggle that Besht is waging with the dark forces in Europe.🤫 The Mystery of Handwashing and the Sad SabbathIn bondage, there is a deep mystery of the commandment of ritual hand washing before a meal that only one person in each generation knows.Besht begged Heaven for many years to reveal this secret to him, but each time he was refused.One day, on Shabbat, during the third meal, he was washing his hands, and suddenly… the secret was completely revealed to him.Instead of joy, Besht wept bitterly. He turned to the disciples and said:“The lights in the West have gone out.”He realized that this secret passed to him only because it was at that moment that Or ha-Khaim left the earthly world.Book 📚 Mysticism and Printing House in SlavutaBesht bequeathed his students to study the comments of "Or ha-Haim" to the Torah, emphasizing that this book cleanses the soul like the book of The Zohar. After many years, the Hasidim from the famous printing house in Slavuta (Shapiro's family) published a new copy of the book "Or ha-Haim" every year, considering it a spiritual protection.There is an interesting historical legend: when the market was saturated with publications and it was decided to temporarily stop printing this book, it was that year that a heavy denunciation hit the printing house, and the Shapiro brothers went to prison. The Hasidim took this as confirmation that it was the printing of the holy book that was a spiritual shield for them.📌The SummationAlthough the sea and storms prevented these two great righteous from meeting on earth, their teachings intertwined.Today, in every Jewish home where the Torah is studied, the wisdom of Or HaHaim and the light of Hasidism of Baal Shem Tov continue to live side by side, inspiring and illuminating this world. 🕯️✨Source:📖Lubavitcher calendar

❓How to solve family difficulties, guided by the principles of the Torah📌The Talmud saysthat one who dreams of a river, a cauldron, or a bird can hope for peace.Before the wedding, many men who follow the laws of the Torah undergo a cycle of classes devoted to the alachic aspects of marriage. However, only a few get a clear idea of how to behave in married life and what to expect from it. Most often, they take only general sublime truths out of these classes: that marriage makes a young man a real man, that the right attitude towards marriage fills life with holiness, and the Jewish home becomes a center of Torah and Hesed (kindness).Unfortunately, all these well-known truths often lack the most important factor in a happy marriage: for them to become a reality, the husband and wife must learn to live in harmony. And this cannot be achieved without constant work on one's own character.📌Shalom bait (peace in the family)belongs to the most intimate areas of human life. Quarrels between husband and wife usually occur without witnesses: shyness forces spouses to hide even the slightest signs of family misunderstanding. Because of this, when faced with difficulties, people often experience them as a personal defeat, feel hopelessness and shame, which prevents them from seeking help.Therefore, husband and wife feel great relief when they learn that their seemingly purely personal problems are very common, and situations that lead to family conflicts are quite typical. This awareness brings back hope and helps to find a way to resolve difficulties.❗The Talmud saysthat one who dreams of a river, a cauldron, or a bird can hope for peace. These three symbols represent the three levels of good human relationships. At the same time, they describe the three stages of the development of a happy marriage, which are the basis of this book.At the simplest level, peacemeans only the absence of conflict. This condition occurs when two people or two groups interact only for their own benefit. Despite constant contacts, each remains a separate, independent person.The symbol of such peace is the river. The river has long been a trade route between the cities. It combines two separate societies that cooperate only insofar as it is mutually beneficial.The second, higher level of peaceoccurs when two or more people come together to achieve a common goal that neither of them could achieve alone. Builders of various professions build a skyscraper together, corporations create alliances, and states conclude defense contracts. In all these cases, success is possible only through joint efforts.The symbol of such peace is a cauldron.In the cauldron, food is prepared through the interaction of water and fire. Only water will not cook food, but only moisten it. The fire itself will burn everything. But when water is heated in a cauldron under the influence of fire, it boils, creating the necessary conditions for cooking. Thus, the cauldron makes possible the fruitful coexistence of two opposites.The bird symbolizes the third — the highest — level of harmony.It has two almost incompatible abilities: to live on earth and at the same time to fly in the sky. These properties are inextricably linked in one organism. The way a bird moves on the ground is related to the way it flies and vice versa.The bird represents a world in which two separate entities have become one. They no longer just cooperate, but create a new community. Just as individual states make up a single state, their separateness is no longer central — they are part of a single whole.Similarly, marriage can exist on each of these three levels depending on how deeply the husband and wife interpenetrate each other's lives.The lowest level of marriage is the peace of the river. Each spouse honestly performs their duties tothe other, but at the same time they live mainly a separate life. They have learned to avoid conflict, but their emotional intimacy remains weak.The second level is the world of the cauld— can be seen in families who together strive to achieve common goals that are unattainable for each individual. Combining their efforts, the husband and wife begin to realize that they would not be able to fulfill their duties without the contribution of another. It is then that an emotional connection is born between them, based on mutual dependence.The very nature of married life leads to such a level of peace. One cannot simultaneously be the breadwinner of the family and completely manage the household. One cannot be both a father and a mother at the same time. To create a full-fledged family life, everyone needs a partner.Co-management and parenting create interdependence, and with it, the bond between husband and wife.However, at this stage, love still belongs to the type mentioned in the Mishnah, Avot treatise:is “love that depends on a particular cause.” For many people, marriage becomes only a means to their own ends. When these goals are achieved, what brought them together also disappears.That is why there are well-known cases of divorce after the children have grown up and left their parental home. This happens to a spouse who has never gone beyond the level of the "cauldron". When the physical attraction weakens, the children become independent, and the wife no longer needs such support from her husband, and common goals disappear. Then the words of the Mishnah come true:“When the cause disappears, so does love.”The highest level of family peaceis the world of the bird, that is, the complete interpenetration of personalities.Such peace is born when each of the spouses identifies with the other so deeply that it no longer perceives itself as a separate being. Their relationship becomes so important that a bond emerges between them that transcends mere mutual benefit or dependence.Everyone feels the needs of the other as keenly as their own. Everyone is equally happy with the opportunity to give and the opportunity to receive. There is almost no separate "I" — there is only "we".This is how selfless love is born, which cannot be explained by any rational reasons.The Prophet Malachi described this level of marriage in the words:“For she is your companion and the wife of your covenant.”This is an extremely in-depth description of the highest level of harmony. After all, the Hebrew word brit ("covenant") is related to the word briya ("creation"). Two members of such a union become part of a new creation — a new unity. That is why their union acquires the highest perfection.This is the world of the bird, when the two parts become one.How to achieve such a level of married life?The answer is that the peace of the bird is based on the peace of the cauldron, and the peace of the cauldron is based on the peace of the river.Only by learning to live in elementary human harmony (river level) can people successfully work next to each other. And it is only by co-creating a family (cauldron level) that they gain the trust that ultimately makes them truly one (bird level).This is what our sages mean when they say that he who sees a river, a cauldron and a bird in his house will achieve complete success in marriage.Most marriages stumble already at the first level — the river level. People have just never been taught to treat each other with respect, sensitivity, without irritation and anger.That is why a significant part of this book is devoted to this level of relationship. It examines what marriage is from the perspective of the Torah, what responsibilities husband and wife have, how they should treat each other, how to learn to understand a woman's needs, and how to master their own anger.Solving these issues becomes the foundation of a strong bond based on love and common service to common goals. This is the only way to prepare the ground for achieving the highest level of marital relations:“For she is your companion and the wife of your covenant.”NotesBrachot 56b. Some of the ideas are based on the comments of the Vilna Gaon in "Beurei Agra la Agadot", treatise "Brachot".Mishnah, Avot 5:16.The Prophet Malachi 2:14.It is published with the permission of the publishing house "Shvut Ami".source: https://toldot.com/

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Today is 16 Tammuz 57865735 (1975) — The Rebbe proclaimed "Mivtsu Taarat ha-Mishpaha" — a campaign aimed at observing the laws of family purity.5716 (1956) — The Rebbe visited the first Gan Yisrael camp in Ellenville and officially opened a network of Chabad summer camps.Iom-yomThe love for one's neighbor (Agawat Yisrael) in Baal Shem Tov was limitless.Magid from Mezhyrych said:“Oh, if only the Torah was kissed with the same love with which my teacher kissed children when, as an assistant teacher, he took them to the header!”Source:: https://t.me/LubavitcherRebe770