Chief among the dignitaries was a young rabbi recently arrived from Piotrkow, Poland, not long after his own ambitious groundbreaking event — for Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin
“Rebbe Nachman says in that case, turn to “mili dishtusa,”things that seem silly. It can mean hearing jokes, but it can mean things that don’t seem so holy, but really are”
The workers never came — because the Rebbetzin had refused to allow it
“Look around —we see so much desolation and loneliness and feel the cold, but we believe that just ahead lies a rich, bountiful, healthy crop”
“I want the residents of Raanana to see what a Jew who dipped in the mikveh looks like — it will protect them with an aura of holiness and purity.”
“It would be a mitzvah to fill out the check for a million dollars.
