Looking for Mr. Right
By Yehudis Fishman
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In my late teens, I found myself in a quandary. I was preparing to graduate from high school, and I was unsure what to do next. I felt torn between my desire to further my Jewish education and my wish to pursue academic studies and embark upon a career.
Thus, faced with the dilemma of my immediate future, I wrote my first letter to the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory.
The Rebbe's response arrived quickly. Its content surprised me, and I realized that I had expected the Rebbe to simply say, "Don't go to college." In fact, the Rebbe advised me to defer my college education for a year or two until I had a more solid background in Torah learning and Jewish values. This would also provide a stronger yardstick with which to evaluate my academic studies.
I followed the Rebbe's advice, and, at the age of eighteen, began attending Beth Jacob Teachers' Seminary in Williamsburg. At the time it was the most highly regarded institution of advanced Jewish education for young women.
Each day, after school, I went to work as a part-time nanny in the house of a prominent rabbinic educator. While tending to the children, I unknowingly drew the attention of an older couple who lived nearby. The couple approached me and explained that they had noticed my love for Torah, and wanted to pay my way to Israel to meet a young man who headed a Kabbalistic seminary. They were convinced we would be a good match for marriage.
At the time, I had no one to ask for advice about such a serious matter. The offer sounded exotic and interesting, but I wasn't sure it was right for me. The well-meaning couple really didn't know me nor did they know what I was looking for in a life-partner. How could they suggest a soul mate for me?
Feeling very alone, I had a strong yearning to travel to the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, where Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters were located.
By the time I arrived at 770 Eastern Parkway, I felt so emotionally overwhelmed that I sat outside the building sobbing. An elderly gentleman with a wispy beard approached me and asked me what was wrong. I explained that I had written a few letters to the Rebbe in my earlier teens and now I wished to speak with him.
"Wait here a minute," murmured the gentleman, and he went inside the stately brick building. I later found out that he was the Rebbe's senior secretary, Rabbi Hodakov [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=FE392465BD889BF35C203850C0C48F95&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]...
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REAGAN AT 100
The Rebbe and President Ronald Reagan (Compiled by Dovid Zaklikowski)
The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory and President Ronald Reagan enjoyed a deep relationship for many years.
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Recovering Reagan Writes to the Rebbe (By Dovid Zaklikowski)
On Monday, March 30th, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot as he left a reception at the Washington, D.C., Hilton. 15 days later he wrote to the Rebbe in time for his birthday.
The President Consoles
President Ronald Reagan offers his condolences to the Rebbe
WEEKLY TORAH READING
Make Some Noise! (By Mendel Kalmenson)
How do we reconcile the importance of publicizing good deeds with the Jewish value of modesty?
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